Social value conferences and workshops

On Friday 26th April 2024 Portsmouth City Council’s social value team invited select strategic suppliers to join them in a workshop with the objective of:

• Raising awareness of employment support for young people ages 16-25 and adults with learning disabilities
• Showcasing innovative approaches to increasing employment opportunities for young people
• Fostering new relationships between support providers and contractors/ suppliers, and sharing good practice and ideas
• Identifying ways to advance skills for the future
• Increasing training and employment opportunities
• Maximising local impact (social value and corporate social responsibility)

To find out more, please see the case study:

• Event agenda 2024
• Presentation – Into employment workshop

Our second conference took place on Friday 3rd March 2023. Portsmouth City Council’s social value team hosted an event to showcase the many opportunities in the city to deliver social value. The key objectives of the event were:

• Evolution of the Portsmouth Model
• Showcasing innovation and widening perspectives
• Fostering new relationships, discourse and ideas
• Advancing skills for the future
• Increasing engagement and opportunities for all
• Maximising local impacts
• Focusing on the health of our communities, individual and environment

Presentation and pictures from the event can be found:

• Event agenda 2023
• Presentation – Social value broadening horizons 1
• Presentation – Social value broadening horizons 2

Portsmouth City Council held its first social value conference in February 2022. Key Council suppliers were invited with the intention to:

• Provide an update on the evolution of the Portsmouth Model for delivering Social Value
• Shine a light on current social value delivery through partnerships between suppliers, co-ordinators and beneficiaries
• Give a platform for a wide range beneficiary representatives covering all 3 key strands – social, economic and environmental
• Facilitate the further development of relationships between partners, suppliers, co-ordinators and beneficiary representatives
• Direct activities to better address Portsmouth need
• Co-ordinate and combine resources to increase positive impacts and create legacy
• Develop new ideas, innovation and momentum

Pictures and presentations from the conference:

• Event agenda 2022
• Presentation – Shining a light on social value 1
• Presentation – Shining a light on social value 2
• Presentation – Shining a light on social value 3