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Introduction

Richard Beard

Chartered Engineer

17 years in construction

Joined Jericho in July 2004

Current role is Chief Executive for The Jericho Foundation

Agenda

What is a Social Enterprise?

Who are the Jericho Foundation?

What is the Social Value bill and The Birmingham Charter?

Why is Social Enterprise relevant to the built environment?

Where can I find out more?

Questions

Agenda

What is a Social Enterprise?

Who are the Jericho Foundation?

What is the Social Value bill and The Birmingham Charter?

Why is Social Enterprise relevant to the built environment ?

Where can I find out more?

Questions

What is a Social Enterprise

Part of the Third Sector

Have social and/or environmental aims

Trade in order to achieve these aims

Not for personal profit

Seeking double bottom line

Not defined by their legal structure…..

• "A social enterprise is a business with primarily social objectives whose surpluses are principally reinvested for that purpose in the business or in the community, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners”.(DTI 2004)

Social Enterprise Structures

Charities

Community Interest Companies (CIC’s)

Companies limited by guarantee

Cooperatives

Mutual societies

Industrial and provident societies

Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIO’s)

Social Enterprise Statistics

Approx 55,000 SE’s in the UK

£27bn turnover

£8.4bn contribution to UK economy

1% GDP

50% employ less than 10 staff

£0.5bn spend on Fair Trade

Agenda

What is a Social Enterprise?

Who are the Jericho Foundation?

What is the Social Value bill and The Birmingham Charter?

Why is Social Enterprise relevant to the built environment?

Where can I find out more?

Questions

Supported Employment in businesses

U N E M P L O Y E D

W O R K

Supported Work

Not ready for permanent work

Mission

“Jericho supports individuals to overcome barriers

and become fulfilled, skilled and employed”

Who are our target client groups?

1. Aged 16 to 24(NEET’s) 2. Multiple disadvantaged 3. Long term unemployed 4. Low confidence and self esteem 5. Ex offenders/Youth Offenders 6. Mild mental health issues 7. Ex drug users 8. Homeless, but living in hostels/supported living 9. Physical disabilities 10.Mild learning difficulties 11.Care leavers

Youth Unemployment in Birmingham?

Norris Way, Sutton Coldfield

• Week 27 received over 60 tonnes of donations • Sold 41 tonnes • Made £70k • Created 4 jobs, 6 apprenticeships • Run work placements for schools • Engaged 10 volunteers

Margot Hutchinson Centre

Balsall Heath

Northfield

Ravenhurst Cottages

Jericho Job Clubs and Ignition Programme

8 job clubs running in local churches

Currently working on start up with another 4

8 train the trainer sessions have been delivered

In august we joined forces with Pecan in London to combine Job Club with their Ignition Programme

Will be cinnamon Network approved franchise shortly

Contact Jo on joanne.rose@jericho.org.uk

Social Accounting

£1 invested =

£4.37 return

06/07 Income

Contracts = £860,000 Trading = £100,000 Grants = £60,000 Total = £1,021,000

Jobcentre Plus Birmingham City Council LSC Connexions

The Cuts…….

Move to larger mainstream programmes

Work Programme Work Choice

BUSINESS CHARITY

6%

53%

41%

Voluntary

Contracts

Trading

09/10 Income

Contracts = £933,000 Trading = £723,000 Voluntary = £100,000 Total = £1,756,000

11/12 Income

Contracts = £618,000 Trading = £1,234,000 Voluntary = £55,000 Total = £1,907,000

4%

19%

77%Voluntary

Contracts

Trading

12/13 Income

Contracts = £340,000 Trading = £1,423,000 Voluntary = £78,000 Total = £1,841,903

2%

12%

86% Voluntary

Contracts

Trading

13/14 Forecast

Contracts = £332,000 Trading = £2,268,000 Voluntary = £48,000 Total = £2,648,000

Agenda

What is a Social Enterprise?

Who are the Jericho Foundation?

What is the Social Value bill and The Birmingham Charter?

Why is Social Enterprise relevant to the built environment?

Where can I find out more?

Questions

Social Value Bill – Jan 2013

What the Act requires public authorities to do… They must consider:

1. How what they propose to procure will improve

economic, social and environmental well-being of an area.

2. How, in conducting the process of procurement, they will act to secure that improvement.

Adopted at April 2013 Cabinet

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The Charter is a set of guiding principles to which Birmingham City Council will adhere to and which it will invite its contracted suppliers and partners

to adopt in order to help foster the economic, environmental and social well being of the City of

Birmingham.

The Charter will also form part of the terms and conditions of new Council contracts.

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The Charter Principles:

1. Local Employment

2. Buy Birmingham First

3. Partners in Communities

4. Good Employer

5. Green and Sustainable

6. Ethical Procurement

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The Charter Principles:

1. Local Employment

2. Buy Birmingham First

3. Partners in Communities

4. Good Employer

5. Green and Sustainable

6. Ethical Procurement

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Local Employment:

1. Create employment and training opportunities for local

residents, inc people with disabilities and support people into

work and work experience placements

2. Adopt an approved Jobs and Skills policy which is applied

at every stage of the procurement process

3. Seek opportunities to work with local schools to help ensure

that the young people of Birmingham are equipped with the

right skills to match the requirements of the labour market.

4. Support the local economy and create much needed jobs and

apprenticeship jobs, by adopting procurement strategies

that remove barriers to local businesses

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The Charter Principles:

1. Local Employment

2. Buy Birmingham First

3. Partners in Communities

4. Good Employer

5. Green and Sustainable

6. Ethical Procurement

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Buy Birmingham First 1. Take account of the social and economic and

environmental impacts of buying locally: • Support the local economy by choosing suppliers close

to the point of service. • Use Finditinbirmingham as the primary method of

sourcing • Pass it down the supply Chain

2. Commit to purchasing from pre-qualified businesses on Finditinbirmingham

www.finditinbirmingham.com

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The Charter Principles:

1. Local Employment

2. Buy Birmingham First

3. Partners in Communities

4. Good Employer

5. Green and Sustainable

6. Ethical Procurement

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Partners in Communities:

1. Build capacity and provide support to locally based community organisations.

2. Support local communities by helping improve local facilities

3. Work with local schools and colleges with mentoring and work experience.

4. Support the development of local social enterprises.

5. Host local business summits to help local economic development.

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The Charter Principles:

1. Local Employment

2. Buy Birmingham First

3. Partners in Communities

4. Good Employer

5. Green and Sustainable

6. Ethical Procurement

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Good Employer Key Principals:

1. Learning and development

2. Equality and diversity

3. Employee wellbeing

4. Pay (living wage = £7.45/hour)

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The Charter Principles:

1. Local Employment

2. Buy Birmingham First

3. Partners in Communities

4. Good Employer

5. Green and Sustainable

6. Ethical Procurement

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Green and Sustainable:

1. Eliminate unnecessary waste.

2. Be a good neighbour.

3. Reduce carbon footprint.

4. Commit to improving energy efficiency and reducing energy consumption.

5. Support employees to become greener in their behaviour.

6. Measure carbon emissions.

7. Protect the environment.

8. Work with supply chains.

9. Review/reduce use of high emission vehicles.

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The Charter Principles:

1. Local Employment

2. Buy Birmingham First

3. Partners in Communities

4. Good Employer

5. Green and Sustainable

6. Ethical Procurement

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Ethical Procurement: 1. Work to the highest standards integrity and ethical conduct.

2. Pay their fair share of taxes.

3. Ensure the well-being and protection of work forces

4. Support the principles of Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

5. Support the Fundamental International Labour Organisation

Conventions.

6. Not engage in or support the use of child labour.

7. Adopt best practice when procuring goods and services e.g.

procure low energy products, buying from social enterprise etc

8. Pay suppliers no later than the terms stated in the primary

contract.

Agenda

What is a Social Enterprise?

Who are the Jericho Foundation?

What is the Social Value bill and The Birmingham Charter?

Why is Social Enterprise relevant to the built environment?

Where can I find out more?

Questions

Why work with Social Enterprise?

Its the right thing to do

It will cost you nothing

It will help you comply with the Birmingham Charter and the Social Value bill

It will win you more business

It will build your reputation in the communities you serve

We are nice people!

It will differentiate you from your peers

The Orchard, Erdington

Agenda

What is a Social Enterprise?

Who are the Jericho Foundation?

What is the Social Value bill and The Birmingham Charter?

Why is Social Enterprise relevant to the built environment?

Where can I find out more?

Questions

www.shopforchange.info

www.bvsc.org

www.thebestnetwork.org.uk

The BEST Network

Company limited by guarantee

Launched in 2009 with 8 member orgs

Now 80 members

Secured over £5m of contracts for its members

Delivered services to over 5000 clients

Youth Unemployment in Birmingham?

The BEST Network - Advance Programme

www.bssec.org.uk

Agenda

What is a Social Enterprise?

Who are the Jericho Foundation?

What is the Social Value bill and The Birmingham Charter?

Why is Social Enterprise relevant to the built environment?

Where can I find out more?

Questions

The Jericho Foundation

Richard Beard

M: 07801 397798

T: 0121 440 7919

W: www.jericho.org.uk

richard.beard@jericho.org.uk