Social Value Commission Spotlight Series
Over the coming months, the Commission will be posting a series of short spotlight videos where commissioners will introduce the work that they are undertaking to deliver social value in the communities they operate in.
Scroll below to see the videos and check back here for the latest updates.
Helen Longfils
Group Director of Social Value, Mitie
Continuing the Social Value Commission Spotlight Series is Helen Longfils, Group Director of Social Value at Mitie.
In this next video, hear about the way that Mitie, the UK’s leading facilities management company employing 90,000 people, supports communities and improves facilities across the UK.
One example is Business Boost, a Cumbria-based programme helping local entrepreneurs grow and scale their businesses. Through the initiative, local baker Bakes by Gina has grown her organisation to employ 30 people in the area, creating local jobs and selling her products to other regional organisations.
You can learn more about Mitie’s Plan Thrive here: https://lnkd.in/ehHHQNgH
Dom Veney
Interim CEO, Pension Insurance Corporation
Our first commissioner on the series is Dominic Veney, Interim CEO at Pension Insurance Corporation plc and Business Chair of the Social Value Commission.
Watch the video to hear more about the ways PIC integrates social value into their investment strategy from the outset of all their projects, by quantifying the economic, social and environmental outcomes of their local investments and by embedding community benefits through long-term stewardship.
And read PIC’s report Citizen Gain: Creating social value that lasts to learn more about why creating social value for local residents can help unlock more housing and infrastructure projects across the country here.