Manchester City Council wishes to commission an IT solution to make it easier for people experiencing homelessness to get the help they need. The Council is seeking a Service Provider who will work in and among communities in the area covered by Manchester City Council (‘Manchester’) to provide comprehensive support to people to have ‘one place’ to go for anyone to find out about homelessness in Manchester and DO something to help. This will provide support to charities and grassroots organisations in Manchester through a website and App working both online and offline.
The IT solution should make it easy for anyone accessing the website to see exactly which support services are available nearby in order to meet specific needs through a ‘Find Help’ section. It should also make it easy for Businesses and individuals to contribute through a ‘Give Help’ Section. It should also host the Manchester Homelessness Charter and the Big Change information and updates.
The Council is seeking applications for funding from Voluntary, Community Sector and not for profit services / organisations who are able to provide this service.Applications for funding can be from a consortium or individual organisations, but they must be based in Manchester and working with Manchester people. The funding can only be offered to one consortium / individual organisation and cannot be split between bidders. Applications from groups working together in a partnership will require one organisation acting as the lead, accountable organisation.
There is £12,000 available for the IT Solution to aid the homeless grant for 12 months from the award of the grant.
Deadline to apply: Monday 10 July 2017
Decisions will be made week commencing Monday 24 July 2017.