Development of Educational Resource for Elan Links

Tender description

Consultants Tender Brief for Developing an Educational Resource on behalf of the Elan Links: People Nature & Water Landscape Partnership Scheme 1. Introduction 1.1 Summary of Brief The Elan Valley Trust, on behalf of the Elan Links scheme, is seeking to recruit a suitably qualified education consultant to develop an outreach educational package for use in schools in England and Wales for Elan Links: People, Nature & Water landscape partnership. The contract is for a period of three months, commencing in March 2023. The successful applicant will have a strong track record in this type of work. This contract will have three distinct phases 1. Research into provision of and demand for an educational resource (March 2023) 2. Development of an educational resource (April- June 2023) 3. Providing training to staff to share and deliver resource (June 2023) Tender to the maximum value of 10,000 pounds exclusive of VAT 1.2 Background to the Elan Links: People, Nature & Water Landscape Partnership Scheme The Elan Valley is a special place with a unique landscape, story and history. Elan Valley’s human history goes back over 4000 years, though it is most often noted for the construction of a series of dams and reservoirs in the late 19th century to bring clean water to Birmingham. Elan Links is a Heritage Lottery supported scheme which aims to secure the heritage of the whole estate and boost the opportunities available in the Elan Valley for the future. In total 26 projects will be delivered between 2018 and 2023 under the following themes: Celebrating heritage: protecting and historic sites, improving visitors access and archiving people’s histories and stories Enjoying Elan: improving opportunities for new and existing visitors Experience and education: offering voluntary, training and education opportunities Enhancing nature and wildlife: protecting natural habitats and traditional farming practices Nearly £3.4million will be invested in the Elan Valley area to safeguard heritage and increase the opportunities for visitors. The Elan Links scheme is led by a partnership board made up from the following organisations: Elan Valley Trust, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, Community Arts Rhayader and District (CARAD), Tir Coed, Natural Resources Wales. 1.3 Useful documents Relevant to the development of the resource will be our project plan for interpretation, which is included, and includes key themes of the project. An outline of the three suggested key educational themes which can offer a framework for this educational resource is also included. 2. Details of the brief 2.1. Detail of the brief The educational resource will have a digital and physical copy, which can be sent to schools and delivered by teachers themselves, or delivered by members of the Elan Links team if preferred. The costs of the creation of these copies, including any design and production of copied will be included in the quote for tender. The resource will be relevant to the new national curriculum, and aimed at secondary age students, though the research phase of the contract will determine the exact Key Stage level the resource will be aimed at. The educational resource will be aimed at schools in West Midlands area and those in towns adjacent to the pipeline (Ludlow, Knighton, Bleddfa etc), but could equally be delivered in Welsh schools closer to Elan Valley itself. Some schools will be offered a chance to visit Elan Valley, to give opportunities for in-person learning. 2.2 Phases of work This contract will have three distinct phases 1. Research into provision of and demand for an educational resource (March 2023) 2. Development of an educational resource (April- June 2023) 3. Providing training to staff to share and deliver resource (June 2023) 2.2.1 Research into provision of and demand for an educational resource There are three deliverables in this phase: To undertake research into the rollout and content of the new curriculum,