Christ Church Craft Sessions – Opportunity

Are you an arts organisation or artist with a passion for / experience of developing and delivering outdoor family craft activities? We want to hear from you!

Crewe Town Council is seeking to commission a suitably experienced arts organisation to develop and deliver a programme of family focused outdoor craft sessions within the outdoor space at Christ Church, Crewe Town. The craft sessions will form part of a wider programme of summer activity.

The programme of activity will be delivered between July and August 2022.

Our aim is to provide a programme of free-to-access diversionary activities for children of all ages within Crewe during the summer holidays including cultural, sports and nature based activity.

• Provide a free-to-access, high quality and family focused programme of summer activity aimed at young people within Crewe.

• Reduce learning loss over the summer and provide opportunities for young people to achieve the benefits that participating within extra-curricular activities can bring.

• Reduce the financial burden on parents / guardians to provide opportunities for their children to participate in.

This project will be seen as a pilot project with the ambition and potential to develop activities and build momentum for 2023/4.

Requirements

• To develop a programme of six craft activity sessions which are diverse, artistic adventures, as well as high quality and suitable for a family audience.

• To programme a minimum of three craft activity options per session.

• To deliver and manage six creative activity days, 11am – 3pm (Wednesday 27^th July, 3^rd, 10^th, 17^th , 24^th and 31^st August 2022).

• To provide all infrastructure and materials required to deliver the craft sessions.

• To ensure health and safety and other statutory standards are met, including the completion of all required health & safety paperwork to include:

• • risk assessments
  • safeguarding
  • appropriate first aid provision, required licenses
  • Evidence of DBS

• Contribute to the monitoring, documenting and evaluation of the Summer activity programme.

Location

The craft sessions will take place within the outside area of  Christ Church, Crewe Town Centre           8 Prince Albert St - Google Maps.

The Fee.

The Fee is £4,000 which should include all materials and infrastructure required.

How to apply

1. Submit one A4 page on what you’d like to do.
2. Provide examples of a couple of things you’ve done before ( include completing H&S & safeguarding paperwork).
3. Include a few sentences about your arts organisation.
4. Provide a budget breakdown.
5. Provide a copy of your Public Liability Insurance.

 Please note that tenders will be assessed and marked out of 100 on the following:

• Previous experience of programming and delivering outdoor craft sessions – maximum score 25
• Variety and quality of programming – maximum score 35
• Breakdown of costs to programme, deliver and manage all aspects of the craft sessions– maximum score 25
• Knowledge and experience to complete the required health and safety, safeguarding documentation and DBS check – maximum score 15

Please email your submission to  support@crewetowncouncil.gov.uk with Christ Church Summer Programme in the subject heading, by 10am on Wednesday 11th May 2022.

Key Dates

• Tuesday 19^th April 2022 – Opportunity advertised
• Wednesday 11th May 2022 - Deadline for completed tender applications
• Friday 13^th May 2022 – Contract awarded to the successful arts organisation
• Wednesday 27^th July, 3^rd, 10^th, 17^th , 24^th and 31^st August 2022- Craft sessions to take place