If you’re a facilitator with a passion for Lego building and experience of developing and delivering family focused creative workshops, we want to hear from you!

Crewe Town Council is seeking to commission a suitably experienced facilitator to develop and deliver a programme of family focused Lego Club sessions. Taking place within Crewe Library the Lego Club sessions will form part of a wider programme of summer activity, 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 five Lego Club sessions which are diverse, artistic adventures, high quality and suitable for a family audience.

• The theme of the Lego Club will be Gadgeteers and will link in with Crewe Libraries Summer Reading Challenge Summer Reading Challenge

• To develop and facilitate five Lego Club Sessions, 11am – 3pm (Monday 25^th July, Monday 1^st, 8^th, 15^th and 22^nd August 2022)

• To provide all additional materials to deliver the Lego Club sessions (Lego will be provided)

• 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 documentation
  • Evidence of DBS

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

Location

The Lego Club sessions will take place within Crewe Library.

The Fee

The Fee is £1050 (This includes the delivery of five Lego Club workshops plus 1 prep day).

With an additional £200 available for workshop materials if 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 (including completed H&S & safeguarding paperwork).
3. Include a few sentences about yourself.
4. Provide a budget breakdown for additional materials.
5. Provide a copy of your Public Liability Insurance.

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

• Previous experience of programming and delivering family focused workshop sessions within a library environment – maximum score 25
• Variety and quality of programming – maximum score 35
• Breakdown of costs for additional materials– maximum score 25
• Knowledge and experience to complete the required health and safety, safeguarding documentation including DBS check – maximum score 15

Please email your submission to  support@crewetowncouncil.gov.uk with Lego Club 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 applications.
• Friday 13^th May 2022 – Contract awarded.
• August 2022- Craft sessions to take place (Monday 25^th July, Monday 1^st, 8^th,15^th and 22^nd August 2022).