Published date: 14 June 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 11 June 2021, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£44,700

Procurement reference

BIP601727970

Published date

14 June 2021

Closing date

11 June 2021

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

15 June 2021

Contract end date

31 May 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Not specified

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Research and development services and related consultancy services. Arts Council England, the National Academy for Social Prescribing and our partners are seeking to commission an external programme-level evaluation of the Thriving Communities Fund, to assess this programme against its intended aims and outcomes; and to develop a framework to collate the evaluation evidence of individual projects supported by the fund.

The Thriving Community Fund is a £1.8m initiative being administered by Arts Council England on behalf of the National Academy for Social Prescribing and fellow funding partners Historic England and Natural England, plus wider strategic partners NHS England and NHS Improvement, Sport England, the Office for Civil Society, the Money & Pensions Service and NHS Charities Together.

The Fund will support local voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise projects which bring together place-based partnerships to improve and increase the range and reach of available social prescribing community activities - especially for those people and communities most impacted by COVID19.

The Fund also aims to support and test a range of approaches to ensure social prescribing is sustainable and embedded in working practice beyond the 12 months of activity enabled by grants made through the programme. This will support the continued growth and long-term sustainability of social prescribing, and inform sector research, policy and development.

We require an experienced partner to deliver a programme-level evaluation to assess the fund against its main aims to:

•Strengthen the range of social prescribing activities offered locally;
•Enhance collaboration and networking between local organisations; and
•Enable social prescribing link workers to connect people to more creative community activities and services.

37 Thriving Communities projects have been funded for a one-year period between March 2021 and March 2022.

Each project will be undertaking their own evaluation and monitoring, and we expect the programme-level evaluation to develop a framework to collate and make use of this data along with conducting their own primary research.

We expect the evaluation to deliver interim findings and a final report. It is expected the final report will be published and will clearly communicate the key findings to a range of audiences.

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Award information

Awarded date

11 June 2021

Contract start date

15 June 2021

Contract end date

31 May 2022

Total value of contract

£44,700

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Wavehill Ltd

Address

21 Alban Square
Aberaeron
Ceredigion
SA46 0DB

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Amanda Jones

Address

Bloomsbury Street
Bloomsbury
London
WC1B3HF
UK

Telephone

01615374120

Email

amanda.jones@artscouncilengland.org.uk