Community benefits

What are Community Benefits?

Community Benefit clauses are:

• Contractual requirements which deliver wider benefits in addition to the core purpose of a contract
• A key component in maximising social, economic and environmental benefits
• Mandated and defined for Scottish public bodies by the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014

They include:

• Targeted recruitment and training
• Small business and social enterprise development
• Community engagement

Getting Community Benefits right

If you are here, you may be looking for:

• Information on a contract you wish to bid for
• Additional knowledge to support a tender
• Access to a specific JUfB partner (e.g. a college or university)

JUfB is here to support your organisation and contractors in achieving their community benefit commitments. Whether you are delivering a contract on behalf of The City of Edinburgh Council, NHS or through public/private funding, we can help you achieve KPIs with meaningful outcomes.

We offer a single point of contact to:

• Understand the employability landscape in Edinburgh
• Deliver and achieve proposed employability-led community benefits
• Access our wider network of public and third-sector partnerships

Resources

If you would like more information or a copy of our Community Benefits Employer Pack, please get in touch with Stephanie Lang(this will open in a new window) (Head of Employer Relationships) or Neil Pedersen (Employer Relationship Manager), who will be happy to discuss your requirements.

• The City of Edinburgh Council - Sustainable Procurement (this will open in a new window)
• Scottish Government - Community Benefits in Procurement(this will open in a new window)
• Scottish Government - Procurement Community Benefits: Case Study(this will open in a new window)
• Public Contracts Scotland - Community Benefits(this will open in a new window)
• Skills Development Scotland - Community Benefits in Procurement(this will open in a new window)
• Scottish Futures Trust - Community Benefits Toolkit for Construction(this will open in a new window)