Community Connectors

The Cardiff and Vale University Health Board have a requirement to award contract to Cardiff Mind to continue the Community Connector activities that are contracted until the end of June 2023. Cardiff Mind are currently providing the service in the South and East Cardiff Cluster. The uptake has been slow but this is an area where projects are notoriously difficult to embed. The engagement with the Community Connectors has increased and is it felt that any disruption in service would inevitability have an impact on the patients. The Locality covered by this contract has high deprivation in the area and Locality is very culturally diverse, with a range of BAME communities and other hard to reach groups- including Travellers, the Homeless and Sex Workers. The Locality also provides for the needs of Asylum seekers who are accommodated in centralised areas around the centre of the city. Any further requirements if the pilot is to be extended beyond the optional extension provision will be done so via a competitive tender with the understanding that TUPE may apply.