Julian Blake

and employee engagement; ii) socially-focused business; iii) public services commissioning, procurement and subsidy control from a public benefit perspective; and iv) public policy and charity law innovation. He is dedicated to the development of: Social Enterprise; Social Finance; Social Value; and Social Impact. He works particularly in relation to: Community Transport; Education; Health and Social Care; Rehabilitation; Renewable Energy; and Youth Services. He works closely with E3M, a group of pioneering chief executives running mature social enterprises and associated groups of progressive commissioners and social investors (see www.e3m.org.uk). He has developed innovative quasi in-house partnership arrangements, with social enterprises, including Catch22 and Energy4All. Having written and edited books on charity law, his co-authored publication “The Art of the Possible in Public Procurement” (2016) opened the way to collaborative commissioning and relational contracts in public services, which he champions, including through co-authored Local Government Association guidance on the relationships between councils (2024) and the public benefit sector and through the VCSE Crown Commissioner’s Advisory Panel to Government. · Stone King LLP

EnglandCharity / Not-for-Profit, Social Enterprise

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Partner at Stone King specialising in charity law, social enterprise and public-procurement issues from a public benefit perspective. He focuses on social finance, social value and collaborative commissioning (including relational contracts) and works across sectors such as education, health and social care, community transport, rehabilitation, renewable energy and youth services.

Practice areas

Charity / Not-for-ProfitSocial EnterprisePublic ProcurementPublic PolicyRegulatory / ComplianceSocial Finance

Office

England

Stone King LLP · and employee engagement; ii) socially-focused business; iii) public services commissioning, procurement and subsidy control from a public benefit perspective; and iv) public policy and charity law innovation. He is dedicated to the development of: Social Enterprise; Social Finance; Social Value; and Social Impact. He works particularly in relation to: Community Transport; Education; Health and Social Care; Rehabilitation; Renewable Energy; and Youth Services. He works closely with E3M, a group of pioneering chief executives running mature social enterprises and associated groups of progressive commissioners and social investors (see www.e3m.org.uk). He has developed innovative quasi in-house partnership arrangements, with social enterprises, including Catch22 and Energy4All. Having written and edited books on charity law, his co-authored publication “The Art of the Possible in Public Procurement” (2016) opened the way to collaborative commissioning and relational contracts in public services, which he champions, including through co-authored Local Government Association guidance on the relationships between councils (2024) and the public benefit sector and through the VCSE Crown Commissioner’s Advisory Panel to Government.

England

Expertise

Collaborative commissioning and relational contractsSocial Enterprise developmentSocial Finance and Social ValuePublic services commissioning, procurement and subsidy controlCommunity TransportEducationHealth and Social CareRehabilitationRenewable EnergyYouth ServicesQuasi in-house partnership arrangements with social enterprisesAuthorship: co‑author of "The Art of the Possible in Public Procurement" (2016); co‑authored Local Government Association guidance (2024)Advisory role: VCSE Crown Commissioner’s Advisory Panel to GovernmentEngagement with E3M (network of social enterprise chief executives and commissioners/investors)