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How GM Housing Providers are working together to maximise social value
- 1. How GM Housing Providers are working together to maximise social value Colette Humphrey
- 5. Common framework to increase the impact across the sector
- 6. Involving our supply chain
- 7. GM Social Value Policy Employment & Economy Living standards Participation Voluntary sector Equity & Fairness Environment
- 8. Building the capacity and sustainability of the Voluntary & Community sector • What you do / could do • Who you could work with to share ideas • How you can influence suppliers or others
- 9. GMSVN.org.uk
- 10. Thank you Colette Humphrey 0161 946 6332 Colette.Humphrey@wchg.org.uk @ColetteHumphrey
Editor's Notes
- Aim: To use GM Housing as a case study to demonstrate how working with others can help to maximise social value
- There are 26 housing providers across the region ‘We want everyone in Greater Manchester to live in a home they can afford’ Everyone knows that we provide homes One in every five homes in the City Region (258,000 homes) is owned or managed by Greater Manchester Housing Providers; House over half a million residents In recent years we’ve delivered around 40% of new homes across GM But we also do much more: help residents into work, help with food and fuel poverty GM Housing Providers group made up of CEOs of all organisations New sub group formed in April focusing on social value
- Chaired by Nigel Wilson, CEO of WCHG Social value representative from each organisation, currently meet monthly Purpose – to find a common framework to help demonstrate what we deliver across GM
- Understanding what we do in our day to day activities Agreeing common activities that (nearly) all GM Housing Providers do Have agreed 23 indicators that we’ll measure and report on each year Agreeing a consistent way of measuring them By working towards common goals and by learning from each other we can start to fill the gaps – therefore increasing the impact across the sector.
- We recognise that we can have greater impact by involving our supply chain, rather than just focusing on our own activities 15 GM housing providers have jointly commissioned research to build our understanding and ability to influence Survey sent to top 30 suppliers of each housing provider Spend worth £327 million was analysed In addition to buying goods and services, we want to achieve maximum value for the community We now have a baseline of what our supply chain is achieving Outcomes: Develop processes for continually monitoring data Explore the spend leaking out of the GM economy Influence the behaviour of the supply chain Provide signposting and information to suppliers What information can we provide to increase the impact of our supply chain
- GM social value policy was launched in 2014 We’ve used it in developing the common framework and writing the questions for the survey sent to suppliers Anyone can use it as a guide 6 themes: Tackling unemployment and encouraging investment in the local economy e.g. supporting people into work, promoting jobs locally and using local suppliers Raising living standards e.g. paying the Living Wage and providing financial support to local people Encouraging involvement in the local community e.g. volunteering Supporting the voluntary and community sector e.g. using them as suppliers or providing support Promoting equity and fairness e.g. ensuring our workforce is reflective of our tenants and achieving accreditation from equality schemes Promoting environmental sustainability e.g. planning how to reduce our carbon footprint, increasing recycling, reducing energy use and providing energy advice to tenants Additional measures specific to housing sector Supply of new homes Homing previously homeless people
- WCHG examples: Provide cash grants Provide free access to a funding database that we pay for and provide training and support Several senior staff are board members, trustees and governors Other examples: Contributing business planning support / financial, legal or HR advice Provide facilities e.g. meeting rooms or office space Create volunteering opportunities to support organisations in the sector Buying goods and services from them In small groups discuss: What you do and what you could do Who you could work with to share ideas How you can encourage your suppliers or other organisations to get involved
- The aim of the network is to share ideas, learn from each other and work together to achieve more than we can on our own Look at the GM social value policy – on the links page on our website Events and training promoted on our website Use the network – twitter, linked in, arrange events local to you Have discussions with others about what you can do