Decision Maker: Director for Police, Crime, Criminal Justice and Fire, GM Deputy Mayor, Treasurer GMCA
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
There is currently a great deal of media
publicity and topical debate related to school-based harassment,
bullying and the pressures faced by the native digital generation
impacting on mental health and resilience. Schools are well placed
to support young people to use technology safely but given the 24/7
nature of digital communications cannot do so efficiently in
isolation. There is a call for GM school to access staff for
training and programme for their young person in tandem with
effective parental engagement and a whole community approach to
online protocols.
The GM VRU invited expressions of interest and requested quotes via
the network of extended partners connected to the four VRU delivery
strands between May – July 2022.
Further to the previously published Decision
Notice. This notice is an amendment of an original notice published
in September 2022 takes into account the additional charges in
respect of administrative work, not factored in the original notice
which was to the value of £34,999.
The GM VRU are seeking to award Zoe Appleton Consultancy
£44,999 to deliver phase 3 of the Social Switch Project for
safer digital access for Young People across Greater Manchester
over the academic year 2022/23 between September 2022 and July
2023.
The project specification has been distributed between VRU partners
via the delivery strand networks and extended to partners across
GM.
Having received one return in the form of a fully costed proposal,
Zoe Appleton Consulting are deemed able to deliver against the
specification criteria.
Zoe Appleton Consultancy was previously awarded £46,800 to
deliver phase 1 and 2 of the Social Switch programme out of the
2020/21 and 2021/22 Serious Violence funding following a successful
quote submission. The funding amount awarded to Zoe Appleton since
the 2021/22 funding cycle totals to £91,799
Publication date: 13/01/2023
Date of decision: 08/12/2022