Community Asset Review

Tender description

We require a provider to implement and deliver the Community Asset Review with VCS tenants who occupy/rent/lease a community building owned by the Council. The provider will work with VCS tenants, wider VCSOs and other key stakeholders to deliver this programme of work. A review of all Council properties let to Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations (VCSOs) has been undertaken which identifies the council has a total of 39 properties (44 occupiers) in use by the VCSO. The Council recognised and endorsed the need to establish a fair and transparent framework for awarding rent subsidies to VCSOs leasing the Council’s community buildings and to implement the Community Benefit Assessment Tool (CBAT) to regularise all current tenancy arrangements. A key driver for the review is to identify opportunities for co-location of VCSOs which will provide additional community benefit and expand the provision of community services in potential community hubs in the near future. Bringing together key services delivered by local community groups and organisations also provides the Council with the potential opportunity for properties that may become surplus to requirements and may be reinvested for other purposes which continue to provide benefits for residents and the Council. We are now ready for implementation of the Community Asset review and a significant amount of community engagement has already taken place; providing the platform needed to confidently commence the CBAT assessments and development of the vision for community hubs. Keywords: property review, community engagement, community assets, voluntary community sector