At the Council we encourage suppliers to connect with local support networks to ensure that the community is supported in the way that best serves Portsmouth. We have compiled a non-exhaustive list of strategic partners and supporting organisations that could help support delivery of social value.
Armed Forces Covenant
The Armed Forces Covenant is a promise that together we acknowledge and understand that those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces, and their families, including the bereaved, should be treated with fairness and respect in the communities, economy, and society they serve with their lives. Visit the Armed Forces Covenant website for more information. Portsmouth City Council is a Gold award member of the Armed Forces Covenant’s Employer Recognition scheme, read more about the council’s commitment to the scheme. If you would like to speak to someone regarding the Armed Forces Covenant, please email armedforcesSPOC@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
Care Leavers Covenant
The aim of the Care Leaver Covenant, to which organisations commit, is to provide additional support for those leaving care; making available a different type of support and expertise from that statutorily provided by local authorities. Visit Care Leaver Covenant website for more information. To learn how Portsmouth City Council helps young adults who have been in care, check out our Care Experienced guide.
Living Wage Foundation
The Living Wage Foundation aims to get employers to help reduce poverty and ensure a decent standard of living by paying the real Living Wage, offering fair working hours, and good pensions. For more information, visit the Living Wage Foundation website. Portsmouth City Council pays its staff the Real Living Wage and encourages local businesses to do the same.
Disability Confident
Disability Confident has created a movement of change, encouraging employers to think differently about disability and take action to improve how they recruit, retain and develop disabled people. To find out more about the Disability Confident Scheme, please visit Disability Confident employer scheme on the GOV.UK website. Portsmouth City Council is a Disability Confident employer. To learn more, visit Employment learning and skills. If you would like to find out more about how you organisation can help, please email SkillsMatching@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
HIVE Portsmouth
HIVE Portsmouth is a strategic partner of Portsmouth City Council’s and the one of the city’s key co-ordinators for volunteering. HIVE Portsmouth bring people together to build a happier, healthier and more connected city. They do this by connecting and supporting individuals, charities and organisations from across the city in order to identify, find solutions to, and respond innovatively to the issues the people of Portsmouth are facing. To find out more about HIVE Portsmouth, please visit the HIVE Portsmouth website or call 023 9400 7124.
Shaping Portsmouth
Shaping Portsmouth is another strategic partner of Portsmouth City Council’s whose mission is to deliver a range of innovative programmes with a view to making Portsmouth the number one UK city in which to invest, live, learn, work, and visit. To find out more about Shaping Portsmouth please visit the Shaping Portsmouth website or contact info@shapingportsmouth.co.uk.
Supported Internships
Portsmouth City Council’s supported internship programme provides young people (aged 18 – 24 years old) who have an Educational Health Care Plan (EHCP) and specialist needs with a steppingstone towards paid work. Find out more about supported internship programme.
Climate Action and Charter
Climate change is not some distant possibility, but something that we are already living with. Extreme nature events are being seen across the globe right now. Find out more about Portsmouth City Council’s approach to climate action.
School Governor
Portsmouth City Council is looking for local professionals who might be interested in shaping the future of education by becoming school governors. For more information on becoming a school governor, please visit the Portsmouth City Council website or email schoolgovernor@portsmouthcc.gov.uk . Information about current governor vacancies can be found on the Hive Portsmouth website.
Other providers
If you are an organisation that is not currently on the list above but would like to also provide support to delivery of social value in Portsmouth please contact us at social.value@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.