Tender: Community Healthy Child Programme – Connected Parents Support for Families (0–19, up to 25 SEND) – Wigan Council

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Wigan Council's Public Health Team is seeking one provider to deliver a community-based Healthy Child Programme offering support to parents, carers and families of children and young people aged 0–19 years (and up to 25 years for young people with SEND). The service will focus on the first 1001 days and adolescence and be centred around five areas: building parenting confidence and family relationships; infant feeding, food and nutrition including paid peer support and access to community food resources; supporting key transitions and development from pregnancy and early years through school transitions and adulthood for young people with SEND; developing community capacity, volunteering, peer support and parent leadership to strengthen neighbourhood connections; and VCFSE development and community wealth building through partnership working, mentoring, coaching and micro-commissioning. The approach is intended to complement existing Public Health Nursing and Family Hub services, strengthen community connectedness, parental confidence, infant feeding and healthy nutrition, and leave stronger local community infrastructure and capability at contract end.