Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation and Community Outreach Service

Market Engagement Event – Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation and Community Outreach Service Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole (BCP) Council will be hosting a Market Engagement Event on Wednesday 30 September 2026 09:30am-10:30am via Microsoft teams for organisations interested in the future delivery of Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation and Community Outreach Services across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. This event will provide prospective providers with an opportunity to learn more about BCP Council's vision to ensure that people affected by domestic abuse have access to safe and secure accommodation, alongside specialist, trauma-informed support delivered by appropriately trained staff.

Our ambition is to provide a consistent, high-quality response that improves safety, wellbeing and long-term outcomes for individuals and families impacted by domestic abuse. The session will include an overview of the proposed Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation and Community Outreach Services model, as well as information relating to local need and service demand.

We will share key data and insights from BCP Council's Domestic Abuse Services, together with details of the extensive engagement undertaken with people with lived experience, partners, stakeholders and service providers across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. The event will also provide an opportunity to understand how our future commissioning intentions have been shaped by the priorities and objectives set out within the following strategies: • Preventing Domestic Abuse Strategy 2026-2031 • Safe Accommodation Strategy 2026-2031 • Domestic Abuse Perpetrators Strategy 2026-2031 The procurement opportunity for the Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation and Community Outreach Services contracts is expected to be published on Supplying the Southwest in November 2026, with contracts anticipated to commence in August 2027.

To attend the market engagement event, please register your interest by midday on Monday 28th September 2026. by completing the registration form via the link in the attached advert. Please note that participation in, or non-participation in, this market engagement event will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement process.

The event is being conducted solely for the purposes of informing the market and supporting BCP Council's commissioning and procurement planning. Any future procurement will be undertaken in accordance with applicable procurement legislation and principles of transparency, equal treatment and non-discrimination.