- Location: Remote with some travel required (events in London and North of England)
- Total Value (estimated): £80,000 excluding VAT or £100,000 including VAT
- Contract dates (estimated): 15 December 2025 to 14 December 2028 (3 years)
- Enquiry deadline: Friday 7 November 2025, 5pm
- Tender submission deadline: Friday 14 November 2025, 12pm (noon)
The Community Catalyst is funded and delivered by a consortium of Housing Associations and organisations, including the Fusion21 Foundation, Clarion Futures, Places for People, Peabody and Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) (The Community Catalyst Consortium). The programme provides capacity-building and grant funding for VCSE organisations working with and in their communities, aiming to achieve better outcomes for stronger organisations and more resilient communities. VCSE organisations that work with Housing Associations that are Fusion21 members can participate in the programme.
As lead partner Clarion Futures is looking to engage an independent evaluation partner to deliver a three year review of the programme focused on five key questions:
- What was the quality of the programme design?
- How well was the programme implemented (and adapted as needed)?
- Did the programme produce the intended results? If so, for whom, to what extent and in what circumstances?
- What unintended results, positive and negative, did the programme produce? How did these occur?
- How valuable were the results to the Community Catalyst Consortium, VCSE partners, and the communities involved?
Interested parties will need to register on the Clarion Procurement Portal – Atamis. Please register your organisation to set up an account to respond to the tender opportunity. Once you create your account, this will take you to the landing page where you can search under “Find Opportunities” for the Community Catalyst Evaluation information.
You can access the Clarion portal by using this link here.