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1. Title: COVID-19 FUNDING FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN’S CHARITIES – VERY SHORT DEADLINE2. Awarding Authority: Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner West Yorkshire, Home Office, GB Email: vru@westyorkshire.pcc.pnn.gov.uk. Web: 3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: Emergency support funding for small/micro charities in Specified Location that are working with vulnerable young people at risk of being involved in serious violence.COVID-19 Extraordinary Home Office funding for vulnerable children’s charities 1 April 2020 – 31 October 2020 Further to the Chancellor’s announcement of £750m funding for the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector, the Home Office has secured additional, emergency support funding for small/micro charities that are working with vulnerable young people at risk of being involved in serious violence.West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) has been allocated £285,168 to fund small/micro charities (income less than £100,000 per annum) working with vulnerable young people at risk of being involved in serious violence, to secure critical frontline services affected by COVID-19.To be eligible organisations must be registered charities, charitable incorporated organisations, or a social enterprise; this includes companies limited by guarantee and community interest companies. Funding is available to existing delivery partners and/or new organisations whom are experiencing; immediate financial hardship, significantly increased demand, or an urgent need to adapt services to meet COVID-19 associated measures (e.g. social distancing). Only activity delivered between 01 April 2020 and 31 October 2020 (inclusive) may be claimed as eligible expenditure.5. CPV Code(s): 98000000, 98130000, 85320000, 752000006. NUTS code(s): UKE, UKE4, UKE457. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: West Yorkshire8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.10. Please complete the documents and return by 29.6.2020 (17:00).11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information and instructions in the above contract notice please visit website: 12. Other information: An application pack (please read carefully), funding request form including a form for organisations NOT funded by the PCC ONLY are available aboveRequests received after this deadline will not be accepted. Please return by email titled ‘COVID019 funding request’ to: Awarding AuthorityFor all queries, please contact Awarding AuthorityPlease refer the website above for documentationTKR-2020624-EX-1387415# funding opportunity# COVID-19