Provision of Business Development & Fundraising Assessments and Training for Civil Society Organisations in 2017/18 that Aim to Build Individuals' Resilience to Radicalisation

The Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism (OSCT), in the Home Office, works to counter the threat to the UK from terrorism. Prevent forms part of our counter-terrorist strategy, CONTEST. It aims to safeguard and stop people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism by engaging those vulnerable to radicalisation, and protecting those being targeted by terrorist recruiters. A fundamental part of delivering the Prevent objectives and countering local threats is our work with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in local communities. We are keen to build the strength of these organisations to allow them to increase their capacity for delivery by supporting them to follow best practice models in their approach to business development. Lot 1: Business Development and Fundraising Assessments Through the assessment and analysis of the CSOs business practices and approach to fundraising you will identify areas of improvement and/or training requirements that will be presented to the CSO and the HO in a detailed report. The assessment should include but not be limited to the following key areas: • Governance • Funding Streams • Staffing • A summary of recommendations Lot 2: Business Development and Fundraising Training By providing training to the CSOs, the expected outcomes would be to see an increase in external funding to the groups that we currently fund, improvement in their knowledge of profit-making business models, staffing structures and better project and programme management. Specifically CSOs will require advice and support on: • Increasing access to unrestricted, private funds • Writing fundraising bids • Compiling short, medium and long-term overarching fundraising strategies • Writing charity business plans • Completing internal audits • Recruitment of staff • Management structures The value of this tender is £20k-£50k per Lot.