Award of Contract for Voluntary Sector Support and Volunteering Coordination to Community Southwark

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London Borough of Southwark awarded a contract to Community Southwark for voice, representation, challenge, leadership and influence for the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) in Southwark.

The contract promotes social action and a voice for communities, acts as a convening body facilitating effective communication, networking and collaboration amongst local VCS organisations and community groups, and enables the delivery of outcomes through partnerships and relationships with the council and South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), public bodies and businesses.

It facilitates service improvement in VCS organisations and emerging groups to meet needs, build capacity and infrastructure that connects communities and delivers quality services, having robust and sustainable finances.

It also provides a co-ordinated approach to high quality volunteering opportunities for residents and other stakeholders, matching volunteers with VCS organisations, employer supported volunteering and mentoring services with professional and academic bodies.

The contract value is £2,006,000, procured under PCR 2015 using an RFQ process.