Other community, social and personal services

Tender description

Overview of Service: The Council Volunteering Strategy for 2014-2019 will provide a host of new services which will contribute to the delivery of the core Better City, Better Lives commitment to increase the number of people who volunteer in the city. As part of this Strategy, the Council is committed to making it easy and rewarding to volunteer within the Councils. In order to reward and incentivize people to get more involved the Council will commission a Time Credit scheme that will aim to help connect residents with their neighbours, local community groups and services. The Council wants everyone to feel more involved in their local community and Time Credits will help connect residents with their neighbours, local community groups and services. This will help to reverse a decline in community spirit that has taken place over recent years and deliver a Better City, Better Lives objective. It is intended that this scheme will commence during autumn 2014 and will initially cover the south of Westminster, before rolling out to cover the whole of the city and London wide. The Provider shall provide: A dedicated local coordinator that will work with local community organisations and groups to gain a good understanding of where residents would like to earn and spend Time Credits and identify where volunteering can add the most value. Access to a local and national spend network where organisations agree to accept Time Credits for their services. This provides time credit users with a wide menu of options of places and activities where they can spend their credit. Time Credit infrastructure including time notes that participants use to ‘cash in’ their hours. The notes will have a unique Westminster front designed to reflect the local nature of the scheme. The framework will run for 4 years from the start date of the.