COMMUNITY BENEFIT CLAUSES
Further Reading
Some of the following documents may be useful as further reading on community benefit clauses.
Achieving community benefits through contracts: law, policy and practice-
Guidance on how to make ‘community benefits’ – such as employment – an integral part of procurement and planning processes. The guide details the relevant policy and legal frameworks and sets out procedures that can be used, suggests what support needs to be provided, gives examples of good practice.
Buying for Good: Housing Associations, Social Firms and Community Benefits in Procurement, available from;
The guide shows Housing Associations how to use community benefit clauses to get more for their money and has a particular focus on contracting with Social Firms and other social enterprises. It is based on real life examples and experiences and contains practical advice, answers to common questions and detailed case studies.
Community Benefits in Public Procurement, The Scottish Government, 2008, available from,
This report presents the findings of the Scottish Procurement Directorate's and Communities Scotland's Community Benefits in Procurement (CBIP) Pilot Programme. In these pilots public bodies sought to secure the delivery of certain 'Community Benefits', namely 'targeted recruitment and training' (TR&T), through the use of public contracts.
Proactive Procurement- Achieving quality services and implementing policy objectives by procurement from social enterprises- Guidance note by Mark Cook and David Alcock of Anthony Collins Solicitors, 2004, available from,
‘Proactive Procurement’ explores how it is possible for local authorities to meet their policy objectives and to achieve service improvements by procurement from social enterprises.
Social Issues in Public Procurement, the Scottish Government, available from,
This guidance note is intended to provide advice to purchasers on how and when social issues may be taken into consideration in public procurement. It includes questions which a contracting authority should ask itself when considering the inclusion of social issues in its procurement procedures.
Fraser Millar
Forth Sector Development