# Community volunteering network \(Composting & waste prevention\)

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Buckinghamshire Council](/buyers/buckinghamshire-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Garden organic
- Award value: £57,000
- Tender value: £57,000
- Award date: 15 May 2023
- Published: 17 May 2023
- Contract start: 1 June 2023
- Contract end: 31 May 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: cb2ceb39-aaa3-4a6b-bd10-fe4ec1cc8b67-645552
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-20d0e05a-1ba4-4faa-93be-c0b9ee503188

## Description

Set up, recruit, train, manage and motivate a network of volunteers\. The volunteer network will be expected to; attend local events; provide help and advice on how to compost \(from beginners to seasoned pros\); promote the benefits of home composting and the subsidies Buckinghamshire Council offer; Provide help and advice on how to reduce residual waste; encourage reuse, repair, refill, recycling, composting\. The management of the network will also include the provision to provide volunteers with the resources that they will require to effectively promote the messages of home composting and waste reduction\. The management of the network will require reporting to Buckinghamshire Council on events attended, and volunteer hours spent, number of engagements with resident\. Any recruited volunteers would be under the care and control of the contractor\.

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- [Hampden Fields Primary School 3FE - Principal Contractor DN793213](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-82f6c942-b4aa-43c7-b80e-9582c264cd76): Buckinghamshire Council
- [Chalfont St Giles Junior School](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-be157243-8b6e-4077-8a10-7adbceb85037): Buckinghamshire Council
- [Provision of Cumbria Master Composter Volunteer Scheme](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-57abd670-c2d8-477d-b70d-40237a57e7bf): Cumberland Council
- [Leicestershire Home Composting Volunteer Programme](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f699c289-3bfa-4acb-a816-c5581d3f5fbe): Leicestershire County Council
- [Cumbria Compost Volunteer Scheme](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-31c4204b-a7f8-448a-a003-e039b07aa0c0): Cumbria County Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cb2ceb39-aaa3-4a6b-bd10-fe4ec1cc8b67-645552)