Case Studies

Aisling’s story
10th October 2019
Aisling is a Marketing & Communications Co-ordinator and benefitted from the Buy Social requirement on construction contracts. Here's her story.
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Buy Social take WOMEN’STEC to visit A6 construction site
30th August 2019
Buy Social take WOMEN'STEC to visit A6 M22 - Castledawson site
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Buy Social Contractors and Brokers working together to support employment
2nd July 2019
Buy Social employment case study
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Craft Training visits the new Transport Hub in Derry~Londonderry
18th April 2019
Site visit from Craft Training to the North West Multimodal Transport Project in Derry~Londonderry
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Land & Property Services’ LandWeb contract
26th March 2019
Land & Property Services (LPS) worked with the Buy Social Unit and Construction & Procurement Delivery (CPD) to include social considerations on the LPS LandWeb contract extension.
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The positive impact of Buy Social work placements
18th February 2019
The Buy Social Approach to Construction requires contractors to deliver unpaid work placements as well as Targeted Recruitment and Training opportunities.
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Buy Social brings ExternWorks on site
5th October 2018
In September 2018, ten men from the ExternWorks programme were welcomed on to Graham/Farrans’ A6 Dualling site to learn about careers in construction industry.
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Training for Success/Apprenticeship NI Contract
14th August 2018
In September 2017, the Department for Economy’s (DfE) new contract for Training for Success and Apprenticeship NI started. It is being delivered by a number of
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Buy Social in Action
12th June 2018
We recently made a video to show Buy Social in action across Northern Ireland. Let Yvonne, Ryan and Stuart tell you how it has made a difference to them.
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Altnagelvin North Wing Redevelopment
21st August 2017
The Buy Social Unit worked with the Department of Health to develop a set of Buy Social clauses for the Altnagelvin North Wing Redevelopment Hospital Project.
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Buy Social success in G4S contract
21st August 2017
Global security company G4S were awarded Lot 1 of the NI Civil Service Cleaning, Catering and Ancillary services contract in May 2016.
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