PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Use Wednesday 27th February 2008

Schools Can Achieve Sustainability with SCEMES’ Headteacher’s and Bursar’s Handbooks.
SCEMES Ltd, specialists in educational purchasing, has found a way to help schools achieve sustainability by sourcing Best Value products close to home.

SCEMES Ltd is the definitive point of reference in education for those who need help in finding a range of suppliers of products and services.

Publisher of the ‘Headteachers and Bursars Handbooks’ which are mailed free to over 30,000 UK schools twice a year, SCEMES Ltd specialises in providing UK schools with easy access to local businesses and Best Value services.

SCEMES Ltd. believes wholeheartedly in Best Value. For them, Best Value means buying locally, employing local trades and using resources and skills that are available locally, so that the community can become a self-sustaining economy.
Their Handbooks match schools with local businesses, enabling them to source Best Value products.
Over the past few years, SCEMES’ mission has been to build a database of local and regional suppliers to cater for each schools’ every need and to ensure that Headteachers and Bursars can find a range of products, services and skills in their community.

For communities to survive and prosper it is vital that they have strong and vibrant local economies which can provide the essential social support for young people starting out on life’s long journey.

SCEMES’ Online Database now has thousands of suppliers listed, with hundreds more added every month. By sourcing businesses locally, schools bolster the local community, promote a more sustainable way of life and also reduce unnecessary travel and transport, which could reduce the impact of climate change.

So if you can’t find what you want locally, SCEMES will find it for you!

Sustainable Schools

SCEMES Ltd. is committed to providing schools with the resources that they need to achieve sustainability simply and cost-effectively.

To this end, they produce ‘The Headteachers and Bursars Handbook of Sustainable Procurement’, which is mailed free to over 30,000 schools in the UK.

The ‘Handbook of Sustainable Procurement’ provides schools with a list of environmentally friendly product and service providers from within their local area and is rapidly becoming every teacher’s first point of reference to understanding and solving issues of sustainability within education.

The Handbook, and its accompanying online database, provides contact details for local and national businesses supplying everything from renewable energy systems, insulation and recycling, to local farm produce, building design and cleaning products.

In 2006, the DfES issued a consultation paper entitled ‘Sustainable Schools for Pupils, Communities and the Environment’, which called on all schools to become models of sustainable development for their communities.

SCEMES’ Handbook of Sustainable Procurement is a timely and much-needed response to that document, providing teachers and educational buyers with a one-stop point of reference for all their sustainable resource needs.  

SCEMES believes that working with community partners and sourcing environmentally friendly services will enable schools to build the foundations of a sustainable future.

Let’s all work together for a more sustainable environment for all.

To order a FREE copy of either the ‘Handbook of Procurement’ or the ‘Handbook of Sustainable Procurement’ visit www.scemes.com or call 01691 680945.

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For more information contact Helen Gordon, Marketing and Projects Manager on 01691 664199 helen@scemes.net