Civic betterment and community facility support services

Tender description

Support projects which will deliver positive change and benefits for individuals or communities within Croydon. The 5 outcome priorities include: Outcome 1: People live long, healthy, happy and independent lives; Outcome 2: Our children and young people thrive and reach their full potential; Outcome 3: Access to homes and prevention of homelessness; Outcome 4: Everyone feels safer in their street, neighbourhood and home; Outcome 5: Everybody has the opportunity to work and build their career. Through the outcomes programme, the Council is looking to fund bids which demonstrate the following commissioning principles: — Does the bid involve collaboration with other VCS groups? — Is it tackling a particular need in a locality? — Does it focus on prevention, early identification and intervention? — Does it support one or more of the priority outcomes? — Is it evidence based? — Is it innovative? This outcomes prospectus provides information on the key outcome themes which the Council wants to commission, as well as a guide on how to apply and how bids will be evaluated. Tender applications are for bids over 15 000 GBP per year. — extensive collaboration arrangements between 3 or more organisation and where measures have been taken to ensure no duplication with other VCS organisations, — strong evidence of a high level of need across the borough and an evidence based service high responds to this need and has a track record of delivering positive impact for residents, — a proposal which contributes to at least 3 priority outcomes or sub-outcomes, — very strong quantifiable social value offer for Croydon, — draws upon alternative funding streams to ensure VFM.