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For organisations that have embedded social value into their policies and processes and want to maximise the benefits, this course will help you to understand how to develop leading practice. The course will look at best practice case studies from some of the leading organisations nationally and internationally, examining specific policy areas that underpin their commitment to social value and sustainability.

Delegates on this course will typically have attended our Embedding Social Value course.

About the Trainer: Jamie Thomas

Jamie Thomas is a procurement law and policy specialist with a decade’s practical experience of public procurement in local and central government.

As procurement policy lead for Durham County Council, Jamie led the council to win the 2016 Social Value Leadership Award for an organisation at the Cabinet Office-backed UK Social Value Awards.  The council was recognised for having invested in understanding the region’s priorities and how procurement can help to achieve these, going beyond the requirements of the Social Value Act to secure wider social, economic and environmental outcomes for residents, businesses and communities. 

Jamie has a Masters degree (LLM) in Public Procurement Law and Policy from the University of Nottingham Law School and has spoken nationally on public procurement and social value.

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