Background and context:
As part of the collaboration that was the Birmingham and Solihull LDP ‘Active Communities’, Birmingham is now in a position to move to a deepening phase of the Place Based working.
In order to pull together a shared vision for the next phase of work, it has been proposed that the current allocation of funding for the interim Deepening funding already allocated notionally to TAWS is to be used to support the necessary system knitting and coalescing work, including the facilitation of it.
Scope of the work:
There is scope for a 'task and finish' piece of work, facilitated by an external facilitator, to support the development of a shared understanding of the work done to date on the Local Delivery Pilot (Active Communities) and the Commonwealth Active Communities programme (Active Birmingham) as well as the needs and aspirations currently within the city to further develop the deepening funding ask of Sport England.
Partners (Steering Group):
Sport Birmingham (Lead – Mike Chamberlain, CEO)
TAWS (Lead – Donna Livesey, WM Partnership Lead)
BCC Sport – Dave Wagg, Head of Sport & PA
BCC Public Health – Humera Sultan, Consultant in PH
Brief:
- The work requires completion by June 2025, at the latest; the bid to SE will require a detailed timeline to be agreed leading up to June, and this will need to be checked with SE at the earliest opportunity (a peer review in May has been indicated).
- The work will need to commence at the earliest opportunity in January 2025.
- We estimate that this will require approximately 2-3 days each week, on average, throughout the period (5-6 months in total).
- There will need to be flexibility to meet (in-person or virtually) with all partner leads together and separately as necessary; it is expected that most meetings will be in-person.
- We require a full breakdown of costs and capacity for the period above, indicating charge rates and persons involved. This should be inclusive of all expenses.
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How to submit interest:
As a collective, we welcome expressions of interest for this important work, and we ask that you outline your experience, skills and knowledge that are relevant for this work. Please take note of the scope, brief, outputs and requirements outlined above carefully to ensure you are able to fulfil the role. Expressions of interest should be no more than 3 pages long (Font 11 Calibri or Arial).
Final date for submission is Friday 24th January 2025.
Interviews are expected to be held on w/c 3rd February 2025 (exact location, date and time t.b.c.).
Enquiries and submissions should be sent to:
Donna.livesey@theaws.org Tel: 07979363178 and Mike.chamberlain@sportbirmingham.org Tel: 07973 751839