Award of Best Start: Community, Parenting Aspirations and Parenting Skills Service to Croydon Voluntary Action
LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON · Awarded contract
AwardedAward of Best Start: Community, Parenting Aspirations and Parenting Skills Service to Croydon Voluntary Action
Awarded 30 Jun 2016
Awarded30 Jun 2016
Value£1,107,000.00
SupplierCroydon Voluntary Action
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryPublic Services & Welfare
Ended 8y 4mo ago1y 12mo term
Awarded 30 June 2016Expired 29 June 2018
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LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON awarded a contract to Croydon Voluntary Action for the Best Start: Community, Parenting Aspirations and Parenting Skills service, which facilitates and supports parents to become community builders, volunteers and parent champions, building on existing community assets to provide informal peer-led support networks for hard-to-reach mothers, fathers and carers.
The contract value is £1,107,000 and the term is 2 years with a possible 1-year extension.
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