Community Infant Feeding and Emotional Wellbeing Peer Support Service

Description of Services to be provided: Family Hubs are being set up to support families from conception, through the child's early years, to later childhood, up to the age of 19 (or 25 for young people with special educational needs and disabilities). They will provide a single access point to family support services that is integrated across health (physical and mental health) and social care as well as voluntary and community organisations and education settings.  Family Hubs provide family support services early, when families need them. These include universal and targeted services. The overarching objective is to join up and enhance services delivered through transformed family hubs in local authority areas, ensuring all parents and carers can access the support they need when they need it. Through the programme, parents and carers should feel supported and empowered in caring for and nurturing their babies and children, ensuring they receive the best start in life. This in turn will improve health and education outcomes for babies and children and enable them to thrive in later life The Infant Feeding & Emotional Wellbeing Peer Support service offers new families crucial support during pregnancy and the postnatal period with breastfeeding and perinatal mental health support through the provision of community, virtual, and hospital-based peer support. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Intion to Award Notice under Direct Award Process C. This contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. Approximate lifetime value of the contract: £430,000 The Contract will run from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2028.