Primary Schools in to Theatre - Develop the next generation of theatre goers

Tender description

Southwark Council is inviting organisations and individuals with an experience of working in the cultural sector to submit an application for the provision services to delivery the innovative ‘Primary Schools in to Theatre’ programme. Southwark Council is looking for an individual or organisation to deliver the council’s Fairer Future commitment to: ‘…ensure that every primary child gets a free visit to the theatre every year’ The aims of this unique and ambitious programme are: • To ensure every primary child gets a free visit to the theatre every year. • To support Southwark’s theatres existing work and encourage development of a meaningful programme that facilitates a legacy of on-going relationships between schools and theatres. • Further deliver the council’s culture strategy, Creative Southwark. Our primary aim is to ensure that schools develop a relationship with Southwark based theatres, however venues outside of the borough can be explored if they can offer a unique and inspiring theatrical experience that will benefit primary school pupils. For the full tender documents you will need to register on our eProcurement system, which you can do here : https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?p=2241eb95-058a-e511-80f7-000c29c9ba21&v=1 Once you are registered you will be able to access the opportunity. The deadline for tender applications is 28 June 2019 Open Day We are also hosting an open morning at the Southwark Council Offices, 160 Tooley St, SE1 2QH, on Monday 3 June, 10am – 1pm. There will be a short presentation and then an opportunity to attend one to one meetings with staff from the Culture Team. If you’d like to attend please RSVP to culture@southwark.gov.uk. Please indicate if you would like to attend an one to one meeting. Keywords: culture, programme, theatre, schools