Membership

Our principles

If you'd like to be a member of this Community of Practice, we ask that you abide by our three simple principles of collegiality:

Giving – being willing to contribute openly to this forum by the sharing of knowledge, connections and experience; 

Collaboration – a genuine willingness to work together and be open and honest in sharing lessons learnt in both successes and failures;

Respect – respect for the views and opinions of others and a willingness to engage in constructive debate to advance the field of social procurement.

Benefits of membership

There are numerous potential benefits from being a member of this Community of Practice:

Social benefits

• Being inspired by others
• Meeting like-minded people working in this space
• Being part of something bigger

Practical benefits

• New ideas
• Help with solving my problems
• Reassurance I am heading in right direction
• Access to information, experience and insights from the best minds in the business

Influence

• Ability to shape policy and practice
• Catalyse change
• Influence others
• Bring about collective impacts through collaboration

How we interact

In this community we share knowledge and ideas using a variety of mechanisms:

• Regular emails about new sources of information and events
• Facts sheets about recent research and reports
• Best practice case studies
• Knowledge sharing forums/workshops
• Face-to-face meetings
• Working groups 
• Publishing to the wider community through a partnership with The Fifth Estate.