Published date: 5 July 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 1 August 2022, 11:59am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Youth education services - 80310000

  • Artistic and literary creation and interpretation services - 92310000

  • Library, archives, museums and other cultural services - 92500000

Location of contract

LS1 2DE

Value of contract

£0 to £100,000

Procurement reference

20220705115707-103257

Published date

5 July 2022

Closing date

1 August 2022

Closing time

11:59am

Contract start date

2 August 2022

Contract end date

3 August 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

West Yorkshire Combined Authority wishes to deliver a programme of activity to promote poetry, creative literacy and pathways to the creative industries within schools in West Yorkshire. The programme will culminate in the selection of two Young Poet Laureates for West Yorkshire, who will have the opportunity to shadow the West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin and the National Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, attend key cultural events across the region, write poems to commission, and inspire a new generations of poets and creatives.

We wish to engage an organisation with appropriate skills, experience and capacity in the sector to research and develop the project at pace (Sept-Dec 2022), and deliver the project in schools launching in Spring 2023, with appointment of the young poet laureates in July 2023, and a programme of Poet Laureate activities taking place from July 2023 - July 2024.

The West Yorkshire Young Poets Laureate programme will be an inclusive project, rolled out to schools across West Yorkshire in spring 2023 to promote engagement with poetry, creative literacy and to raise aspirations and awareness of pathways to the wider creative industries. The programme will provisionally be delivered for Yr4 (8-9, KS2) and Yr10 (14-15, KS4), however this is subject to consultation with schools within the R&D stage, with a view to compatibility with the curriculum and exam scheduling.

Our ambition is that 694 primary schools and 195 secondary schools across the region will engage with the activity.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Paul Emmett

Address

Wellington House, 40-50 Wellington Street
Leeds
LS1 2DE
ENG

Telephone

+44 1132517323

Email

Paul.Emmett@westyorks-ca.gov.uk

Website

https://www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk