Current Opportunities & Training
Current Tenders & Consultations
West London Sustained Employment Programme
On behalf of the West London Alliance Boroughs, the London Borough of Ealing is seeking suitably skilled and experienced organisations to provide a minimum of 600 sustained jobs; and an end-to-end personalised support to workless residents from first contact with outreach services to on-the-job training and in-work support.
For more information on this opportunity please click here and visit the Opportunities page on the West London Working Website.
West London Sustained Employment Programme Networking Database
West London Working has set up a Networking Database to facilitate networking between prospective Prime Contractors and Delivery Partners for the West London Sustained Employment Programme. The database will detail organisations’ specialist delivery areas, beneficiary groups and the West London boroughs that they operate in. It is important to note that the database may develop as additional organisations become members of the network so it advisable to check the database frequently for any changes.
To add your details to the West London Sustained Employment Networking Database please complete the template here and email it to info@westlondonworking.org.
West London Sustained Employment Programme Information Event
An information event for potential bidders will be held on 12th May 2010 from 2:00-4:00pm. The purpose of this meeting is to provide bidders with background information to the West London Sustained Employment programme and local information. Please note that this event will not address specific issues relating to the tender process. More details on this event will be released shortly.
Closing date for this opportunity is 4pm on Monday 7 June 2010.
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Consulting the Capital
Working on behalf of London’s boroughs, London Councils distributes £26 million funding to the voluntary sector in London each year. The London Councils 2007-11 commissioning programme currently funds 360 organisations delivering 59 priority services to Londoners.
You can find out more about the current funding programme and the organisations commissioned to deliver services to London on the how the funding process works section of London Council’s website.
London Councils are now consulting on our new commissioning programme for the period 2011-2015. See the link below
Click here for the Consultation
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Training
Following the success of our recent training session on Introducing Commissioning for VCS Groups 15th Sep ‘09, we will be running more sessions in the new year to follow. Materials from the session can be found below. These are powerpoint presentations and are read only (cannot be modified). Permissions to use these for other events can be sought from us in writing.
1.Caroline Rouse – Aston Mansfield – introduction to commissioning with an exercise and tendering checklist links, examining whether it is for your organisation.
2.Mary Crawford – LB Hounslow – discussing LB Hounslow’s approach to commissioning local VCS services, in keeping with current procurement laws.
3.Tebbussum Rashid – BTEG – a case study look at a partnership forming to secure key contracts from NHS Barnet through development of common purpose.
4.Clare Nazerali – CVS Hounslow – an overview from our very own Groups Development Officer on PQASSO as a quality assurance system and how it can be used to prime groups / organisations tendering for commissioned services. For support on using PQASSO for your own group / organisation, please contact Clare Nazerali, who is a qualified PQASSO mentor and free to guide you through quality assurance attainment.
The Commissioning Toolkit for the commissioning agenda is complete in a basic form. We will be working to update this for the context of Hounslow Borough in the coming weeks.
