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Welcome

The Fusion 21Founder Members

Founder Members

Contribution toLocal Communities

Procurement

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Collaboration

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Employer Pool

Reducing Reoffending

Retrofit

Alliance

What Next

Welcome

Fusion21 is an innovative social enterprise

and is a part of the Social Economy Alliance; a new partnership of the largest social enterprises in the UK whose

collective aim is to grow the impact

of the social economy.

We aim to do this by continuing to

leverage procurement investment made

by the public sector and ensure social

value is delivered across the country.

Social Enterprise is a solution to ensure

that local people can be supported

at the same time that services are

delivered to the sector. That is why 38%

of all social enterprises work in the most

deprived 20% of communities in the UK.

Social enterprises like Fusion21 continue

to have the highest concentration in the

areas of greatest deprivation – three times

the proportion of SME’s (12%) – creating

jobs and contributing to the economy

where it is needed most.

We have procured more than

£500min property related contracts and services for

our members and have saved them in excess of

£141m over the years. More importantly, by including social

clauses in these contracts, we have generated a wide

range of social outcomes including over

1361 jobs for local, long term, unemployed people. Generating an

estimated financial benefit to the economy in excess of

£30m through regular paid work and reductions

in benefit claims.

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The Fusion21Founder MembersProject Cinderella was commissioned

in 2002 by seven social landlords;

The Riverside Group, Knowsley

Housing Trust, Your Housing Group,

Helena Partnerships, The Regenda

Group, The Plus Dane Group and

The SLH Group.

The project demonstrated that a

strategic Alliance between the seven

landlords as it was something ‘worth

doing’, so in 2003 Project Cinderella

became what is now known as Fusion21.

It is a partnership that has gained national

recognition due to its innovative approach

to procurement and collaboration.

The partnership has enabled the

group to leverage greater benefits for

the wider local economy and delivered

outstanding results that could not have

been achieved by working individually.

After 10 years of continued support and

profound involvement in Fusion21 our

founder members are extremely satisfied

with their contribution to the business

over the years. Achieving beyond what

they originally set out to accomplish,

they will now be handing over the

reign to a newly formed charitable

body. This charitable body will act

as a community investor to ensure

the social aim of Fusion21 continues

to be delivered into the future.

As a founder member we are proud

of our relationship with Fusion21.

The vision and aims of the original

alliance has gone well beyond

expectations. Examples such as the

levels of Investment in our stock and

communities, the creation of value for

money compliant frameworks and supply

chains, achieving the decent homes

standard along with the investment into

the skills programme and the number

of full time jobs created provides a

sense of enormous achievement.

We currently face challenges such

as health and wellbeing, the welfare

reform, skills and employment

now more than ever in our ten

years of working together and see

this continued dynamic approach

to partnering as an opportunity to

overcome these challenges and be

a major contributor to the economy

and communities we work in.

Chris Dale, Head of Property Services, The Regenda Group

The SLH Group have enjoyed a

valued and productive relationship

with Fusion21 and remain proud

to have contributed to both the

establishment of the business and

its development into an innovative

social enterprise and market leader.

The SLH Group have with the support

of Fusion21 invested more than £3m

pounds through their frameworks and

in doing so generated cashable savings

of over £900K. This coupled with the

creation of 45 jobs through partnership

activity demonstrates clearly the social

and economic value gained through

working with Fusion21.

Wayne Gales, Executive Director of Operations at SLH Group

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Founder Members

As Helena looked at the implementation of

a very significant Decent Homes Standard

programme, Fusion21 offered us a real

chance to not only deliver the promises

that we had made to tenants but also to

add value and innovation to the successful

completion of these works.

As Fusion21 has developed new

workstreams, initiatives and expertise,

Helena has been able to benefit from

these developments and has taken great

pride in being able to see opportunities

such as the realisation of genuine and

long lasting employment and training

coming to fruition. Since 2002 Helena

has seen nearly £18m worth of savings

secured through our Fusion21 linked

procurement processes. 119 permanent

jobs have been created as a result

of this investment and the estimated

financial benefits to our local economy

are around £2.6m.

The board of Helena Partnerships is

extremely proud of these achievements

and look forward to a long and continuing

partnership with Fusion21.

Steve Moore, Executive Director Business Development, Helena Partnerships

Plus Dane is delighted to have

continued our positive relationship

with Fusion21 during 2012 and 2013.

We have utilised their frameworks as

a route to market to deliver more

than £2.4m of planned investment

work including kitchen and bathroom

installations, window/door renewals,

central heating, external/internal

decorations, rewires and upgrading

of fire installations to numerous

flatted schemes.

This work has been delivered with

highly competent contractors, within

budgets with consistently high levels

of customer satisfaction.

A key benefit of working with Fusion21

is our ability to ensure a high level

of resident involvement in both the

selection of contractors, suppliers,

materials and products.

Our residents continually report that

they greatly value the opportunity to

be at the heart of this selection work.

Gerard Murden, Managing Director, Plus Dane Group

“The opportunity to be involved in the decisions of products to be used by other tenants was amazing.

I have thoroughly enjoyed the experiences and had my eyes opened as to the procedure in awarding contracts and also how the process works.

Asking tenants to choose products is, in my opinion, the best way forward as we know what other tenants want as far as the services/products from Plus Dane

go and thus getting it right first time.”

Plus Dane Resident

Throughout the 10 years Fusion21 has

been a fantastic collaboration that

has helped its members to secure

better deals with contractors and

suppliers whilst also creating training

opportunities and sustainable jobs for

local people. As well as generating

social value this model has improved

efficiency in the procurement process

and generated significant cash savings.

In Knowsley we have benefited from

363 local residents gaining employment

through the Fusion21 training and

employer pool adding an estimated

£8m economic value(using LM3) to the

Knowsley economy. Furthermore, since

its inception we have procured £76m

of programmes through Fusion21 and

generated £15m of cashable savings.

As Fusion develop products and

activities into the future KHT will

continue to be a customer and key

partner of Fusion21, through the

‘members consortium’, supporting

product work streams and calling off

employees from the Employer Pool.

We look forward to continuing to work

with Fusion21 as it further develops its

commercial and social activities for the

benefit of the communities it operates in.

Ian Thomson, Executive Director Asset Management, KHT


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Founder Members

Your Housing Group are very proud

to be a founder member of Fusion21.

Your Housing Group has worked

collaboratively with Fusion21 to

deliver efficiency savings whilst

generating social value to our

customers and communities.

Delivering projects through Fusion21

brings significant benefits in procurement,

both in terms of time and staff resources,

with fully compliant Framework Agreements

in place. Your Housing Group have utilised

the full range of Frameworks Agreements,

including internal and external components,

energy retrofit works, together with cyclical

and compliance work streams.

Overall Your Housing Group has

delivered more than 50 projects, to

the value of £32m. This has generated

£12.3m of cashable savings and £250k

of rebates. These savings and rebates

have been reinvested in our properties

and our communities. Also, Your Housing

Group has benefited from 53 local

residents gaining employment through

Fusion21 adding an estimated £1.2m

economic value to the local economy.

Paul Mackie, Head of Asset Management,Your Housing Group

Riverside is very proud of its role in

working with local founder members

to initiate and grow Fusion21 into an

outstanding social enterprise business.

Fusion21 is a testament to what can be

achieved through collaborative working.

As Riverside has grown and evolved, so

has Fusion21, helping meet our evolving

procurement needs on a national scale.

We have invested more than £112m

through Fusion Frameworks in improving

our homes while saving over £33m.

This saving has greatly helped improve

the quality of homes to our tenants.

Riverside’s investment through Fusion

has created 271 sustainable jobs,

adding real value to the communities

we invest in.

I am sure that Fusion21’s continued

commitment to engaging with partners

and working collaboratively will bring

Fusion21 and its partners many more

years of success to come.

Mark Patchitt, Director of Regeneration,The Riverside Group


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Our members have brought benefits to local communities of more than

£30MFounder members have alone contributed

£21,323,902.00The LM3 (Local Multiplier 3) has been

used as a formula to demonstrate

this impact. LM3 was developed by

nef (the new economics foundation) as a simple and understandable way

of measuring local economic impact.

It is designed to help people to think

about how local money flows and how

their organisation can practically improve

its local economic impact, as well as how

to influence the public sector to consider

the impact of its procurement decisions.

Contribution toLocal Communities


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Procurement

Fusion21 was created for two key

reasons; to support the procurement

of our founder members’ repairs and

maintenance programmes and to

develop a skilled labour force from local

communities. Collaborative procurement

enabled our members to leverage the

benefits of high volume procurement

whilst retaining their own individual

control of contracts and brand identity.

In 2003 Fusion21 selected the first

partners to help facilitate its initial

activity. Together the partners

worked to create the first ever

Fusion21 frameworks including

Bathrooms, Windows & Doors,

Kitchens and Heating.

The creation of the frameworks

introduced a number of approved

contractors and suppliers to work

as partners of the founder members

on the procurement of a predicted

£1B investment.

From the very beginning Fusion21

considered social value and the use

of social clauses in its frameworks

and partnering contracts.

A fee of 1% of any total contract was

paid by the contracting partner, this

fee enabled Fusion21 to ensure that

jobs could be created as a result of the

investments of our founder members.

Today we generate social value for our

members in communities across the UK.

Procurement can really change lives

and our member’s procurement

savings are continuing to power

Fusion21’s expanding employment

work with NEET’s, offenders,

apprentices and more.

“There are other housing associations and procurement bodies that dabble around the edges of local procurement and sourcing but Fusion21 has taken it a step further and developed a really robust system that delivers results.”

Stephen Nicol, Managing Director of Consultancy, Regeneris


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Delivering SectorLeading Frameworks

Collaboration

From the original planned maintenance

frameworks, Fusion21 have delivered

more than 22 frameworks over the years.

In 2004 with efficiency gains on

these projects alone measuring

9.4% in addition to 150 trainees on

site, the scheme gained widespread

acclaim winning a number awards in

this landmark year. It was after this

the ODPM announced funding for

development of up to 40 consortia

based on the Fusion21 model.

Following the success of the original

frameworks, Gas Servicing was launched in

2005 creating on average an impressive

18% efficiency gains for members, a

result praised by the Audit Commission.

The introduction of the new framework

also saw the first non founder members

join Fusion21,the Guinness Trust and

Northern Counties.

The success of this framework

opened the door to a wide range of

new frameworks offered by Fusion21

including Void Security, Digital TV

and Painting, Energy Performance

Certificates and Facilities Management.

The Gerhson Review of Public Sector

Efficiency featured the work achieved

by the group, an acknowledgement

that led to Fusion21 offering a national

service in 2008.

By this time a further 35 non founder

members had joined Fusion21 to

benefit from procuring through

a framework.

The Fusion21 model gained widespread

attention in 2011 from Whitehall and

the BBC due to its fit with Public

Sector Reform.

Collaboration is at the core of our

values. It is something that we

will continue to ensure we offer

the very best products and

services to Fusion21 members.

More than 22 Fusion21 frameworks

have been launched since 2002 helping

to grow Procurement Services from

meeting the needs of the seven founder

members to supporting the procurement

departments of over one hundred

members across the country.

The success of the frameworks

delivered by Fusion21 led to a

partnership with the Generate Group to create new products for the sector including Legal and Insurance Frameworks.

The Generate Group is an informally constituted group of Chief Executives

from five housing associations including;

Stafford & Rural Homes, Halton Housing Trust, Chester & District Housing Trust, Knowsley Housing Trust and Leeds Federated Housing that chose to work with Fusion21 due our track record of

delivering frameworks to the sector.

“At a time of economic uncertainty and financial challenge our customers have directly benefited from the significant savings we have made through our frameworks. Our partnership with Fusion21 has been instrumental in developing the Generate Frameworks.”

Nick Atkin, Member, Generate Group, & Chief Executive, Halton Housing Trust


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In 2009 Fusion21 launched In>Form, a

strategic cost management system to

manage members’ framework activity

and spend. The E-procurement system

was created as a bespoke solution to

meet the needs of our members and

supply chain.


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“Fusion21 have helped me so much, if it wasn’t for them I would probably be back in jail now or still dealing drugs. Without their support I wouldn’t be where I am today. All I want to do is make my mum and my Nan happy and proud of me, Fusion21 has given me the chance to do this by helping me to find a job and keeping me out of trouble.”

Steve, Aged 29, Labourer, Fusion21 Skills Programme

Improving Lives

The first trainee entered the Fusion21

Skills programme in 2002, since then

over 1300 life changing opportunities

have been created for local people.

The volume of the jobs being created

through framework social clauses

meant that Fusion21 where able

to open the Building Skills Centre

in 2007.

By this time over 405 people had found

employment through the scheme.

People like Danielle McGivern, who

won the Best Apprentice Award at the

Women In Construction Awards 2007

demonstrated the calibre of trainees

entering the programme.

Danielle’s achievements led the way

for the first female only cohort to be

ran at the Building Skills Centre, a

unique way to ensure that women

were being supported in entering

a traditionally male dominated

construction environment.

1361jobs created

2008 was a landmark year for the Skills

Programme that saw it 500th trainee

Uche Egbuchirir enter employment

and following this new initiatives

were launched.

Working with founder member Helena

Partnerships the Skills Academy was

created, a collaboration that saw

Fusion21 working with Helena to

help deliver apprenticeships for

local people within their own DLO.

Commercial training was also introduced,

different courses that could be undertaken

by anyone looking to further their skills

and qualifications in construction related

courses. Making full use of the Building

Skills Centre, courses such as CSCS,

CEIH and IOSH were established,

enabling anyone to access them.

“I secured a job though the Fusion21 Skills Programme with AW Byrne as a trainee painter and decorator. The job opportunity was created with investments in the Fusion21 procurement frameworks from The Riverside Group. I have really enjoyed the experience and I’ve learnt so much in the past 2 weeks at Fusion21. At the moment it’s really hard for young people like me to find trainee placements in construction. I’m really looking forward to starting my new job and I can’t wait to begin work.”

Steph Anderson, Aged 21, Trainee Painter & Decorator,Fusion21 Skills Programme


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The Fusion21 model through its Skills

Programme featured in CLG’s Houghton

Report on Tackling Worklessness;

which led to the creation of the

£1B Future Jobs Fund.

Following the launch of the governments

Future Jobs Fund in 2010, our members,

supply chain partners and new employers

worked with us to create 375 opportunities.

Knowsley Housing Trust alone worked

with Fusion21 to create 60 opportunities

for local residents. Coinciding with this

Fusion21 were able to deliver Work

Focused Training to more than 150

people in 2010, equipping local

unemployed residents with the skills

and qualifications to support them in

finding employment opportunities.

375 people supported into employment

through Future Jobs Fund

60% of this group went on to secure

sustainable employment opportunities

once their initial 6 month placement

had ended

The investment into the local communities

by our founder members enabled the

scheme to win the 2010 Homes &

Communities Agency (HCA) Award

for ‘Investing In Skills’.

One of the most recent initiatives

that is supporting both employers

and young people is the CITB Shared

Apprenticeship Scheme in partnership

with Fusion21; Building Skills for

the Future.

This allows employers to support

apprentices for shorter periods

of time, reacting to the current

economic climate by ensuring

employers don’t have to commit

to a 2 or 3 year apprenticeship

but can still allow apprentices

to complete their full programme.

Since it was established CITB

have praised the partnership and

it is has been the most successful

programme of its type in the country.

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“We got involved in the shared apprenticeship programme because of its flexibility. If we get a busy period we can take a trainee on, but we aren’t financially committed for the normal length of an apprenticeship which is about three years. This lack of risk means we’re more likely to employ more apprentices in the future. We’re giving people a chance to get a position in the building industry when they might have otherwise struggled to find work.”

Gerard McEvoy, Director of Penny Lane Builders Ltd

“Learning on the job is better than doing two years at college as employers are always going to go for someone whose had experience on site. I also know that with this apprenticeship scheme, if a contract ends with my employer, then Building Skills will find me work somewhere else so I can definitely get my NVQ.”

Corey Read, BSFF Apprentice Joiner, Crosby Construction Ltd

Jobscreated

63Villages Housing 63

Golden Gates Housing

Association

50Magenta

Living

3Cobalt

Housing9City West Housing

Trust

1One Vision

Housing

4Venture

98Regenda

Group

2East North East Leeds

Homes

4Guiness Group

9Fusion21

90Liverpool

Mutual Homes

6Chester District Housing Trust

1Headrow

1Six Town Housing

45SLH Group

53Your Housing

Group

1Wulvern

5London & Quadrant Housing

46Plus Dane

Group10Flintshire County Council

1Muir

Housing

1LiverpoolHousing

Trust

363KHT

43Various

Members

119Helena

Partnerships

271Riverside

Group


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Research &DevelopmentOver the years Fusion21 have achieved

the Investors in People Standard,

ISO9001 and ISO14001.

In addition to our own business

standards we have worked with our

supply chain on standards such as

the TPAS Contractor Accreditation,

registered as a CHAS Health and

Safety buyer and helped to address

our supply chains Carbon Footprint

in Construction through online

tool Construct CO2.

Fusion21 have also collaborated with

educational partners on a number of

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships.

The first knowledge transfer partnership

(KTP) with Liverpool John Moores

University focused on improving

category management services, as

a result of this work we developed

our Process Manager tool to predict,

monitor and control resources through

improving efficiencies as opposed to

traditional cost cutting exercises.

Our most recent KTP’s took place

in partnership with the University

of Salford and focused on the

Retrofit Challenges for Social Housing.

Two exceptional toolkits are the legacy

of the work undertaken by the team

over a two year period. The Partnership

was awarded a Grade A Rating by the

assessors which was also the first the

University of Salford has ever received.

The toolkits will now be used in our work

with members to deliver added value

to energy efficiency programmes by

addressing both the technical and

commercial elements of Retrofitting.

“This KTP was innovative in several ways,

not least in tackling both technical and

behavioural aspects of the retrofit

challenge in social housing. KTPs are

only really successful, however, when

all parties – academics, associates

and company personnel – are fully

committed and work well together,

and this KTP was a great example

of teamwork. It fully deserved

its ‘outstanding’ A-grading by

our assessors and that

is not easily achieved.”

Bob Astley, Technology Strategy Board KTP Advisor


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Northern Ireland

In 2012 Fusion21 opened its Northern Ireland

office to deliver training and employment

services such as Employer Pool to local

businesses. More recently we have been

working with housing providers based

in the region on a range of different

procurement workstreams.

This year will see the launch of the Shared

Apprenticeship NI Pilot Programme in

partnership with CITB NI. This programme

will offer real employment opportunities

to at least 30 construction apprentices

across Northern Ireland.


http://www.employerpool.co.uk/home/

Employer Pool was created in 2011 as a legacy to

the Future Jobs Fund programme; Employer Pool

works with companies to recruit and employ local

people into temporary positions.

Employer Pool manage the recruitment process and

are responsible for payroll of all people on contract.

Employer Pool has been working with lots of new

companies since it began and has more than

4000 people registered who are actively

seeking work with local employers.

I was completely shocked as I had been

looking for a job for a while attending

the job centre at least three times a week.

The amount of jobs I applied for before

finding Employer Pool was astronomical

to say the least.

Fusion21 have helped me out twice in my

life now and I would highly recommend

the support they can offer through

Employer Pool. The Employer Pool team

are fantastic and they have been so

supportive and really helped me out.”

Mike West, Window Fabricator, Total Glass

“At the time I was actively looking for

a job so registered my details with the

Employer Pool team. I was amazed that

after three days of registering Employer

Pool got in touch to inform me of a

job that may be suitable for me as

a window fabricator.

The interviews where held a few days

later and following this I was told I was

successful in securing a temporary

position as a window fabricator with

Total Glass.


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ReducingReoffendingReducing Reoffending has been

a priority area for the Training &

Employment team over the last

few years.

Our records indicate that more than

300 people who have backgrounds

in offending have secured employment

through our various programmes.

The inclusive approach of our schemes

has always helped to target some

of those groups deemed most hard

to reach.

In 2012 Fusion21 introduced a

formalised approach to Reducing

Reoffending and worked in

partnership with Manchester

College to open a Construction

Academy in HMP Liverpool.

The Construction Academy helps

inmates to obtain an NVQ Level 1

in Construction whilst learning

practical skills. Upon release

Fusion21 offer inmates a ‘through

the gate’ approach by registering

them with Employer Pool whilst

supporting them in achieving other

qualifications and employment.

New Horizons, a partnership between Triodos Bank, GMCP and Fusion21

were also awarded the first round

of DWP Innovation Fund in the country.

The initiative engages with 16 - 18 years

olds who are deemed to be on the

cusp of offending. Fusion21 have been

working with different groups through

this scheme training them on a 8 week

course and seeking work experience

or placement opportunities for them.

“I have really enjoyed attending this

course and I’m learning a lot about

construction. I am now volunteering

with a local employer. Hopefully once

my placement ends I will be able to

secure a position as an apprentice.”

David Woolerton, New Horizions Trainee


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In 2011 Fusion21 launched a joint

Retrofit Solution with Procurement for

Housing (PfH) that saw three energy

efficiency frameworks introduced to

members spanning both consortia;

Insulation Systems Solar Photovoltaics, Solar Thermal & Voltage Optimisers Mechanical Ventilation Heat Recovery & Heat Recovery Room Ventilator Systems

The partnership with PfH enabled the

organisations to collaborate to combine

procurement expertise and knowledge

to offer the most compelling retrofit

frameworks to the housing sector.

“Conducting a mini-competition sped up

the lead-in time considerably, enabling

Glasgow Housing Association (GHA)

to capitalise on the higher rate of feed-

in-tariff. Furthermore it allowed GHA to

make use of performance specifications

already established, which again assisted

by substituting missing internal

resources and therefore increased the

speed of the process by not having

to bring in additional consultancy.

As this was the first Solar PV project

GHA and Apollo had done I feel, given

the volume of installations and the fact

that the Feed in Tariff deadline changed

mid project, that Apollo managed the

installation side well. The staff were

helpful and responsive to requests,

and a lot of effort went into having as

many installations complete within

the timescale.

Tenants have been reporting above

expected savings on pre-payment

meters, with our Fuel Advisors

suggesting an average of £20

per month reduction in bills.”

Colin Reid, Sustainability Manager at Glasgow Housing Association


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“This framework (Alliance Gas) provides

breadth of service, the highest quality

specialist contractors and superb value

for money; in addition to generating

social value, an agenda that is increasingly

important to our organisation following

the announcement of the Public Services

Act this year. Generating efficiencies

for ENEHL is also very important and

we have made saving of circa 20%

compared to our last contract.”

Tony Butler, Director of Technical Services at East North East Homes Leeds

The joint approach for Retrofit

workstreams worked so well that the

Northern Housing Consortium (NHC)

joined the partnership in 2011 to

create the Alliance. Alliance is the

UK’s largest procurement initiative for

social landlords with more than 1,170

members it represents more than 70%

of the country’s social housing stock.

Fusion21, Northern Housing Consortium

and Procurement for Housing set up

Alliance in November 2011 for the

benefit of the collective membership.

The primary aim is to create a strategic

buying alliance that uses its scale to

achieve efficiencies and cost savings

through aggregated purchasing power.

The renewal of both the Fusion21 and

NHC Gas Frameworks were incorporated

into one central framework in 2012; this

was the fourth framework to be put into

the Alliance partnership.


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What Next

Fusion21 has focused on growing our membership base across the

UK to ensure a broader spectrum

of organisations can benefit from

working with us.

The Social Enterprise agenda has

become of increasing importance

to Fusion21 in differentiating our

services to our members.

In a recent poll by the Royal Bank of Scotland Fusion21 were ranked one of the top 22 fastest growing social

businesses in the country.

With more than 10 years experience of

delivering social value to the communities

we work in Fusion21 have been leading

the way for other social enterprises

to develop and grow.

Fusion21 are partners in SEUK Social Economy Alliance, a partnership made

up of the leading social enterprises in the

country. The Social Economy Alliance

will be working to raise awareness of the

benefits of buying social and working

with social enterprise in the lead up to

the 2015 general election campaign.

Across the UK organisations face the

same growing challenge: how to deliver

more for less. The public sector faces

budget cuts for the next decade,

while the not-for-profit sector faces

a dwindling pot and movement

away from grant-making.

With 10 years experience in delivering

more for less Fusion21 is well placed

to demonstrate to the sector how this

can be achieved.

We will continue to work with different

areas of the public sector to improve

lives and benefit local communities

through a range of procurement,

training and employment services.

Delivering community regeneration is a

key objective for Fusion21 for the future.

Having recently completed a transfer of

Construction Futures from WNDC (West Northants Development Corporation)

and acquiring Atom Regeneration, a business focusing on the development

of social inclusion, employment and

skills; Fusion21 hope to be able to

work with local agencies to deliver

innovative community regeneration

across the country.

In the next year Fusion21

will be looking to change

our governance structures to

establish the Fusion21 Charitable

Body. This charitable body

will receive all surpluses

from Fusion21 social

enterprise activity.

Establishing the body will enable

our members to benefit from

Social Dividends generated

by the group.

Funds held within the Fusion21

Charitable Body will be used

to invest in new and existing

projects that support the

generation of social value,

social enterprise and community

projects across the country.


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Jobs Created this year

2001Decided that

Project Cinderella is something worth doing

1st trainee enters

programme

Fusion21 advertises for

Installers, Suppliers & Integrators

7 Founders commission pre- feasibility study called

‘Project Cinderella’

RSL Commit to business

planning phaseFusion21

wins Ambition Construction for

Merseyside

279 peopleemployed

20 New Members

Fusion21 delivering

savings of 25-30 %

Gas Framework Created18% Efficiency Gains

Enquiry from Hong Kong 1M Social Housing Units- want to

follow Fusion21 Model 1st female

only cohort

Gas Frameworkpraised by Audit Commission for

achieving efficiencies for members

Dave Neilson appointed CEO

220 Construction Trainees

Consultants Framework Launched

AwardsCIPS Contribution to

Corporate Social Responsibility

CIPS Best Purchasing Initiative by a Smaller Organisation

UK Housing Awards 2004Good Practice in Housing:

Management & Maintenance

Building Homes Quality Awards 2004Best Approach to partnering & supply chain management

5,586 Bathrooms Installed

6,390 Kitchens Installed

7,103 Heating Systems Installed

18,042 Windows & Doors

Fusion21 formed as a strategic Alliance

between 7 RSL’s & KMBC

April 2004 Fusion21 becomes incorporated not

for profit company with 7 RSL’s

150th trainee enters

employment

ODPM announces funding for development of up to 40 consortia

based on the Fusion21 model

Northern Counties save 300k using Gas Framework

Working with first non founder

members11.3 %

Average Efficiencies

Frameworks go national

35 new members driven by the DTV

framework

New Generation Group Created

Insurance & Legal Frameworks

Won Lifetime Achievement Award

- Women In Construction

20 Nationalframeworks

in place

Fusion21 resident manual 1st to receive

TPAS Quality Award

Sara Killgannon wins at WIC ‘Apprenticeof the Year’

New frameworks developed

Facilities Management

Energy Performance Certicates

Insurance

Commercial TES Courses Developed

Completed Knowledge Transfer

Partnership with LJMU

Average savings of 20.73%

across frameworks

614 jobs created

Typical member savings

of 10/30 %

70 members working on active

frameworks250 projects

this year

Fusion21 gains social enterprise

trademark

Launched joint Retrofit Solution with PfH

311 procurement projects delivered

covering 65 members

68,464 Gas

2,017 PV

6,347 Insulation

12,509 Painting

Fusion21 model gains attention

from BBC & Whitehall- advising

on public sector reform

Fusion21 wins Regeneration & Renewal Award

‘Boosting a Local Economy’

755 jobs created

Golden Gates Housing Trust joined as a core member

Fusion21 Members represent more than

600,000 homes

KTP with Salford University Delivered looking at Retrofit (Technical Toolkit

and Resident Toolkit)

Partnership with CITB to deliver official Shared Apprentice Scheme- Building Skills

Fusion21 partners on the SEUK Social Economy Alliance

Construction Futures transfers to Fusion 21

1361 jobs created

Ranked 22nd RBS SE100 Index for fastest growing social enterprise

Working with more than

100 members across the UK

Framework Renewal

Planned Maintenance

Full Social Enterprise UK

Members

909 jobs created to date

Opened Northern Ireland

Office

Alliance created3 largest housing

consortia in the UK (Fusion21, PfH, NHC)

Reducing Reoffending

initiativelaunched

Framework renewals

Redecoration

Roofing

Voids

Future Jobs Fund137 Jobs created

Fusion21 Skills Model features in CLG’s Houghton Report on Tackling Worklessness- report

led to creation of 1Billion Future Jobs Fund

500th Trainee Uche Egbuchirir

Materials savings of

7.5%

Fusion21 featured in ‘ Gershon Review of Public Sector

Efficiency’

Danielle McGivern Wins Women In

Construction ‘Best Apprentice Award’

New frameworksintroduced

Pre Painting & External Works

DTV

Void Security

Frameworks

Forecast efficiency gains (2005/6) 17.9% (£8.9 M)

£3.3M Kitchens

£1.2M Heating

£1.5M Windows & Doors

£2.5M Bathrooms

Kitchens

Radiators

Windows & Doors

Bathrooms

1462 CSCS Tests Delivered

July 1st projects start

on site

56 Projects worth £20M completed

Launched

Work focused training delivered

to 150 people

Atom Regeneration

acquired

11,296 Redecoration

units

Framework Renewal

Gas Heating Systems

Installers & Suppliers Appointed

Won Homes & Communities

Agency Award ‘Investing in Skills

2010

340 peoplein employment

Launched

Building Skills Centre Opened

Skills academy with Helena Partnerships

Created

Won Government Opportunity Procurement

Award ‘ Innovation in Procurement’

Fusion21 Wins First ever Housing Corporation Gold Award- Innovation

in Procurement

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