This page provides you with information about local tender opportuntes relevant to VCSE sector groups & organisations delivering services in Gloucestershire. 

Youth Support Services

Gloucestershire County Council is recommissioning Youth Support Services in the county for delivery from 1 July 2024. A competitive tender process will be carried out to seek suppliers that are able to deliver the following integrated statutory and partnership services:

  • Youth Justice: Youth Offending Team, Children First diversion and crime prevention
  • Post-16 education, employment, and training: whole-cohort destination tracking
  • Information, advice, and guidance for all NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training)
  • Children and young people missing from home or care: return interviews, high risk cases
  • Early Help Youth Work with referred clients and casework in locality teams
  • Outdoor activities interventions and D of E licence delivery to clients and special schools?
  • Young People’s Substance Misuse Treatment Service: treatment and consultations
  • Physical, Mental, Speech and Language: health assessments, interventions, and consultations
  • Sexual Health coordination and Teenage Pregnancy/Young Parent ongoing support
  • Expert input into Children and Families teams: exploitation, extra-familial harm, HSB
  • Housing advice and support for homeless young people and those leaving care
  • Locality based universal, open access youth offer
  • Countywide Targeted youth offer

Further information is to follow. 

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Support for the VCSE sector in Gloucestershire

We provide a range of support for VCSE sector groups & organisations of all shapes and sizes in Gloucestershire, including fully funded training & events, a range of thematic mailings, regular news updates, free membership and help recruiting volunteers.

We are the independent voice of the VCSE sector in Gloucestershire and are passionate about promoting equal partnerships at every level. You can find out more about how we work in partnership and represent the sector on our About Us page.

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