Marmion House, Tamworth Borough Council

Marmion House, Tamworth Borough Council

Tamworth Borough Council are inviting voluntary and community groups the opportunity to provide services to the council and gain vital funding.

The Council currently gives out £164,000 a year of direct support to community groups through grants.  An additional £80,000 a year  is given in-kind through rents and building subsidies.  However, through the tender process, allowing organisations to bid for funding from the council, they can ensure they are getting value for money and getting the right services from the right provider.

Councillor Jeremy Oates portfolio holder for Economic Development and Enterprise.
“We conducted a review of the current Commissioning Framework process and procedures for awarding grants to voluntary and community sector organisations and carried out consultation with a number of partners and organisations
“The new Commissioning Framework went through unanimously at Full Council in September and will allow us to work more closely with the voluntary and community sector as well as bringing consistency and clarity to the way we work with partner organisations. We have a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for the services that the voluntary and community sector continue to provide locally, joining up and pooling resources is definitely the way forward to strengthen the sector locally.”

Councillor Jeremy Oates portfolio holder for Economic Development and Enterprise.

“We conducted a review of the current Commissioning Framework process and procedures for awarding grants to voluntary and community sector organisations and carried out consultation with a number of partners and organisations.

“The new Commissioning Framework went through unanimously at Full Council in September and will allow us to work more closely with the voluntary and community sector as well as bringing consistency and clarity to the way we work with partner organisations. We have a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for the services that the voluntary and community sector continue to provide locally, joining up and pooling resources is definitely the way forward to strengthen the sector locally.”

The services the council are inviting tenders for are:

  • Financial Inclusion
  • Parenting Support for families
  • Generalist and debt advice
  • Voluntary and Community Sector Capacity Building
  • Increasing Volunteering
  • Environment

If you are an organisation and interested in finding out more about any of the services outlined above you can find out more information by clicking the advert in the top left of Tamworth Blog or by clicking here.

Closing date for applications is January 11 2010.  To help you with your application, there are two commissioning surgeries on December 8 at the Town Hall between 6.30 and 8.30pm and December 10 at Carnegie Centre between 1.30 and 3.30pm.