2. EAST TENDERS
RedbridgeCVS Employment & Skills (EaST) works in
partnership with voluntary sector employment and skills
providers. Originally “East Tenders”, a partnership of
voluntary sector providers set up in 2008, supported by
Capacity Builders funding until 2011.
East Tenders was set up to lead on tenders for funding to
enable third sector providers to be involved in the
delivery of large scale employment and skills contracts
through partnership working.
3. FUNDERS & PROJECTS
LEAD PARTNER
BIG LOTTERY
BASIS
DWP
FUTURE JOBS FUND, FLEXIBLE SUPPORT FUND
LONDON COUNCILS
STEPPING STONES, JOBSHOP COMMUNITY OUTREACH, GET WORKING,
WOMEN WORKS, GET REDBRIDGE WORKING
SUBCONTRACTOR
SFA
ADULT SKILLS, SKILLS SUPPORT FOR THE UNEMPLOYED
4. ENTERING A PARTNERSHIP: SOME THINGS TO
CONSIDER
WHAT IS YOUR BOTTOM LINE? CAN YOU AFFORD TO ENTER THE
PARTNERSHIP?
IS THE PROPOSED PROJECT WORKABLE?
IS THE PERFORMANCE PROFILE ACHIEVABLE? (DO YOU HAVE INPUT ON
THIS)?
HOW CLEAR ARE YOU ON TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PARTNERSHIP?
WHAT DO OTHERS SAY ABOUT WORKING WITH THIS ORGANISATION?
WHO ARE THE OTHER PARTNERS AND HOW WILL THE PARTNERSHIP WORK?
WHAT IS YOUR OFFER? DO YOU ADD VALUE?
5. RISKS/WHAT IF
What if project requirements change?
What if staffing changes?
What if your organisation underperforms?
What if other partners underperform or withdraw
from the partnership?
What if payments for your delivery on the project are
delayed?
ALWAYS HAVE A PLAN FOR THE WORST CASE SCENARIO!
6. AAAAAAARGH!
WHY OH WHY DID I ENTER INTO THIS PARTNERSHIP?
OH DEAR WE’RE IN TROUBLE ETC ETC.
8. PARTNERSHIP WORKING
WHAT WORKS WELL
JOINT PLANNING
CLARITY ON RIGHTS
AND RESPONSIBILITES
FEEDBACK
REGULAR REVIEW
SUPPORT
FLEXIBILITY
WHAT DOESN’T
LACK OF PLANNING
DICTATORSHIPS
LACK OF
COMMUNICATION
LACK OF
TRANSPARENCY
DUPLICATION
COMPETITION
9. REQUIREMENTS FOR
REDBRIDGECVS
TARGET GROUPS
BAME WOMEN, LONE PARENTS
GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE
HAVERING, BARKING & DAGENHAM, WALTHAM FOREST, NEWHAM,
TOWER HAMLETS
TRACK RECORD AND CAPACITY
USP/ADDED VALUE E.G. CO-LOCATION, SPECIALISMS
ESTABLISHED PROCESSES (ADMIN, QUALITY, GOVERNANCE ETC)
SHARED VISION AND VALUES
CLEAR DELIVERY MODEL
HONEST, FLEXIBLE AND EASY TO WORK WITH
10. WHAT REDBRIDGECVS OFFERS IN
RETURN
TRANSPARENT AND SUPPORTIVE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT WHICH
INCLUDES:
JOINT PLANNING
STAFF TRAINING
PARTNERSHIP MEETINGS
A NAMED POINT OF CONTACT
REGULAR MONITORING VISITS
A SAMPLE PROJECT PAPERWORK FILE
PARTNER HANDBOOK
11. NEXT STEPS
INVITE TO BE EMAILED TO TODAY’S ATTENDEES AND YOU CAN EXPRESS AN
INTEREST IN WORKING WITH US IF YOU WANT TO
REDBRIDGECVS TEAM TO RESEARCH ORGS THAT RESPOND AND WE WILL
REQUEST FURTHER INFORMATION FROM SUITABLE ORGANISATIONS
NO EOI
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YOU CAN SEND A COPY OF AN EOI YOU HAVE DONE ALREADY OR CUT AND PASTE
RELEVANT INFORMATION INTO AN EMAIL TO US