Bradford Council: Social Value example projects Bradford 2025
Our Example Projects are focused social value initiatives designed to meet our most important priorities as identified in our Bradford District Strategy. Developed collaboratively by Bradford Council and its partners, these projects provide easily accessible and meaningful projects for commissioners and suppliers to engage with through their contractual social value commitments. The aim is to make the delivery of social value as easy as possible and to ensure maximum impact.
Bradford 2025 City of Culture
As the UK City of Culture 2025, Bradford invites businesses to support the year’s activities via sponsorship, volunteering, awareness campaigns, and ESG programmes. A major focus is strengthening cultural assets and improving facilities for arts, heritage, and leisure in the voluntary sector.
| Ways to get involved | Next steps |
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| Sponsorship With time left in the 2025 programme there are opportunities for sponsorship of the main programme and numerous opportunities for donations of money, facilities, equipment and materials to support organisations delivering 2025 activities. Current requests include everything from the loan of an HGV tractor cab and driver for a theatre production to the donation of paint for community buildings. |
Contact for Sponsorship: [email protected] Putting on 2025 events and activities: [email protected] |
| Mentoring Programme As part of the corporate volunteering programme for Bradford 2025, there is a mentoring programme for voluntary sector and social enterprise organisations in the creative, cultural, leisure and heritage sectors. This programme matches experienced business leaders with people running organisations through a facilitated matching process. The mentor and mentee then work together to address challenges and opportunities. |
Contact: [email protected] |
| Skilled and Team Volunteering Participate Projects is the corporate engagement Partner for Bradford City of Culture 2025. They have a wide range of programmes aimed at engaging business in activities that deliver improvements to cultural assets across Bradford District. These include opportunities for skills sharing, mentoring and team-based activities to improve buildings and spaces. A full list of team activities can be found at |
Visit: https://participateprojects.org.uk/bradford-2025-skills-opportunities/ |
Bradford 2025 live examples
| Initiative | Overview | Contact |
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| Victoria Hall, Queensbury | Following a feasibility study, Queensbury Community Programme (QCP) has leased the Grade II listed Victoria Hall from Bradford Council. Once home to the Black Dyke Band, the building includes a theatre, library, nursery, disused Victorian pool, and event spaces. In 2025, QCP is seeking business support to help restore and revitalise this cultural landmark. Current opportunities include:
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[email protected] 01274 288010 |
| Dominica Association | Dominicans living in Bradford established the Dominica Association in 1979 after hurricane David in Dominica. Originally established to raise money to support people affected by the hurricane the association has grown to provide cultural and community activities for people from many communities in Bradford. Their building, which provides activities for over 500 per week including youth groups, social activities and older peoples lunch groups, requires significant modernisation. Current opportunities include: modernisation. Current opportunities include:
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[email protected] 01274 288010 |
| Bradford 2025 Power Hour Series | Businesses are invited to deliver online workshops for voluntary sector and social enterprise organisations in Bradford as part of the Bradford 2025 Power Hour Series in September. Power Hours are a series of online webinars that give Bradford based non-profit organisations the opportunity to access the skills and knowledge of local businesses and professionals, so they can make the most of Bradford 2025 and its legacy. The power hours are aimed at charities, social enterprises, arts and cultural organisations, schools and voluntary groups. A list of topics have been suggested through consultation with organisations and the team welcome suggestions for additional topics. | [email protected] |
