# Rise 2016-18

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Sheffield City Council](/buyers/sheffield-city-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Gradcore ltd
- Award value: £287,000
- Tender value: £287,000
- Award date: 31 May 2016
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 13 June 2016
- Contract end: 12 June 2018
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 3a688260-d827-4741-8627-dde47e0b863a-98299
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-bb1614ae-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

RISE is a pioneering project delivering employment opportunities for graduates in small and medium enterprises \(SMEs\)\. It equips SMEs with the tools, advice and skills they need to access and utilise graduate talent, and prepares graduates for the fast paced and flexible world of work within SMEs\. It is designed specifically for SMEs, bringing together the best of the tried and tested elements of placing graduates and introducing new innovations\. RISE emulates a large corporate graduate development scheme, uniquely customised for SMEs and, to now, delivered at a city-wide level\. It was the UK's first city graduate scheme\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3a688260-d827-4741-8627-dde47e0b863a-98299)