Community Benefits and Social Value are additional commitments made by tenderers during the tender process to deliver economic, social, environmental, and cultural value throughout the delivery of Council contracts. They typically focus on:

• Training and recruitment of economically inactive people
• Supply chain initiatives and Working with the 3rd Sector
• Educational initiatives
• Community and Cultural initiatives
• Environmental initiatives

Our partners recognise the opportunities they provide to tackle the inequality and poverty gap and provide much needed support to our communities and individuals.

We aim to support this by:

• Adopting a consistent approach to securing and managing delivery of community benefits and social value commitments which is understood by our partners and their suppliers and contractors
• Co-ordinating the community benefits and social value approach by working with Council services, our communities, partners and contractors to inform our priorities and facilitate their delivery
• Reporting on achievements, learning from failures, and promoting success