Tender: Preventative Mental Health and Social Inclusion Support for At-Risk and Care-Experienced Young People in Leicester

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Public Health is seeking a supplier for preventative mental health and wellbeing support for young people in Leicester. The opportunity is lotted: Lot 1 explores commissioning a preventative mental health and wellbeing programme for young people aged 12–25 who are at risk of or involved with justice services, with the delivery model currently being developed through stakeholder engagement and participation with young people and early scoping indicating a flexible programme of group activities, workshops and practical support. Lot 2 explores promoting social inclusion and improving the emotional wellbeing of care-experienced young people aged 18–25 by reducing social isolation and loneliness and strengthening confidence, emotional resilience, independence and positive relationships; the commissioned service will provide practical, strengths-based support combining practical life skills, life-journey work and emotional wellbeing support, designed and delivered in collaboration with care-experienced young people and informed by the Five Ways to Wellbeing framework. This is a soft market test to understand market capabilities and the range of services offered for both groups.