SV Fest Day 2: Social Value at Essex County Council for SMEs

Many small and medium-sized organisations already generate additional social value to their local communities. Learn how Essex County Council now includes an evaluation of social value in its tendering processes and hear from the SME community about the opportunities it provides.

Knowing where to start on a social value can often seem like a challenge. This session will demystify some of the terms and procedures used and provide details of the ECC Social Value Framework used at ECC – the ‘ECC TOMs’ (Themes, Outcomes and Measures).

Our keynote speaker is Arnab Dutt, Chair of SV Policy at the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), member of UK Government’s SME Panel and entrepreneur. Arnab will give his perspective on the importance of SME’s engagement in the Social Value agenda and the opportunities is provides to the sector.

Samantha Butler, Social Value Lead at ECC and Cabinet Office Head of Social Value Skills and Engagement, will then outline the procedures used by ECC.

This session includes a question and answer session.

You may also be interested in our other Social Value Festival events. Please see our organiser page for the full Festival programme.