DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION · Awarded contract
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Award of Safeguarding VCS Grants to Multiple Organisations for FGM, Radicalisation, and Domestic Abuse Priorities

Awarded 02 Oct 2016

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Ended 8y 7mo ago1y 6mo term
Awarded 2 Oct 2016Expired 29 Mar 2018

The Department for Education awarded a contract to Kidscape, Street Teams, Victim Support, Midaye Somali Development Network, Foundation for Womens Health Research and Development (FORWARD), Church of England Childrens Society, Home Start UK, and Sheffield Future for the Safeguarding Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Grants 2016-18 programme.

The programme provided up to £2.25 million in grant funding to VCS organisations over an 18-month period (October 2016 – March 2018) to deliver projects addressing three safeguarding priorities: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), radicalisation, and domestic abuse, drugs and alcohol misuse.

Successful bidders aimed to safeguard children through prevention, awareness raising, and advice, support and guidance.

The contract value was approximately £2,200,000.

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