Social Value

1. Purpose

UCM Education is committed to providing its services in such a way that also maximises the benefits to its local and regional communities.  In order to achieve this, UCM Education will assess social value in three aspects – economic, social and environmental.

2. Economic

• training and development opportunities/creation of apprenticeships, where possible
• prompt payment through the supply chains
• advertising subcontracting opportunities to a diverse supply chain

3. Social

• improving the physical and mental wellbeing of local people by providing the best teachers to our local schools
• creating a diverse workforce for the delivery of services by advertising our positions in publications aimed at a diverse audience
• collaborating with the voluntary and community sectors
• monitoring labour standards through the supply chain
• improving skills and access to digital technology for all our employees and contractors

4. Environmental

• water consumption management through the effort on the part of all office-based staff to conserve
• by having in place an environmental policy
• monitoring greenhouse gas emissions, where possible
• reduction in waste to landfill by recycling all possible waste materials in our offices, in line with our Environmental Policy