# C0255 Pause Programme

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Birmingham City Council](/buyers/birmingham-city-council/contract-awards)
- Published: 13 December 2016
- Planned start: 1 May 2017
- Planned end: 31 October 2018
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 72ad73d9-e6f2-4490-8a19-78127aac9bbb-119832
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-19cb9360-50b2-4d62-be31-5c19df9673e6

## Description

Birmingham City Council invites organisations to tender to deliver a pilot Pause Programme\. The Pause programme is a national programme that has been delivered in seven other Local Authorities since 2013\. Pause works with women who have experienced - or at risk of - repeat pregnancies that result in children needing to be removed from their care\. The programme gives women the chance to pause and take control over their lives, breaking a destructive cycle that causes both them and their children deep trauma\. The aim of the service is to enable women to manage their lives in a way which reduces children entering care, either through no further pregnancies or women having their future babies remain in their care through their stabilised and improved health and well-being\. Pause will work directly with the women, addressing the presenting issues and ensuring they have access to the relevant services through a co-ordinated approach\. During the course of the intervention the women are required to take the Long Acting Reversible Contraception \(LARC\), thereby creating a space to pause, reflect, learn and aspire\. The service will work with a minimum of 20 vulnerable women for up to an 18 month period\. The service will primarily work with women in the South of the city - but will also receive referrals from other parts of the city where there is a need\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/72ad73d9-e6f2-4490-8a19-78127aac9bbb-119832)