Management of Unpaid Carers Grant Applications

The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, hosted by Velindre NHS Trust are acting on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board who sought to award a contract for the Management of Unpaid Carers Grant Applications.Cardiff and Vale Regional Partnership Board (RPB) has received funds totalling £147,000 to support wellbeing of our citizens, in particular, that of unpaid carers. We require relevant umbrella organisations who are able to distribute the funds to 3rd sector and private providers to be able to support unpaid carers and/or the people they care for.Administration of a grant fund for 3rd sector organisations in Cardiff and the Vale to support unpaid carers. This will include:a) development of an agreed specificationb) circulation of the specification to appropriate organisations within the network with promotion and signposting, as well as potential wider networks of private providersc) application template for organisations to submit a proposal outlining the use of spend, numbers of people they can support, impact and monitoringd) facilitation of grading and review of submitted schemes to be assessed with a panel representing partnerse) transfer of funds to awarded biddersf) follow up report in an agreed format to give details on the impact of this funding and case studies of some key examples of support provided.