Families First Commissioning: invitation to the second provider event and updates

You are invited you to the second provider session as part of the Families First commissioning process on one of the following dates:

Thursday 22 March 2012 or Friday 23 March 2012

At this session the project team will outline the specifications that are being developed for each of the Families First service areas and will invite comment from potential providers.

They are currently developing outcome-based service specifications through discussions with a wide range of stakeholders, best practice research and gathering of available data. The specifications will set out the intended outcomes for each service area, the available funding, the intended service users, and inter-linkages with other existing programmes.

This session will be an opportunity for potential providers to input into the specifications before they are presented to the Programme Board for approval. Therefore, please attend the session if you would like to input, or send a deputy who can represent your views. 

Here are the dates and venues

Thursday 22 March 2012 from 1-4pm at Western Leisure Centre, Caerau Lane, Ely, Cardiff CF5 5HJ

or

Friday 23 March 2012 from 1-4pm at Llanrumney Library and Learning Centre, Countisbury Avenue, Cardiff CF3 5NQ

Please can you complete and return the booking form to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to confirm your attendance at either of these events by Friday 2 March.

You will also find the following documents attached to this invite:

A Provider Newsletter (PDF): this is the first in a series of fortnightly newsletters to keep all interested providers up to date with recent developments and key events in the Families First commissioning process.

A Frequently Asked Questions document (PDF): this has been compiled from questions raised at the provider events on the 2^nd, 3^rd and 8^th and will be kept up to date as the commissioning process progresses.

A pro-forma for interested providers (PDF): this is intended to assist organisations seeking to develop consortia to bid for Families First Services in identifying potential partners.

If you return these to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by 24 February they will be circulated with the next newsletter and placed on the Proud Capital website at www.cardiffproudcapital.co.uk