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    ContractsSpecialist Advisory Support for Healthier Lives Health Inequalities Programme
    Awarded contract

    Specialist Advisory Support for Healthier Lives Health Inequalities Programme

    Awarded
    £57k
    Published 28 Oct 2026

    The National Lottery Community Fund requires specialist advisory support and delivery services for a four-month Healthier Lives health inequalities programme from September to December 2026.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· West MidlandsPublished 28 Oct 2026· 6 days agoviaFind a Tender
    Awarded
    £57k
    Published 28 Oct 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £57,000
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Not published
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Research & Innovation
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      West Midlands

    Suppliers

    1 supplier
    • WG
      Wordsmiths Global Ltd
    Lead contractor

    Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 6 days ago.

    28 October 2026
    Awarded — no open tender advertised

    Brief

    The National Lottery Community Fund is seeking specialist external advisory and delivery support for its Healthier Lives Mission, a four-month health inequalities work programme running from September to December 2026. The successful supplier will work with Professor Bola Owolabi as lead external expert adviser to provide strategic guidance, expert challenge, and ongoing support to the Healthier Lives Major Investment commission. Key responsibilities include: conducting evidence synthesis and insight generation; supporting an evidence refresh process; planning and delivering external stakeholder engagement activities; rapidly synthesising engagement findings; and contributing to proposition development and Board materials. This role requires expertise in health inequalities, strategic advisory services, stakeholder engagement, and evidence-based programme development. The supplier will work closely with National Lottery Community Fund teams to advance health equity initiatives through expert analysis and stakeholder collaboration.

    Track record

    8 awards · 6 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In research innovation, THE NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND has awarded 8 contracts to 6 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. BLOOM PROCUREMENT SERVICES LTD2× · 25%
    2. London Economics2× · 25%
    3. Wordsmiths Global Ltd1× · 13%
    4. DJS Research Limited1× · 13%
    5. CAG Consult LLP (trading as CAG Consultants)1× · 13%
    6. LEXINGTON COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED1× · 13%

    Across research innovation, the most active winners are IPSOS MARKET RESEARCH LIMITED, WSP UK LIMITED, IFF RESEARCH LIMITED — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-079265

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