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Forest of Dean District Council

Request for Application for Voluntary and Community Sector Fund 2026-2029

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Historical: no longer open for bids.

01/ The notice

Key facts

Value
£480,000Estimated value stated in the notice
Deadline (UK time)
Fri 28 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMTClosed.
Published
30 Oct 2025
Region
Not stated

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

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

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

  • 98000000
  • 75200000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

  1. 30 Oct 2025
    Tender notice (UK4)

    Tender notice (UK4) published 30 October 2025.

    Deadline in this release: Fri 28 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT.

    Release 069710-2025

    View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)

05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

  • Only one release is held, so there is no change history.

06/ Questions

About this notice

The notice gave a deadline of Friday 28 November 2025, 17:00 GMT. It is no longer open for bids.

Forest of Dean District Council published this notice.

Estimated value stated in the notice: £480,000.

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08/ Related

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Reference
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Source
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Stage
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Last verified
Fri 3 Apr 2026, 20:36 BST
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