How to win: Custody Based Youth Work Supporting Young People Aged 18-25

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The aim of the Custody-Based Intervention Service is to engage young adults aged 18–25 at a critical point of contact within police custody and provide timely, trauma-informed and relationship-based support that helps them address unmet needs, build resilience and achieve positive outcomes. Through trusted relationships, practical support and access to appropriate opportunities and services, the programme will support young adults to increase stability, improve mental health and wellbeing, strengthen protective factors and progress towards their individual goals, including education, training and employment where appropriate. The service will contribute to the Violence Reduction Unit's public health approach to violence reduction by supporting young adults to navigate the transition into adulthood, reduce vulnerability to violence, exploitation and offending, and improve their longer-term life chances. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-London:-Youth-education-services./864QVFSZ2F To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/864QVFSZ2F If you experi

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Mayor's Office for Policing & Crime scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £4,290,856, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 19 August 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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