Consultant opportunity: Establishment of extended partnerships (working with private sector)

Shropshire VCS Assembly Board has been awarded a small amount of funding from Shropshire Council to support initiatives that will allow the VCS to respond to the challenges set out in the Localism Bill and other national policy documents. Independent support is sought to assist The Shropshire Consortium CIC Shropshire (and its associated body the VCS Assembly) in developing new partnership arrangements, particularly focusing on developing strong working relationships between the voluntary and community sector and Shropshire’s private sector organisations.

Download a full description of the required activity [103kB, PDF].  The maximum value of the project is £10,000.

Competent advisors and consultants with a knowledge of the Voluntary and Community Sector and the development of partnership working with the private sector are invited to submit a quotation/ proposal not exceeding 3,000 words (excluding material submitted as appendices).

Questions should be submitted using the contact details below by 12 noon on 25th November. Submit your quotation/ proposal by noon on Wednesday 30 November 2011 (see attached document for full details 103kB, PDF).

• Details of commissioning body: The Shropshire Consortium CIC
• Contact Administrator: Elaine Griffiths, The Shropshire Consortium CIC/VCS Assembly Co-ordinator
• Telephone: 01743 252275 and 01948 890458
• Email: VCSAssembly@shropshire.gov.uk and elaine@homestartnorthshropshire.org.uk