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Opportunity overview
Funding opportunity: Help to grow peer-led parent support in Wokingham
Wokingham Borough Council will shortly be looking for an organisation to lead and grow parent-led support across the borough, creating more opportunities for parents to connect and access evidence-based support for parenting.
We’re offering £300,000 over an initial three years to deliver Empowering Parents, Empowering Communities (EPEC) – an evidence-based programme that trains parents to become lead facilitators, creating a model of support that is by parents, for parents.
The programme will be a key part of Wokingham’s Best Start in Life offer and will complement the developing Family Hub offer, alongside other parent support groups and programmes provided by schools and voluntary and community organisations.
Collaboration will be central to this opportunity. The organisation that wins this tender will need to work in close partnership with other services across the Borough, building on what already exists and working together as a community to strengthen support for parents.
Find out more about Empowering Parents, Empowering Communities (EPEC).
Find out more about Best Start in Life in Wokingham.
A virtual and in-person information session will both take place on the 22nd October at 12.30.
If your organisation could help us make parent-led support a bigger part of family life in Wokingham, we’d love to hear from you.
Please feel free to get in touch with any initial questions: ChildrensCommissioningTeam@wokingham.gov.uk
Classification
CPV85000000 — Health and social work services
Lots
Lot 1Value not stated
Documents and notices
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
Published notice details
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Funding opportunity: Help to grow peer-led parent support in Wokingham
Wokingham Borough Council will shortly be looking for an organisation to lead and grow parent-led support across the borough, creating more opportunities for parents to connect and access evidence-based support for parenting.
We’re offering £300,000 over an initial three years to deliver Empowering Parents, Empowering Communities (EPEC) – an evidence-based programme that trains parents to become lead facilitators, creating a model of support that is by parents, for parents.
The programme will be a key part of Wokingham’s Best Start in Life offer and will complement the developing Family Hub offer, alongside other parent support groups and programmes provided by schools and voluntary and community organisations.
Collaboration will be central to this opportunity. The organisation that wins this tender will need to work in close partnership with other services across the Borough, building on what already exists and working together as a community to strengthen support for parents.
Find out more about Empowering Parents, Empowering Communities (EPEC).
Find out more about Best Start in Life in Wokingham.
A virtual and in-person information session will both take place on the 22nd October at 12.30.
If your organisation could help us make parent-led support a bigger part of family life in Wokingham, we’d love to hear from you.
Please feel free to get in touch with any initial questions: ChildrensCommissioningTeam@wokingham.gov.uk
Due
30 Oct 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled
Documents
Entry 1
Id
098074-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
1 VERSION
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098074-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Early-stage planned procurement for an organisation to lead and grow the Empowering Parents, Empowering Communities (EPEC) programme in Wokingham. The programme is intended to expand peer-led, evidence-based parenting support by training parents as lead facilitators.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for organisations with evidenced experience of parent-led family support, EPEC-style delivery and partnership working across local services. This is not yet an open bidding opportunity.
Key points identified
Programme deliveryLead and grow parent-led support and deliver EPEC.Evidence: “looking for an organisation to lead and grow parent-led support” and “to deliver Empowering Parents, Empowering Communities (EPEC)”
Parent facilitator trainingTrain parents to become lead facilitators.Evidence: “an evidence-based programme that trains parents to become lead facilitators”
Partnership workingWork closely with other services across the borough.Evidence: “will need to work in close partnership with other services across the Borough”
94% approved-analysis confidence4 supplier criteria identified3 risks or unknowns
ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.
Early-stage planned procurement for an organisation to lead and grow the Empowering Parents, Empowering Communities (EPEC) programme in Wokingham. The programme is intended to expand peer-led, evidence-based parenting support by training parents as lead facilitators.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for organisations with evidenced experience of parent-led family support, EPEC-style delivery and partnership working across local services. This is not yet an open bidding opportunity.
Key deliverables
Lead and grow parent-led support across Wokingham borough
Deliver the evidence-based EPEC programme
Train parents to become lead facilitators
Work in partnership with services across the borough
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
4 criteria identified
Programme delivery
96% confidence
Lead and grow parent-led support and deliver EPEC.
View supporting evidence
“looking for an organisation to lead and grow parent-led support” and “to deliver Empowering Parents, Empowering Communities (EPEC)”
Parent facilitator training
98% confidence
Train parents to become lead facilitators.
View supporting evidence
“an evidence-based programme that trains parents to become lead facilitators”
Partnership working
98% confidence
Work closely with other services across the borough.
View supporting evidence
“will need to work in close partnership with other services across the Borough”
Supplier eligibility criteria
99% confidence
Unknown at planning stage.
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No selection, exclusion, legal-form, financial, insurance or accreditation criteria are supplied.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Indicative funding
98% confidence
£300,000 over an initial three years.
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“We’re offering £300,000 over an initial three years”
Currency
96% confidence
GBP, indicated by the £ symbol.
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“£300,000”
Commercial terms
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No contract terms, payment model or pricing requirements are supplied.
Delivery
Delivery area
92% confidence
Wokingham borough, United Kingdom.
View supporting evidence
“across the borough” and “in Wokingham”; delivery location region is supplied as “UKJ1”.
Delivery model
98% confidence
Parent-led support, with parents trained as lead facilitators.
View supporting evidence
“creating a model of support that is by parents, for parents”
Duration
97% confidence
Initial three years.
View supporting evidence
“£300,000 over an initial three years”
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Status
99% confidence
Upcoming planned procurement / preliminary market engagement; bidding is not stated to be open.
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display_status: “upcoming”; stage: “planning”; notice type: “Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender”.
Procurement route
99% confidence
Unknown.
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procurement_method and procurement_method_details are null.
Submission deadline
99% confidence
Unknown.
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submission_deadline is null.
Information sessions
82% confidence
Virtual and in-person sessions stated as taking place on 22 October; year and joining details are not supplied.
View supporting evidence
“A virtual and in-person information session will both take place on the 22nd October at 12.30.”
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Early-stage scope and procurement uncertainty
99% confidence
This is a planned preliminary market engagement notice, not a confirmed open tender. Final scope, route, timetable, selection criteria and submission requirements are unknown.
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stage: “planning”; display_status: “upcoming”; notice type: “Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender”; relevant fields are null.
Funding interpretation
95% confidence
£300,000 is stated over an initial three years, but whether this is a fixed total budget, maximum value or another funding arrangement is not specified.
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“We’re offering £300,000 over an initial three years”; value_min and value_max are null.
Information-session date ambiguity
93% confidence
The notice states 22 October but does not give a year for the sessions.
View supporting evidence
“take place on the 22nd October at 12.30.”
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