Faith Deep Engagement Partner

Birmingham City Council (the Council) is seeking to appoint an organisation for the delivery of Deep Engagement work with Communities of Identity within Birmingham aimed at increasing community health literacy, enhancing community capability for collective control of programme to address health inequalities, bringing community voice (including seldom heard voices) to strategy and policy development addressing health inequalities, and to utilise existing community strengths and capabilities to identify and provide solutions for communities’ health and wellbeing.

There is a requirement to deliver a range of public health interventions relating to community of identity specific health inequalities highlighted within the relevant Community health profiles. The interventions cover a range of outputs including focus groups with community members, one significant health inequality project per year and delivery of cultural intelligence training (based off the Birmingham Cultural Intelligence Framework (BCIF) to relevant wider system partners. Additionally, there is a requirement for community upskilling to build sustainability for community capacity in tackling health inequalities. The specifics of the delivery method and any supporting resources will be determined through the bidding process once the project is commissioned. Further details in the specification.

The contract for the services will commence on 19th January 2026 and will be in place for a period of 1 year with the option to extend for a further 1 year subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability.

The contract(s) being procured have been split into Lots, as follows.

• Lot 1: Christian Deep Engagement Partner

• Lot 2: Sikh Deep Engagement Partner

Potential suppliers may apply for one or both lots. Separate contracts will be awarded for each Lot.