Thinking Differently About Social Value in Bolton
This case study shares how Bolton is working collaboratively across VCFSE and public services to improve their approach to social value.
Bolton have created a Bolton Family Social Value Partnership, which brings together a group of public, private and voluntary organisations to work together to make Bolton a strong, vibrant and prosperous place to live. It gives Bolton the opportunity to come together across all sectors to direct social value investment to their local priorities, build a supportive ecosystem for their local business and social enterprise base and deliver positive outcomes for their communities.
Social Value pledges
The Partnership have developed a mechanism which is supporting social value activity to move away from purely from transactional, one-off support (e.g. toy appeals or volunteer days), to one that builds local partnerships. They have identified 20 Social Value pledges, effectively offering a menu of support and actions that organisations can deliver, which will make a difference real to people in Bolton.
This work is a great example of public sector and VCFSE collaboration to improve systems to improve things for people, communities, places and the environment - meeting the purpose of the Greater Manchester VCFSE Accord.
The VCFSE Commissioning and Investment Group is sub-group of the GM VCFSE Leadership Group. One of the key areas of focus of the Group is to influence how Social Value is thought of, measured and secured by commissioners and procurement colleagues. Read more.
