Guidance

Trusted Relationships Fund application process

The Trusted Relationships Fund provides funding to deliver and evaluate local initiatives to improve support to young people at risk of exploitation and abuse.

Documents

Trusted Relationships Fund prospectus

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Annex A: application questions, criteria and scoring

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Details

The Trusted Relationships Fund offers funding to local authorities and partners to deliver initiatives to improve support for young people at risk of exploitation and abuse.

The guidance documents cover:

  • the objectives of the fund
  • what type of projects we are looking to fund
  • who can apply
  • how you can apply
  • how applications will be scored

Formal application period

The expression of interest stage is open until midday on 13 April 2018. Applicants will be informed as to whether they have been successful in progressing to full application stage by week commencing 7 May 2018.

To submit your expression of interest, you need to register on the Crown Commercial Service eSourcing suite. Please allow ample time to do this as registration can take up to 10 working days.

The Trusted Relationships Fund expression of interest stage is now open and can be found on Contracts Finder. Please see Annex A which outlines the application questions, to help you to begin to prepare your application.

For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing suite contact Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk on 0345 010 3503 or email: supplier@gps.gsi.gov.uk.

You must have a valid DUNS number (provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation you are registering. Full instructions on registering and using the system are available.

Please read the prospectus before filling in your application.

Published 28 February 2018