Research and development consultancy services

Tender description

The Fund's Northern Ireland directorate launched the Empowering Young People programme (The Programme) in March 2015 as part of its new portfolio, making 50 000 000 GBP available to fund activities in communities until 2027. The Fund is seeking a contractor to provide a range of networking, learning and support services to the grant holders of the programme. Through the programme we will fund projects that give young people in Northern Ireland aged 8-25 the ability to cope with challenges in their lives. This programme is all about putting young people in the lead. We are looking for strong projects that involve young people in the planning and delivery, as well as their support networks and the communities which will help them to develop skills to cope with challenges in their lives. We will fund projects that meet at least one of the following outcomes: — More young people are ready for education, work and training; — Young people have better relationships with their support networks and communities; — Young people have improved health and well-being. We have identified three focus areas which projects might target: — Young carers; — Young people with learning disabilities; — Young people facing barriers to learning and employment. We will also consider projects that support young people outside of these focus areas as long as projects show us that their project is wanted and needed.