Tender: North Kensington Recovery Wellbeing Support Lead – Coordinate Community Wellbeing Grants (3 years, £900,000)

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NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board (ICB) is seeking a Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector (VCFS) organisation or group to deliver the North Kensington Recovery Wellbeing Support Lead role to coordinate a community-based wellbeing offer for communities affected by the Grenfell Tower fire. The appointed provider will design and manage allocation and distribution of grant funding to community wellbeing services, support development of clear referral pathways, promote the wellbeing offer through trusted community networks, and ensure services are high-quality, culturally relevant, accessible and responsive to changing need, delivered in line with trauma-informed practice and community-led recovery and in collaboration across the VCFS, NHS and the wider local system. The ICB requires demonstrable strong local connections or comparable experience, experience working with Grenfell-affected communities (including survivors and bereaved families) or similar experience, a track record of inclusive culturally competent services, partnership working across VCFS, health and statutory services, and organisational capability to manage grant programmes and provide service oversight. The contract is for three years with a total value of £900,000 and a proposed start date of 23 October 2026; the procurement will be conducted as a Light Touch process under the Procurement Act 2023 using a single-stage procedure and managed electronically.