Award of Community and VCSE Development Programme

East Sussex County Council ("ESCC") has awarded a cross-county service to enable people, families, communities, groups and organisations, (collectively referred to as the "Beneficiaries") to build greater resilience, self-sustaining capacity and capabilities, to participate in activities and services that support their independence, health and wellbeing. The programme will be delivered using a collaborative partnership model that will bring providers, key strategic leads, commissioners, partners, and stakeholders together from start to finish of the programme contract. The service Programme term is 1 April 2025 and end 31 March 2028 (the "Contract Period"), with a further option to extend the contract for up to 24 months (to 31 March 2030). The published value includes the extension option.