1. Leeds Social Value Charter
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Sept 2017 Michelle Atkinson, Commissioning Manager Rosemary Brooks, Commissioning Officer

2. Leeds Social Value Charter
Our vision is for Leeds to be a healthy, fair, compassionate and caring city where everyone benefits from the city’s economic growth.
We believe that all sectors and partners, of Leeds’ many and diverse communities make important contributions to the success of the city,
real added value and benefit will be achieved and we will get the greatest possible return on investment by: promoting social responsibility; building social capital and delivering social value.

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Aims of the Charter
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Shared commitment by partners in the city to promote social responsibility and social value
Support the maximisation of the Leeds £
Goes beyond the obligations of the Public Services (Social Value) act
Approved by Exec Board with formal launch and sign up by partners on 24th May 2016
Partners signed up to date – Cross Directorate Support (LCC), CCGs, Universities and Third Sector
Build on existing good practice

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Guiding principles
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Aim to add value and deliver long-term social, economic and environmental benefits in all that we do
Work in partnership with others to ensure that we achieve the best outcomes for Leeds and everyone benefits from the success of the City
Create employment and training opportunities for people in Leeds and be a good employer
Grow and strengthen the local economy by investing the Leeds pound in Leeds
Be sustainable, fair and ethical in all that we do
Recognise the added value that community led organisations bring to the city

5. Implementation of the Charter ……………………………………………………………………………………
Cross directorate and sector implementation group established to support implementation
Two initial areas of focus:
Gain commitment from schools, private sector bodies and planning to the Charter
Council framework for social value to support council commissioners in implementing the Charter
Looking at learning from the Health and Social Value programme, supported by SE UK
Share good practice case studies

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Developing SV ambitions through commissioning and procurement
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Include social value as part of any re-commissioning/commissioning – not just those over £100K
Publicise Social value toolkits on procurement insite pages -
Service specification template – Section on social value/ corporate social responsibility (General requirements: sections 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4)

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Developing SV ambitions through commissioning and procurement
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Proactive/reactive in procurement
Integrate agreed CSR priorities into the SV toolkit
Introduce mandatory SV scoring in contracting frameworks
Better measuring and reporting of SV outcomes
Greater transparency for not breaking procurements into lots
Greater consideration of supply chain engagement and retention
More consideration of easy wins
Use of the SV toolkit by commissioners
Develop clear aids to measure SV

8. Challenges ……………………………………………………………………………………
Further clarification required around some of the stated intentions (investing the Leeds £ in Leeds – is this permissible)?
Strengthen and co-ordinate SV in commissioning and procurement arrangements
Strengthen arrangements for capturing SV CSR requirements
Building understanding of SV requirements
Developing brokering arrangements
Identify capacity to promote and roll out SV
Develop ways to measure SV

9. Opportunities ……………………………………………………………………………………
Building commitment and implementation of SV independent of procurement
Turn opportunities into action
Explore further opportunities with Universities and NHS
Building SV commitment in small and local business sector
Building SV Commitment in and action from large Charities

10. Examples of SV ……………………………………………………………………………………
Creating employment opportunities for unemployed people through commissioned housing related support services
Incinerator Contract (jobs/training for local people, environmental awareness and visitor centre, Trust funding for Leeds projects)
Contractors developing a Social Value Plan ( the plan identifies social, environmental and economic outcomes to be achieved and they report on this bi-monthly)
Construction activity (employment and skills outputs, waste and environmental performance, links to other frameworks which in turn supports other industries)

11. Employment and Skills outputs delivered
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First Direct Arena
80 Leeds residents into jobs
9 Leeds residents into apprenticeships
122 jobs safeguarded for Leeds residents
24 apprenticeships safeguarded
144 weeks of work experience (16 – 18 yrs and over 18 yrs)
82 businesses involved in supply chain
210 out of 300 end jobs secured for Leeds residents
Safeguarding info on screens at events and concerts

12. Employment and Skills outputs delivered ……………………………………………………………………………………
Little London, Beeston Hill and Holbeck new housing and housing improvements
108 people supported into Jobs (23 from local wards, 18 from other Leeds postcodes, 67 from outside of Leeds)
681 jobs safeguarded for Leeds residents
52 project initiated apprentices have spent 3,765 weeks on site
168 weeks of work experience (16 – 18 yrs and over 18 yrs)