Support to UK Victims of Terrorism

The Victims of Terrorism Unit in the Home Office is launching an open grant competition for organisations that wish to support victims of terrorism.

The contracting authority will be inviting organisations to bid for up to £500,000 to help them in providing support to victims. Organisations are able to bid for some or all of the funding available and are able to offer niche specialisms and support or holistic support services.

The funding can be used for:

Providing proactive and practical support to victims of terrorism, on challenges that victims are likely to face, including but not limited to - o advice on the legal or coronial processes, compensation schemes, press intrusion and sharing sad news. o immediate one to one care after an incident - for example with children. o emotional support and guidance from specialists who are qualified to support victims with their mental health, wellbeing and emotional resilience.

The contracting authority will welcome proposals from all organisations wishing to support victims of terrorism to cope with and work through, where possible, the impacts that terrorism has had on victims' lives. This includes organisations which already support victims of terrorism, or wish to extend current support services to victims of terrorism.

We welcome all suggestions for how to support victims, however, successful applicants will deliver support in house, by specialists who are qualified to provide the support and who can proactively offer support to victims.

Funding is anticipated to be allocated to the successful organisation(s) by the end of May 2020 and projects will be required to start after the beginning of June 2020 and complete by 31st May 2021.

A maximum of £500,000 will be available. The number and nature of projects funded will depend upon the proposals received. We welcome bids for some or all of the funding available.

Accessing further details: The full grant call will open on Monday 20th April 2020 at 09:00hrs and close by Monday 18th May 2020 (10:00hrs).

In order to submit a proposal, bidders MUST be registered on the government's Esourcing website and submit an expression of interest to the Home Office commercial team in advance of the opening date of Monday 20th April 2020. Fuller details of the grant competition and evaluation criteria will only be accessible via the Esourcing website to those who have registered by this date.

Please note registration on the Esourcing suite is a relatively speedy process and should not be confused with registration as a supplier on the Research Marketplace of the Crown Commercial Services' (CCS) Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), which is a different process.

Details of next steps and how to register your interest are laid out in the 'How to Apply' section below, detailed within the Notes section.

Additional information: How to apply section1. Only bidders registered on the government's Escourcing website (Jagger) and who have registered their interest with the OSCT Commercial team by the launch date of 13th April 2020 will be able to access full details of the grant competition and be invited to competition. Bidders who confirm their interest after the date of launch will not be able to be added to the competition.2. For bidders not already registered on Jagger, self-registration on the ESourcing site involves completion of a short form: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.htmlTwo or more working days should be allowed for confirmation of registration.It is possible you may already be registered with Jagger. If this is the case and any difficulties are faced in self-registration, please contact your organisation's SAM (Supplier Admin Manager), so that you can be registered as a new User for your organisation. Alternatively, if you do not know the identity of your SAM and are having difficulties with self-registration, please contact the Jagger helpdesk who will be able to provide further assistance3. In addition to registering on Jagger interest MUST also be registered directly with the commercial team. Email: [email protected] with the following information, no later than 13th April 2020: - Organisation name - Contact name, contact number and email address- Organisation address- Confirmation that you are registered on Jagger or if you require information to enable you to register. 4. The competition will then be open to all bidders who have registered on Jagger AND registered their interest with the commercial team. The competition will be open from 20th April 2020 until 18th May 2020. Proposals will need to be submitted during this timeframe.