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Access to Counselling in Schools
Renfrewshire Council wants a single provider to deliver counselling services in its schools for pupils from Primary 1 to S6, and their parents where appropriate, to support mental health and emotional resilience.
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COV - Provision of Supported Accommodation and Floating Support Services for Young People aged 16 and above (2026)
Coventry City Council is commissioning supported accommodation with floating support for young people aged 16 and above, including care leavers and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Providers must source and maintain properties, deliver support to develop independent living skills, and be Ofsted registered.
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Provision of a Fitness to Practise Emotional Support Line
Social Work England wants a 24/7 emotional support line for people involved in fitness to practise proceedings - social workers, witnesses, complainants and others. The service must be accessible by phone, email, WhatsApp and live web chat.
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Effective use of data and insight to support operational management and performance oversight
Support for up to four councils' Directors of Adult Social Services to strengthen how they use data and insight for operational management and performance oversight. The work includes identifying improvements in data use for decision-making, providing practical support, and drawing learning to inform future support offers.
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Lived Experience Recovery Organisation (LERO)
Peterborough City Council wants to commission a Lived Experience Recovery Organisation (LERO) to deliver peer support, harm reduction, and recovery services for people with drug and alcohol use issues. The organisation must be led by people with lived experience of recovery.
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Holiday Activity Fund Programme
Reading Borough Council is seeking providers to run free holiday clubs for approximately 4,800 children eligible for benefit-related free school meals during school holidays. The council is running an ITT process and inviting expressions of interest to access full tender documentation.
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AT1487 Independent Foster Agencies Provision
Luton Council and three partner authorities are reopening and expanding an Approved Provider List for independent fostering agencies to place children across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and surrounding areas. Providers must be Ofsted-registered as Good or Outstanding.
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HPFT - Mental Health Rehabilitation Services
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a provider to run two Intensive Enablement services for adults with functional mental illness: Midpoint in Stevenage (14 beds, currently operating) and Stewarts in Harpenden (14 beds, new). The service aims to support users towards semi-independent or independent living.
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West Norfolk PCN Framework Providers Home Support
Norfolk County Council is reopening two lots of a framework to appoint home support providers for Primary Care Network areas in West Norfolk. Framework providers will deliver up to 30% of PCN home support hours alongside a principal provider who handles 70%.
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Provision of Outsourced Prosthetics Services
Queen Victoria Hospital is outsourcing production and supply of cranio-maxillofacial and somato prosthetics (primarily head & neck devices, also hand and digit prostheses). The service is a supra-regional facility and NSHCS accredited training centre.
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Diversionary Services for children at risk of Criminal Exploitation
Edinburgh Council wants a provider to run diversionary services for children and young people at risk of criminal exploitation in Edinburgh and the Lothians. The contract is worth £1.6m over an unspecified period.
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EDC/2025/4334 School Counselling Service
East Dunbartonshire Council wants a provider to deliver counselling services for children and young people aged 10 and over in its schools, focusing on mental wellbeing and resilience. The service will follow GIRFEC principles and complement existing school wellbeing provision.
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WCC Care Home Pathway 2 Residential Short Stay Bed Block Contracts
Warwickshire County Council is purchasing short-stay residential care beds for hospital discharge pathways. These include approximately 52 D2A short-stay beds (average 4-week stays) and 8 moving-on beds (average 6-week stays) for people undergoing post-discharge assessment or awaiting home modifications.
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Overnight Short Breaks with Outreach Support for Children in Herefordshire
Herefordshire Council wants an overnight short breaks service for children with special educational needs and disabilities, delivered from a council property near Hereford with outreach support across the county.
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18-25 Autism Support Service
Thurrock Council is commissioning an 18–25 autism support service for a small cohort of young people. The service will develop independent living skills, health and wellbeing, community participation, and employment readiness through structured learning and community activities.
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Out of Court Resolution (OOCR) Intervention Pathways in Wiltshire & Swindon
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire wants providers to deliver out-of-court resolution pathways for offenders across Wiltshire and Swindon. This includes a women-specific pathway, domestic abuse perpetrator behaviour change programmes, and online interventions covering multiple offence types, all available as flexible multi-pathway access.
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Mental Health Community Inclusion & Recovery Services
Peterborough City Council wants a service delivering peer support, information and advice to people with mental health needs, aiming to prevent escalation and reduce pressure on secondary services. The service focuses on community inclusion, recovery and early intervention.
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Glenrothes Core & Cluster 1
Fife Council's Health & Social Care Partnership is commissioning support services for six adults with learning disabilities in their own homes in central Glenrothes. The contract covers care and support to help with relationships, employment, housing, and daily living.
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Glenrothes Core & Cluster 1
Fife Council's Health & Social Care Partnership is commissioning care and support services for six adults with learning disabilities in their own homes in central Glenrothes. The contract covers tailored support to help with relationships, employment, housing and self-care.
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Independent Advocacy and Children's Rights Services: Looked After, Child Protection Processes and Continuing Care
Edinburgh Council is tendering for independent advocacy and children's rights services for looked after children, those in child protection processes, and young people in continuing care. The contract runs for three years with potential extension.
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All Age Direct Payment Support Service
Swindon Borough Council is commissioning an outcome-based support service to help adults and children manage direct payments as part of self-directed support. The service will be community-led and locally managed.
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Saturday Day Services
Leicester City Council wants a Saturday day service for people experiencing homelessness or at risk of rough sleeping. The service should provide substance use treatment support, harm reduction advice (including naloxone distribution), and practical facilities like breakfast, showers and laundry.
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Re- opening of Alternative Provision, Short Breaks and Early Intervention Framework
Swindon Borough Council is reopening a framework for providers to deliver alternative education, short breaks, and early intervention services for children. This is year two of a four-year framework established in May 2025.
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Provision of Childcare Services (Flying Start & Non-maintained Early Education)
Wrexham County Borough Council is establishing a framework for childcare providers to deliver Flying Start services and non-maintained funded early education. They're looking for suitably qualified and experienced childcare providers to join an unlimited supplier list across two lots.
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18/1286 Children's Residential and Education Flexible Framework
Moray Council is establishing a framework agreement to identify and match approved providers of residential care and education services for children and young people. Providers will be selected from the framework as needed to meet individual cases.