Programme Manager for Holiday Activities and Food service for Young People - HAF Bidders Briefing Events

The Council wishes to establish a contract for the programme management of Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2021.

The Council has been allocated a grant of £8.1m to coordinate and facilitate healthy food and enriching activities to disadvantaged children in Birmingham who are eligible for Free School Meals. The funding is available for activities in the Easter, Summer and Christmas school holidays. This Procurement seeks a Programme management enabling partner for the detailed planning, preparation and overall management for the delivery of the Summer & Christmas programme.

Key objectives of the contract

As a result of attending this provision, we want children who attend to:

• eat more healthily over the school holidays;

• be more active during the school holidays;

• take part in engaging and enriching activities which support the development of resilience, character and wellbeing along with their wider educational attainment;

• be safe and not to be socially isolated;

• have a greater knowledge of health and nutrition; and

• be more engaged with school and other local services.

Programme Management: The organisation which will work in partnership with the Council to coordinate existing and new provision shall deliver the below:

1. Programme Management/Governance

2. Programme Design & Development

3. Programme Delivery management & coordination

4. Programme Standards & Assurance

The contract will commence in the first week of June 2021 to enable the planning of programme delivery in the school summer and Christmas holiday periods. A formal advert for this procurement opportunity will be place imminently here.

We will be hosting an online Teams events to provide further information, which are open to all who wish to tender on the Programme Manager role for the summer and/or December holidays.

To join, you will need to have access to Microsoft teams. Click the link provided below to join the meeting at the allocated time as follows:

• Thursday PM 1 hour slot will be held 01 April 2021 15:00-16:00, with a PowerPoint presentation and questions & answers to follow. Click here to join the meeting