VRU – Mayor’s Youth Clubs Safety Programme

The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) is seeking a specialist organisation to deliver the Mayor’s Youth Clubs Safety Programme across London, with a potential total contract value of £4,300,000 excluding VAT.

The programme will provide specialist support to young people affected by, or at risk of, violence and exploitation across 33 Mayoral-funded youth clubs in London’s 32 boroughs and the City of London. It aims to improve safety, strengthen safeguarding pathways and help young people access appropriate support and opportunities.

Service Requirements

The successful provider will establish a network of specialist youth workers to work alongside youth club partnerships and provide targeted support to children and young people at greater risk of harm.

Key responsibilities include:

• Specialist youth work: Build trusted relationships with young people and maintain a regular presence across the Mayoral-funded youth clubs.
• Individual support: Assess needs and vulnerabilities, provide tailored one-to-one interventions and undertake casework where appropriate.
• Safeguarding and risk assessment: Identify risks associated with violence, exploitation, domestic abuse, online harms and other forms of extra-familial harm.
• Referrals and partnerships: Connect young people with statutory, community and specialist services, involving families and guardians where appropriate.
• Contextual safeguarding: Work with youth clubs and local authority partners to assess risks in and around youth club environments and deliver peer-group interventions where appropriate.
• Workshops and group activities: Deliver targeted sessions, workshops and drop-ins in response to local needs and emerging risks.
• Local and London-wide collaboration: Strengthen connections between youth clubs, local authorities, safeguarding partnerships, education and health services, community organisations and violence reduction programmes.
• Trauma-informed practice: Embed cultural sensitivity, lived experience and trauma-informed approaches throughout service delivery.

The programme will operate across the 33 Mayoral-funded youth clubs, with an expected ratio of at least two youth clubs per specialist youth worker. It will focus particularly on adolescents and young people aged 14–24, while allowing earlier preventative support where appropriate.

The opportunity identifies small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs) as particularly suitable participants.

Contract Information

• Buyer: Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime
• Deadline: 19 November 2026, 5:00pm
• Contract Value: Up to £2,900,000 excluding VAT for the initial period, with a potential additional £1,400,000 excluding VAT if the 12-month extension is exercised (£4,300,000 total potential value excluding VAT)
• Delivery Length: Initial period from 4 January 2027 to 31 March 2029, including an eight-week mobilisation period. Service delivery begins on 1 March 2027. A possible 12-month extension could extend the contract to 31 March 2030.
• Tender Reference: Not disclosed
• Tender Link: Delta eSourcing
• Award Method: Competitive flexible procedure, comprising a technical written stage and an in-person presentation stage

The enquiry deadline is 3 November 2026 at 5:00pm. The estimated award decision date is 31 December 2026.

Evaluation Criteria

The tender will be assessed against the following published criteria:

• Technical Written Questions: 60%
• Presentation: 40%

The procurement will follow a two-stage process, with written technical submissions followed by an in-person presentation stage.

Commercial Relevance

This opportunity may interest specialist youth work organisations, violence prevention providers, safeguarding services and community organisations experienced in supporting young people affected by violence and exploitation. The programme offers an opportunity to deliver targeted interventions across London while working with local youth clubs and wider statutory and voluntary-sector partners. The potential three-year contract term provides scope for sustained service delivery, subject to the extension option.

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