Medway Voluntary Community Sector ‘Better Together’ Consortium Market Event

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Medway Council are recommissioning the Medway Voluntary Community Sector ‘Better Together’ Consortium. We are keen to engage with providers to help shape the new service which is to commence on the 1st January 2024. The current contract is divided into 5 Lots for specific service areas: • Lot 1 Infrastructure to support the Voluntary Community Services (VCS) Organisations in Medway • Lot 2 Local Healthwatch • Lot 3 Welfare, Debt and Advice Support Service including Local Welfare Provision (LWP) • Lot 4 Carers Information, Guidance and Support, Young Carers and Carers Support Payments • Lot 5 Children’s and Adults Visually Impaired (VI) Support and Information Services. The Better Together Consortium services form a strategic leadership group to enable a collaborative partnership approach, to support the needs of Medway residents and was developed with the key objectives of ensuring: • One set of mutually agreed Key Performance Indicators • A single point of contact to address relevant issues, risks and opportunities • Strategic outcomes achieved by effective collaborative working relationships • Maximum use of community resources • Funding to support the sustainability of smaller VCS organisations • The creation of a mutually agreed collaborative Action Plan The aim of this event is to consult with prospective providers on how the current services can be redesigned to continue to support the population of Medway. Medway Council will be hosting a provider engagement event on Microsoft Teams on the 9 May between 9:30 am and 12:30 pm. We encourage all current and prospective providers to attend. Please complete this short registration link https://forms.office.com/e/huBbq5we6i by midday on the 5 May 2023. We will use the details provided to send out invitations. If you have any queries about this notice, please contact Mary Coldham, Senior Commissioning Officer at mary.coldham@medway.gov.uk. Please do NOT send expressions of interest via the Kent Business Portal. Keywords: care, voluntary, healthwatch, VCS, welfare, visually impaired