Fantastic Value for Money/Social Return on Investment Conference Filling up Fast!

Published by Claireaw for Board Development Agency in Housing and also in Education, Local Government

The Value for Money Conference, developed by the Board Development Agency for 2012, is proving to be the ‘hot ticket’ event of the year.  The conference to be held in Birmingham on 9 February, will tackle the important topic of Value for Money (VFM) in this economically difficult period. Timely, with the proposed new VFM standard and economic regulation of housing becoming fact in April 2012.

The conference will give organisations the opportunity to understand and discuss the implications of the new value for money regulations, and their effect on the way that social housing providers do business. As well as discussing how to approach VFM strategy and self assessment to enable better efficiency and help avoid massive additional costs during these times of financial frugality.

The conference will also tackle the ‘hot’ issue of Social Return on Investment (SROI), helping Housing Associations/Local Authourity Housing providers evaluate their social impact and make changes to help increase their social potential. This will also help providers understand and meet the requirements of the new Public Services Social Value bill, launched in 2010.

There is a fantastic line up of speakers for the day and some great workshops and course leaders to help Chief Executives, Finance Directors, or financially interested employees, to make cost efficiencies and share best practice.

The keynote speakers include:

Financial best practice:

• Mick Warner, AD Assurance & Financial Analysis at the TSA, will speak on the new regulatory framework, value for money and what Economic Regulation means in England.
• Ron Huss from Enhanced Performance Improvements (EPI), will be discuss how to apply the core principles of LEAN to identify and make value for money savings in housing. 

Social Return on Investment:

• Chris White MP, will be discussing his Social Value Private Members bill and what it will mean to Local Authorities. 
• Hugh Laird, Director of the Board Development Agency, will discuss developing a methodology for establishing the Social Return on Investment - assessing your social impact and proving your 'Social Dividend'. As well as discussing developing Value for Money (VFM) workshops - embedding VFM and social impact assessment locally.

Yvonne Atkinson, Director at the Board Development Agency, said: “In addition to the great speakers, we have some very informative workshops to help organisations get to grips with the financial implications of the new regulations and how they can tackle them and make significant savings.

“The TSA statutory consultation makes it clear boards need to act now to protect their organisation's regulatory judgement. The conference will help social housing providers develop a strategy for making best use of their assets, and a creating plan for improving VFM in a transparent way with valid input from stakeholders.”

The conference is a real opportunity to question and discuss issues, to find out what organisations need to do differently from 1st April, both financially and socially.

So book a place while you can!

The conference will take place at the Copthorne Hotel in Birmingham on the 9 February 2012.

To find out more about the conference go to VFM/SROI Conference.

The cost of attendance is £185 + VAT; however there is a 5% discount for the National Association of Governance Officers.

To book your place at the conference email: bookings@boardagency.org.uk.

or for more information on why it's essential visit New Regulations.