BBO : Reaching Out Across Durham : Programme Evaulation.

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: BBO : Reaching Out Across Durham : Programme Evaulation.
2. Awarding Authority:
Groundwork North East
The Greenhouse
Amos Drive, Greencroft Industrial Estate
County Durham
England
DH9 7XN
Contact: Craig Drummond
Email: craig.drummond@groundwork.org.uk
Phone: 01207524832
URL:
3. Contract Type: Products
4. Description: The Opportunity
Groundwork NE & Cumbria is seeking a partner to undertake a mixed methods programme evaluation of ROAD: Reaching Out Across Durham.
Context
Building Better Opportunities sees the Big Lottery Fund matching funds from European Social Fund (ESF) 2014-2020, to provide joint investment in local projects that tackle poverty and promote social inclusion and drive local jobs and growth.

ESIF strategy for the North East LEP area

The North East LEP area’s European Structural and Investment Fund Strategy for 2014 – 2020 identifies strategic weaknesses for the region to address.

Amongst them are:

• Employment and inclusion
• Skills
• Enterprise rates
• Digital connectivity
The strategy recognises that ’employment is the key route to combating poverty and exclusion’ and points out the relatively high levels of unemployment and economic inactivity
Groundwork NE & Cumbria is the lead partner for BBO in County Durham. Working with 11 voluntary and community sector delivery partners Reaching Out Across Durham (ROAD) will target 625 of the hardest to reach and provide them with intensive support and advice to help them move towards employment and or training. ROAD will also develop new services that our participant’s will be able to access including health, financial and digital inclusion activities as well as supporting them to access existing services
The Programme will run until July 2019.
5. CPV Codes:
85312400 – Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
6. NUTS Codes: UKC14
7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance: North East
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority:
Road Evaulation.
9. Estimated Value of Requirement: £30,000
10. Start Date: 27/03/2017
11. End Date: 31/03/2019
12. Closing Date: 17/02/2017
13. Other Information:
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