Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Support and Development Service

Tender description

To provide support for East Riding based VCS groups to resolve issues involving, governance, management, volunteering, leadership, access to funding and any other issues regarding their ability to continue delivering and building on local services Lot 128876: Lot 1 The purpose of Lot 1 is to provide support to strengthen VCSE organisations and community groups, focusing on: • governance; • leadership; • skills and training; • volunteering; • funding readiness; • organisational sustainability; and • connection, collaboration and sector voice. Lot 128884: Lot 2 The purpose of Lot 2 is to provide accessible, transparent & proportionate administration of relevant Council funding through the VCSE Prevention & Investment Framework, & to coordinate funding & VCSE activity so that investment is targeted where it is most needed. Lot 2 will: Administer Council grants, inc. applications, agreements, monitoring & evaluation. Coordinate VCSE partnership & consortium funding bids. Secure & align external funding with ERYC investment. Work with Lot 1 Lot 128885: Lot 3 The purpose of Lot 3 is to independently build an understanding of what the East Riding VCSE sector needs, to assess the sector’s appetite for different forms of collaboration, and to test future partnership models with the sector, during 2027/28. This will be undertaken through independent, participatory engagement, research and analysis.