WCC Market Testing - Domestic Abuse - Safe Accommodation and Support

Tender description

The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 places a statutory duty on Warwickshire County Council (WCC) as a tier 1 local authority to identify demand for Safe Accommodation and Support, develop and publish a Safe Accommodation Strategy and commission / provide Safe Accommodation and Support to meet need. WCC and Warwickshire District and Borough Councils have been allocated additional Safe Accommodation funding to support the delivery of new provision. The purpose of this market engagement is to: o Gain market input into the Safe Accommodation Strategy for Warwickshire, including the role of housing providers, o Gain feedback on how we develop specialist domestic abuse counselling and therapeutic support for adult and child victim-survivors of domestic abuse, this will include gaining feedback on market capacity, gaps, and opportunities, o Gain feedback on the proposed model for Dispersed Safe Accommodation and Support in Warwickshire for victims of domestic abuse, o Gain feedback on whether housing providers, domestic abuse providers and other providers are interested in delivering all or part of the services required, o Seek market interest in developing a new purpose-built refuge in the north of the county.