Expression of Interest - Connect to Work: Hull and East Yorkshire

The Growth Company is seeking to engage with key partners for the upcoming Connect to Work opportunity in Hull. We are seeking Expressions of Interest from locally embedded partners able to deliver a proportion of the planned service, alongside our own team of skilled and expert specialists.

Connect to Work is the first major element of the recently launched "Get Britain Working" White Paper. Nationally the programme will deliver support to 100,000 disabled people, people with health conditions, and those with complex barriers to get into employment and get on in work.

The Growth Company is seeking to engage with key local partners for our bid to Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority (HEYCA). As a provider delivering multiple IPS contracts including IPS in Primary Care, IPS Drug and Alcohol, IPS Severe Mental Illness and more recently Connect to Work, we understand what it takes to deliver high quality services and interventions for the target groups.

The HEYCA Connect to Work programme will operate across the full Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority geography, encompassing the Hull City Council area and the East Riding of Yorkshire Council area. The procurement will be organised into two Lots aligned to constituent authority boundaries:

The Growth Company is seeking expressions of interest from locally embedded partners able to deliver a proportion of this service alongside our own team of skilled and expert specialists. We are looking to engage with partners for Lot A - Hull only.

This is a voluntary programme aiming to support individuals with a physical or mental health disability (as defined by the Equality Act 2010 or the Social Model of Disability), or those in a specific disadvantaged group who need support to gain and/or maintain employment. Eligible participants will come from two distinct cohorts:

1. Out of work participants with a health condition, disability, or who are experiencing disadvantage and require assistance and support to move into employment; and
2. In work participants who are off sick or struggling in the workplace due to their disability, health condition or disadvantage.

To apply for this EOI opportunity, please register as a supplier on the Panacea Supplier Platform at the following web address: https://app.panacea-software.com/growth

Once you have accessed the site, to view the opportunity you need to navigate to 'Register Interest', click the 'Participate' Button, then navigate to 'My Questionnaires' where you will be able to download the relevant EOI document. Your EOI submission must be made on the Panacea Portal.

The deadline for submission of the required EOI document is at 16:30pm on Thursday 12th March 2026.