EBC and Contracts Matter

EBC is proud to be a member of Contracts Matter, the regional skills and employability contracting supply chain for the third sector in the North East.

EBC's membership demonstrates our commitment to:

• The third sector as a whole.
• Partnership and consortia working.
• The communities in which we work.
• The people who benefit from the work of EBC and other third sector organisations.

What is Contracts Matter?

Contracts Matter is an independent, third sector-led skills and employability contracting supply chain, which is overseen by a steering group of third sector representatives and hosted by Acumen, on their behalf.

A means for Voluntary and Community Sector organisations to work together to bid for, win and deliver skills and employability contracts from which they may otherwise have been excluded. A streamlined route for public and private sector contractors to engage with the third sector.

The Role of the Skills & Employability Hub:

• Bring together groups of third sector organisations to bid collaboratively for contracts

• Co-ordinate a range of services to help members continuously improve their service offer and effectively participate in the delivery of employability and skills services

• Identify and inform members of funding/contracting opportunities

• Co-ordinate contracting opportunities and multi sector partnerships

• Co-ordinate information about member organisations and maintain a central database  

• Broker and facilitate bidding/contracting partnerships including lead providers, sub contractors and suppliers

• Enable smaller or less experienced VCS organisations to participate in the contracting process

• Information sharing to hub partners

• Liaise with key funding organisations to establish future funding opportunities 

Membership is open to all third sector organisations, located in the North East irrespective of size who are interested in or who deliver skills and employability services.

Benefits to members:

• Increased opportunities to access potential funding

• Central co-ordination and impartial support

• Facilitation of partnership working

• Greater awareness of how to develop the ‘right’ partnerships and gain access to members providing specialist/innovative services  

• Increased exposure to delivery and funding organisations within the North East

• Access through the HUB to a directory of members provision/services/information

To become a member or for further information email; info@contractsmatter.co.uk or telephone Pat Anderson on 0191 5878019

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