Planning

Volunteer Mentoring Programme for Care Experienced Young People

WOLVERHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL

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Planning

16 Feb 2024 at 15:52

Summary of the contracting process

The City of Wolverhampton Council is planning a tender for a Volunteer Mentoring Programme for Care Experienced Young People. The programme aims to establish positive and empowering relationships with young people aged 14 - 25 within a 20-mile radius of Wolverhampton. The Council seeks providers to recruit, train, and vet volunteers, with an emphasis on diverse backgrounds of volunteers aged 40+. The tender involves matching volunteers with young people, measuring success using impact tools, and reporting progress regularly.

This opportunity, initiated by the Wolverhampton City Council, falls under the services category and is intended to reduce social isolation, improve health, and build skills for young people. The planned commencement date for expressing interest in this tender is May 1st, 2024. Businesses involved in social work and related services, particularly those experienced in mentoring or working with vulnerable youth populations, are well-suited to compete for this contract. The Council aims for a match-funded contractual arrangement, with providers expected to equally match the Council's annual fund costs of approximately £26,000. Interested parties can contact Dinesh Joshi at Dinesh.Joshi2@wolverhampton.gov.uk for further information.

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Notice Title

Volunteer Mentoring Programme for Care Experienced Young People

Notice Description

The City of Wolverhampton Council is seeking interest from providers in supporting the delivery of a volunteer mentoring scheme for care experienced young people 14 -25 that live within 20-mile radius of Wolverhampton. The intention is to have mentors work together with a care experienced young person at their own pace to forge trusting and positive relationships that support, challenge, and empower young people to unlock their own skills and to shape their own futures; reducing social isolation and loneliness, improving physical and mental health, building skills, confidence and opportunities and enabling young people to lead change. The intention is that the mentoring scheme would also provide a pen pal scheme to young people in custody.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The City of Wolverhampton Council is seeking interest from providers in supporting the delivery of a volunteer mentoring scheme for care experienced young people 14 -25 that live within 20-mile radius of Wolverhampton. The intention is to have mentors work together with a care experienced young person at their own pace to forge trusting and positive relationships that support, challenge, and empower young people to unlock their own skills and to shape their own futures; reducing social isolation and loneliness, improving physical and mental health, building skills, confidence and opportunities and enabling young people to lead change. The intention is that the mentoring scheme would also provide a pen pal scheme to young people in custody. The draft expectations of the proposed service is to provide; * Recruit, train, and vet volunteers for matching a minimum of 25 young people each year * Volunteers to be recruited from diverse backgrounds, with a mandatory requirement of Volunteers being of an age of 40+ * Support and supervise each match between volunteer and young person * Measure the success of the match using agreed impact and monitoring tools * Report on the progress of each match * Review the progress of the project regularly * Tracking of impact on Health and wellbeing, education, employment and training, Housing, and finances. * Attend team meetings/ facilitate and contribute to care leavers events. Coordinator to have monthly update meetings with team manager of care leavers service and attend team meetings. The Council would like to operate from a match funded contractual arrangement whereby the provider will equally match the Councils offer of fund costs of around - PS26k per annum. For further information, or to express an interest in delivering such a proposal, please email Dinesh.Joshi2@wolverhampton.gov.uk.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-043ad7
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005263-2024
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85300000 - Social work and related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Feb 20242 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
30 Apr 2024Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
WOLVERHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL
Contact Name
Dinesh Joshi
Contact Email
dinesh.joshi2@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
WOLVERHAMPTON
Postcode
WV1 1RL
Post Town
Wolverhampton
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG39 Wolverhampton
Delivery Location
TLG39 Wolverhampton

Local Authority
Wolverhampton
Electoral Ward
St Peters
Westminster Constituency
Wolverhampton West

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