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Manchester City Council: Provision of a Young Carers Service

Deadline for receipt of tender: 1st March 2010 at 19.00

The aims of support services to young carers are to:
• Ensure ‘whole family working' and the effective implementation of interagency, whole family assessments and service delivery.
• Ensure young carers are able to achieve the outcomes in Every Child Matters.
• Promote joint working/partnerships between the independent sector, adult and children's services.
• Raise awareness of young carers amongst all agencies that come into contact with young people or disabled adults.
• Provide direct services to deliver safe, quality support to those children who continue to be affected by a caring role within their family.
• Provide a central point of contact/support to represent all Manchester's young carers ensuring that BME, LGBT and other minorities' are also included.
• Have consultation and involvement of young carers that is age and culturally appropriate for a wide range of children and young people.

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Manchester City Council: Learning Transformation Programme - Education Services

Deadline for expression of interest: 26th February 2010

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Bolton Council: Provision of Bikeability (Level 2) National Standard Cycle Training

Deadline: 1st March 2010 at 4pm

Bolton Council has submitted a bid to the Department for Transport (DfT) in order to deliver national standard cycle training to children during 2010/11. It is our intends to use DfT funding to train the target number of 1,875 children in year 6 at primary schools in Bolton to Bikeability level 2 national cycle training standard. Subject to the bid for the grant being successful, this funding must be fully discharged during the financial year.  All Bikeability registered & accredited bodies are invited to download the attached documents & return as directed.

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Skills for Care: Action Learning Facilitator Development Programme 2010/11

Deadline for receipt of tenders: 2nd March 2010 at 2pm

Skills for Care is seeking consultants to design and deliver a programme of training in the facilitation and leading of action learning primarily in relation to the use of action learning sets in the support of newly qualified social workers (NQSW), their supervisors and managers. This project is part of a range of resources provided in support of the NQSW Framework in adult services. The training will be aimed at experienced social work practitioners, team and service managers and training and development staff who are or intend to be involved in supervising or supporting NQSW, and may be from any organisation employing newly qualified social workers.

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Manchester City Council: Provision of a flat acheme for adults with forensic and /or challenging behaviour

Deadline: 8th March 2010 7pm

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Salford City Council: Early intervention and prevention fund

Deadline for tenders: Friday 19th March 2010 at 2pm

Expressions of Interest for Early Intervention and Prevention Fund Children's Services The Children's Services Directorate of Salford City Council is seeking to appoint organisations for the provision of high quality interventions with children and young people between the ages of 5 and 19 (or 21 for those with Learning Difficulties or Disabilities) to promote the Every Child Matters Outcomes. The successful providers will be able to demonstrate experience of working in partnership with statutory agencies and with children and young people. They must also show skills necessary to work across a diverse population where communication may be through specialist tools or informal methods. The contract will commence from 1 June 2010 to 31 March 2011. 

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