Recommissioning Youth Support Services in Gloucestershire: Market Engagement Event

Gloucestershire County Council is recommissioning Youth Support Services in the county for delivery from 1 July 2024.

A competitive tender process will be carried out to seek suppliers that are able to deliver the following integrated statutory and partnership services:

  • Youth Justice: Youth Offending Team, Children First diversion and crime prevention
  • Post-16 education, employment, and training: whole-cohort destination tracking
  • Information, advice, and guidance for all NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training)
  • Children and young people missing from home or care: return interviews, high risk cases
  • Early Help Youth Work with referred clients and casework in locality teams
  • Outdoor activities interventions and D of E licence delivery to clients and special schools?
  • Young People’s Substance Misuse Treatment Service: treatment and consultations
  • Physical, Mental, Speech and Language: health assessments, interventions, and consultations
  • Sexual Health coordination and Teenage Pregnancy/Young Parent ongoing support
  • Expert input into Children and Families teams: exploitation, extra-familial harm, HSB
  • Housing advice and support for homeless young people and those leaving care
  • Locality based universal, open access youth offer
  • Countywide Targeted youth offer

Market Engagement Event

The County Council is organising a Market Engagement Event on 9 October 2023, from 1:30 pm to 3;30 pm at Gloucestershire Heritage Hub, Dunrossil Room, Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1 3DW. This event will allow you as suppliers to understand GCC’s commissioning intentions and timeframes for the recommissioning process. Suppliers are welcome to ask questions of commissioners during the event.

Please register your attendance at the event as soon as possible via email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and include your full name, organisation name, telephone number and any access requirements you may have. 

Tea and Coffee will be available on Arrival from 1pm. Please limit the number of attendees from your organisation to 2.

Find out about other tender opportunities for VCSE sector groups & organisations in Gloucestershire

We have a range of funding information on our website, including information about local tender opportunities for VCSE sector groups & organisations in Gloucestershire. This information is avaliable on our Local Tender Opportunities page.

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