Published date: 11 March 2017

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: 10 May 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

LE19 2BX

Value of contract

£0 to £100,000

Procurement reference

20170311130945-30501

Published date

11 March 2017

Closing date

10 May 2017

Contract start date

1 June 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other:

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Faith and Communities CSE Champion Service is one of the thirteen work streams within the Strategic Partnership Development Fund (SPDF) CSE Project. The CSE Project encompasses a range of initiatives that intend to build capacity, capability and improve the effectiveness of the partnership in preventing, identifying and tackling CSE. The overall goal is to create an environment where CSE is prevented, identified and challenged within all communities across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and to ensure that all partners work proactively together to keep children and young people safe from CSE.

There is concern that there may be a local under-reporting of CSE in relation to children and young people from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) backgrounds (NB. Within this specification the term BME is considered to be inclusive of all minority ethnic groups). They are underrepresented in referral figures compared to numbers in the local population. National research suggests that this is linked to issues such as a lack of trust and confidence in reporting to statutory agencies, honour-based violence, shame, fear of reprisal, forced marriage and gender-based issues. The complexity of the issue is reflective of the diverse local population. Nationally there has been a dual focus in the media in relation to suspects and perpetrators from specific BME communities and the group model of exploitation alongside a focus on historic abuse within established faith communities. Local data on suspects and perpetrators is currently subject to review therefore no firm conclusions about the local picture can be determined at this stage. In the interim it is proposed that the local response is developed based on national evidence-based research and best practice.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Sharron Ansell

Address

Police Headquarters, St. Johns, Enderby
Leicestershire
LE19 2BX
ENG

Telephone

+44 1162482111

Email

sharron.ansell@leicestershire.pnn.police.uk

Website

www.leics.police.uk