RFQ for the Provision of Reducing Isolation Services

The issue of social isolation is receiving increasing attention from community based organisations and local authorities. One reason for this is negative impact that social isolation is known to have on individual health and wellbeing at different stages of life. As a result, social isolation brings significant costs to health and social care services. There are links between inequality, social isolation and health: this is because many factors associated with social isolation are unequally distributed in society.

Halton Borough Council wishes to appoint an organisation that can establish a model of service delivery for isolated young people called the ‘Halton Mutual Support Networks’ (‘HMSN’), a membership organisation whereby socially isolated young people engage with services through a network of paid and volunteer helpers.