Purpose

Oldham alongside 74 other LAs, including
Bolton, Tameside,
Rochdale and Manchester met the government’s criteria
to
receive a share of £82m ringfenced funding for Family
Hub
development.
The criteria used targets funding at areas with the highest
levels
of deprivation to support the Government’s levelling-up
and
Start for Life agenda.
Family Hubs is a new national initiative which looks to
connect
a range of services that support families at a universal and
targeted level. The expectations for delivery include coproduce
activities and achieve shared goals in partnership with
the different organisations.
Oldham has received £3,648,000.00 from the National
Government Family Hubs and Start for Life Programme (DfE) to
develop the Programme across the borough. The funding will
be from December 2022 until March 2025.
This report seeks approval to exempt Contract Procedure Rules
to enable a direct contract award to Triple P UK Limited and
a
direct contract award to Family Links to deliver elements of
the Family Hubs Parenting Support strand and to implement
activities and services to improve ability of parents to care
for
their children/young people.
Oldham’s Family Hubs Programme is aimed at improving
the
ability of parents to care for their children/young people
resulting in improved child/young people and parent
outcomes including mental wellbeing, behaviour, and
child/young people development range of areas.

Content

RESOLVED - That:
Option 1 (recommended): exempt Contract Procedure Rules to
enable a direct contract award to Triple P UK Limited and to
Family Links, each for a term commencing on 31st of August
2023, or as soon as possible, to deliver elements of the
Family
Hubs Parenting Support strand and to implement activities and
services to improve ability of parents to care for their
children/young people