Community Engagement Partners

Description

The Council wishes to establish contracts with 6 deep community engagement partners to improve the understanding of the health requirements of Birmingham’s diverse communities. To identify local health need, map community assets, and co-produce solutions. The services to be procured have been set out in sublots as shown in the table below:Lot 1Ai - Indian Lot 1Aii - Pakistani Lot 1Aiii - Bangladeshi Lot 1Bi - Somali Lot1Ci - PolishLot1Cii - RomanianThis will be achieved through a variety of methods, including:• Dissemination of Public Health key information through existing or new networks• Delivery of four focus groups per year• Delivery of one project to reduce health inequalities per year, co-created with the target community.• Delivery of four training sessions for health professionals on cultural intelligence• Produce annual summary reports. Lot Bi: Lot 1Bi - Ethnic Communities: Somali The Council requires deep engagement partners to:• Increase awareness on community experiences of health inequalities.• Improve community health literacy.• Enhance community capability for collective control of programme to address health inequalities.• Bring the community voice, including seldom-heard voices, to strategy and policy development to address health inequalities more effectively.• To utilise existing community strengths and capabilities to identify and provide solutions for the communities’ health and wellbeing. Lot 1Ci: Lot 1Ci - Ethnic Communities: Polish The Council requires deep engagement partners to:• Increase awareness on community experiences of health inequalities.• Improve community health literacy.• Enhance community capability for collective control of programme to address health inequalities.• Bring the community voice, including seldom-heard voices, to strategy and policy development to address health inequalities more effectively.• To utilise existing community strengths and capabilities to identify and provide solutions for the communities’ health and wellbeing. Lot 1Ai: Lot 1Ai - Ethnic Communities: Indian The Council requires deep engagement partners to:• Increase awareness on community experiences of health inequalities.• Improve community health literacy.• Enhance community capability for collective control of programme to address health inequalities.• Bring the community voice, including seldom-heard voices, to strategy and policy development to address health inequalities more effectively.• To utilise existing community strengths and capabilities to identify and provide solutions for the communities’ health and wellbeing. Lot 1Aii: Lot 1Aii - Ethnic Communities: Pakistani The Council requires deep engagement partners to:• Increase awareness on community experiences of health inequalities.• Improve community health literacy.• Enhance community capability for collective control of programme to address health inequalities.• Bring the community voice, including seldom-heard voices, to strategy and policy development to address health inequalities more effectively.• To utilise existing community strengths and capabilities to identify and provide solutions for the communities’ health and wellbeing. Lot 1Aiii: Lot 1Aiii - Ethnic Communities: Bangladeshi The Council requires deep engagement partners to:• Increase awareness on community experiences of health inequalities.• Improve community health literacy.• Enhance community capability for collective control of programme to address health inequalities.• Bring the community voice, including seldom-heard voices, to strategy and policy development to address health inequalities more effectively.• To utilise existing community strengths and capabilities to identify and provide solutions for the communities’ health and wellbeing. Lot 1Cii: Lot 1Cii - Ethnic Communities: Romanian The Council requires deep engagement partners to:• Increase awareness on community experiences of health inequalities.• Improve community health literacy.• Enhance community capability for collective control of programme to address health inequalities.• Bring the community voice, including seldom-heard voices, to strategy and policy development to address health inequalities more effectively.• To utilise existing community strengths and capabilities to identify and provide solutions for the communities’ health and wellbeing.