Forest of Dean District Council
Request for Application for Voluntary and Community Sector Fund 2026-2029
The procurement contact named on the official notice.
This sits in the upper-middle of the Other Community & Personal Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 5,835 valued Other Community & Personal Services tenders in our corpus.
The Voluntary and Community Sector Fund (VCS Fund) aims to provide voluntary and community organisations with a flexible funding opportunity to support the delivery of services, projects and activities that benefit the local community and help to deliver the Council’s corporate priorities.
From these priorities we have established a number of outcomes that we wish to achieve with our funding.
This application forms part of a detailed commissioning process against those outcomes with the funding being awarded to those organisations who can best demonstrate that they can deliver to achieve our outcomes.
There will be 5 Funds as summarised in – Summary of the Funds detailed requirements is found in Specifications. (e.g. one organisation may apply for Lot 1 and/or Lot 2 of the Fund A) Applicants may only bid within one Fund.(Please ensure you identify which of the funds and lots you are bidding for) Fund A - Advice Fund B - Improved Voluntary and Community Sector Support in light of LGR Fund C - Improved Mental Health and Wellbeing for Children and Young People who are victims of Domestic Abuse Fund D - Improved Mental Health and Wellbeing for Older People with Long Term Conditions Fund E - The Armed Forces Community is better supported locally
What the supplier must deliver
The Voluntary and Community Sector Fund (VCS
The Voluntary and Community Sector Fund (VCS Fund) aims to provide voluntary and community organisations with a flexible funding opportunity to support the delivery of services, projects and activities that benefit the local community and help to deliver the Council’s corporate priorities.
This application forms part of a detailed
This application forms part of a detailed commissioning process against those outcomes with the funding being awarded to those organisations who can best demonstrate that they can deliver to achieve our outcomes.
Applicants may only bid within one Fund.(Please
Applicants may only bid within one Fund.(Please ensure you identify which of the funds and lots you are bidding for).
Improved Voluntary and Community Sector Support in
Improved Voluntary and Community Sector Support in light of LGR.
Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.
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