Barrow Brilliant Futures Fund - Primary to Secondary Transition

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    "description": "Westmorland and Furness Council is the Delivery Partner for the Brilliant Futures Fund, part of the Barrow Transformation Fund. The Brilliant Futures Fund has been established to take a system-led approach to improving educational outcomes in Barrow. This is critical for the Plan for Barrow, which aims to deliver the Defence Nuclear Enterprise and diversify and strengthen the local economy.\nThe Brilliant Futures Fund has three objectives:\n1. Improve educational outcomes in Barrow.\n2. Enhance educator retention and wellbeing.\n3. Promote excellence in teaching and learning through evidence-based projects and interventions.\nWe seek a Supplier to provide:\nA program to support Transition from year 6 to year 7: strengthening the system and supporting pupils to thrive following their move into secondary education. The provider will deliver both universal resources and targeted intervention to support those pupils most at risk of disengaging.",
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        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
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        "dueDate": "2026-06-20T23:59:59+01:00",
        "description": "Westmorland and Furness Council would like to engage with potential providers of these projects to inform the development of the Invitation to Tender.\nPlease join us to find out more about the Brilliant Futures Fund and these projects, and to contribute your thoughts and ideas.\nDate: Wednesday 10 June\nTime: 1pm-2pm\nFormat: Microsoft Teams\nFollowing the call, the presentation and a transcript will be shared with attendees.\nPlease notify us by 5pm on Tuesday 9th June if you wish to join the call and the invitation will be shared.\nPlaces are limited to a maximum of two attendees per organisation.\nFor invites to the event please Email robert.walker@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk and include the subject Barrow Brilliant Futures Event, Full names and Email for proposed attendees and the full company name. Please also include a brief profile of your company.\nInvited attendees will be those able to demonstrate that their company is relevant to proposed projects.\nSuppliers wishing to attend the event should go to www.the-chest.org.uk and click on current opportunities from the navigation area on the left of the screen. On the next screen enter the contract Reference (DN817058) in the box labelled 'contains' then click search. Click on the blue link for the event title to view\nthe opportunity. To express an interest you will need to login. if you are not already registered on the www.the-chest.org.uk you will need to return to the home page and click on Register."
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