Tender: Perinatal Mental Health Community Peer Support Service — London Borough of Camden (Pregnancy to Child's 2nd Birthday)

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The London Borough of Camden is seeking a supplier to deliver its Perinatal Mental Health Community Peer Support Service to provide practical and emotional peer support to Camden residents from pregnancy until their child’s second birthday who are experiencing, or are at risk of developing, mild to moderate perinatal mental health difficulties including anxiety and depression. Support will be delivered by trained peer supporters with relevant lived experience and aims to improve parent and infant wellbeing, reduce social isolation and strengthen parents’ confidence and resilience. The new service will build on the existing provision and is expected to engage and support fathers as well as mothers, recruit, train and provide ongoing support to peer supporters, strengthen engagement with Black, Asian and other underrepresented communities, provide culturally appropriate and bilingual support where required, work collaboratively with health, community and other family services, and deliver support in accessible community locations close to where Camden residents live. The contract is proposed for 48 months from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2031 with an estimated total value of £440,000 (£110,000 per annum), and will be awarded through a competitive Provider Selection Regime process.