Social value is changing. Are you ready? - Sponsored by PeoplePlus (FREE to attend)
How providers can collaborate with national employers to help create better pathways into work.
Overview
From January 2027, PPN 026 replaces PPN 002 as the framework for social value in central government contracts. The revised Social Value Model narrows eight themes down to two outcomes, good jobs and skills, focused on creating opportunities for people facing barriers to employment in their local communities.
For training and employability providers, this is a real opportunity. The skills outcome asks suppliers to show how they will train, retrain and progress their workforce and build talent pipelines in communities facing deprivation, which is what providers already deliver. Employers bidding for public contracts will need partners who can help them make and evidence these commitments, and providers who bid for contracts themselves will face the same questions.
In this session, Emma Grigson, Director of Partnerships and Social Value Solutions at PeoplePlus, will explain what is changing and when, how PPN 026 links with the social value priorities of combined and local authorities in England, and what it is likely to mean for sectors including construction, logistics, health and digital. She will share what commissioners are looking for, and how providers and employers can work together to turn social value commitments into people who are recruited, trained and stay in work.
The webinar draws on PeoplePlus's experience through which it has supported more than 37,000 people to prepare for and move into work through social recruitment. Live polls run throughout, so you can test your readiness and compare it with others in the sector.
What You Will Learn:
By the end of this session, you’ll be able to:
- Explain what PPN 026 is, when it applies and how it differs from the current Social Value Model
Understand the two outcomes and the type of commitments buyers will expect to see - See how central government, combined authority and local authority approaches link together, so you can build one approach and tailor it for each bid
- Recognise how the changes are likely to affect your sector
- Identify the practical support that helps people facing barriers to work get into jobs and stay in them
- Identify where your organisation can help employers meet their social value commitments
- Know where to go next for support, including how SRAG members are working together
Social value is changing. Are you ready?
Sponsored by PeoplePlus (FREE to attend)
