Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13ce4-ac62-72c1-8b8e-a8723ec22f79/improving-support-for-girls-and-young-women-affected-by-gangs-violence-and-expl closed GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Improving support for girls and young women affected by gangs, violence and exploitation [Mayor's Office For Policing and Crime](https://tendernation.io/buyers/mayors-office-for-policing-and-crime) Pays 75% within 30 days Estimated value £120,000 Published 23 Aug 2024 Deadline Closed 18 Sept 2024 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender Text to be corrected in the original notice: Place of text to be modified: Description of the procurement Instead of: The programme will deliver a range of co-designed activities with girls and young women who have experienced harm associated with gangs, violence and exploitation. These activities will enable the collation and amplification of girls and young women's voices in relation to that harm, to inform and improve professional responses to their needs. \*Bringing together an eco-system of grant funded girls and young women's groups and leading on co-design and co-delivery activity with girls and young women. \*Leading on the continuous learning and development of grant funded practitioners who directly support girls and young women. \*Monitoring and evaluation including co-developed recommendations for improved professional responses. Programme delivery will run for one year and include all above activities. There is scope for the completion of the evaluation beyond programme delivery, anticipated to be funded on a day rate basis. We are publishing this notification to ask organisations to complete an informal questionnaire to further develop our understanding of the market. The deadline to respond to the questionnaire is 18th September 12pm (NOON) Read: There are currently significant barriers to the identification of girls and young women with experience of acute harm associated with gangs, violence and exploitation. Services can only support those that are identified and referred, and understanding the reality of the lives of girls and young women is key to developing effective responses to their needs. Building on learning from the evaluation of VRU commissioned programmes such as Maia and recent work by MOPAC's Evidence & Insight team, it has been highlighted there is considerable work to be done in raising awareness, improving identification and ensuring that professional responses can best meet the needs of girls and young women. The three strands of work outlined below aim to increase awareness, improve identification, quality and quantity of support available across MOPAC, the VRU and other partners. The planned activity includes: \*Grant funding of a network of linked girls and young women's groups within local communities, which will provide a safe space for positive peer connection for those who have been impacted by gangs, violence and exploitation, to support trauma-responsive individual development and co-development of proposals to improve systems and services for girls and young women. These groups will also have the opportunity to work together to collaboratively co-develop ideas, proposals, recommendations and resources and so will operate as an 'eco-system'. \*Improving understanding of how to define and identify girls and young women affected by violence and exploitation with funding to create a contemporary gendered risk and needs assessment framework. \*Funding analytic activity with the Metropolitan Police Service to br Read full description ## CPV classification Health and social work services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/6f2d1268-1698-4424-9cf6-103c0aebcb93) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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