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July 10, 2025 10:00

Basecamp and Dynamics Training

July 14, 2025 9:30

Level 1 Behaviour Change

July 18, 2025 9:30

MECC

July 22, 2025 13:00

Sleep and Resilience

August 7, 2025 10:00

1S4H Training

September 8, 2025 11:00

Group Dynamics

September 10, 2025 14:00

Mental Health and Suicide First Aid

September 11, 2025 9:30

RSPH Level 2 Understanding Health Improvement

September 15, 2025 9:30

Level 2 Behaviour Change

September 18, 2025 10:00

365 Response

September 23, 2025 13:00

MECC

October 2, 2025 9:30

Group Facilitation Training

October 9, 2025 10:00

Basecamp and Dynamics Training

October 16, 2025 9:30

Level 1 Behaviour Change

October 28, 2025 13:00

Sleep and Resilience

November 6, 2025 10:00

1S4H Training

November 17, 2025 9:30

Level 2 Behaviour Change

November 20, 2025 9:30

Mental Health and Suicide First Aid

November 24, 2025 9:30

MECC

November 27, 2025 9:30

Group Dynamics

December 2, 2025 9:30

RSPH Level 2 Understanding Health Improvement

December 8, 2025 9:30

Level 1 Behaviour Change

December 18, 2025 10:00

365 Response

January 15, 2026 10:00

Basecamp and Dynamics Training

January 22, 2026 9:30

Level 2 Behaviour Change

February 5, 2026 9:30

Behaviour Change level 1

February 12, 2026 10:00

1S4H Training

March 12, 2026 10:00

365 Response

March 23, 2026 9:30

Behaviour Change Level 2

News (4)

A Fantastic New Opportunity!

September 30, 2022

Wrap Around Care for Tirzepatide.

May 4, 2021

Welcome To The Team

May 26, 2021

Our New Team Mates This Week!

May 26, 2021

Nigel Rides Sea To Sea For Cancer

August 26, 2021

OYL Summer Gathering

May 4, 2021

People Experience Updates Webinar

May 4, 2021

L&D Working Groups

May 13, 2021

Fancy Reaching New Heights?

May 4, 2021

Espria's Helpdesk is changing!

May 4, 2021

Thriving Nottingham Break In!

May 4, 2021

Welcome To The Team!

May 26, 2021

Sarah Smashes London to Brighton Ride

August 26, 2021

New Learning and development Strategy

May 13, 2021

can you help?

May 13, 2021

PKD's Balloon Race 2025!

May 12, 2023

Group Facilitation Training

May 13, 2021

We Have A Fantastic HoS Opportunity

September 30, 2022

Thriving Nottingham's Newsletter

May 4, 2021

Introducing The Fresh Faces To The Team

May 26, 2021

Thriving Nottingham's Intruders

May 4, 2021

Happy Father's Day!

August 26, 2021

OYL Race Across The Wolds!

May 4, 2021

A BIG Thank You For Completing The Survey

May 4, 2021

New Mental Health courses

May 13, 2021

OYL Hit The Water Park!

May 4, 2021

PKD: The WHO's Report Findings

May 12, 2023

You May Have Unused Benefits!

May 4, 2021

Alterations to Hi Bob

May 4, 2021

Welcome To 2 New Faces

May 26, 2021

Drink Tea For PKD!

May 12, 2023

PKD Need Us To Vote For Them

May 12, 2023

Fancy A New Bike & Help PKD!

May 12, 2023

Are You Looking To Save Money?

May 4, 2021

Our People's Benefits Survey

May 4, 2021

DBS Cert Information

May 4, 2021

We'd Love To Hear From You...

September 30, 2022

Welcome To The Team!

May 26, 2021

Hackney Pharmacy NCSCT Success

May 4, 2021

Financial Position Update Webinar Recording

May 4, 2021

Group Dynamics Course

May 13, 2021

Charity Abseil Opportunity

May 12, 2023

Hello, And Welcome!

May 26, 2021

Mental Health Awareness Week

May 4, 2021

Georgia Takes To The Skies!

August 26, 2021

IG Policy and Data Awareness Training Actions

May 13, 2021

2025's Public LiabilIty Insurance Documents

May 4, 2021

Weight Loss Drugs Webinar Recording

May 4, 2021

A Huge Welcome To Those Joining Us!

May 26, 2021

Spaces available

May 13, 2021

Mental Health and Suicide First Aid courses

May 13, 2021

Welcome To The Team

May 26, 2021

Wishing everyone a wonderful Bank Holiday Weekend!

August 26, 2021

What Have Our Gloji Mentor's Been Up To?

May 4, 2021

Thriving Nottingham Turns One!

May 4, 2021

Martyn's Marathon Mission!

May 4, 2021

Our Amazing Peer Reflection Facilitators

August 26, 2021

Our Hampshire & Isle of Wight Team's Induction

May 4, 2021

J's running The Paris Marathon!

May 4, 2021

Hello To Our New Teammates This Week

May 26, 2021

East Sussex Awarded Silver!

May 4, 2021

Fran’s Marathon Fundraiser

August 26, 2021

OYL Health Coaches Scale Mam Tor!

May 4, 2021

Welcome to Smoke Free Hampshire & IoW

August 26, 2021

Our Financial Position - Updated

May 4, 2021

We've Updated Our Cost Codes

May 4, 2021

Updated Complaints Policy - Feb 2025

May 4, 2021

Updated Incident Management Policy - Feb 2025

May 4, 2021

NDPP Basecamp Latest Updates

May 4, 2021

Important Company Updates - Please Read

May 4, 2021

Data Team's Sep & Oct Updates

May 4, 2021

New Smoking Medication Training Videos

May 4, 2021

Welcome To The Team!

May 26, 2021

Weight Loss Drugs Webinar

May 4, 2021

Kick It's No Smoking Day!

May 4, 2021

Thrive Tribe Expenses

May 4, 2021

Happy St Patrick's Day!

August 26, 2021

Hello and Welcome to Thrive Tribe!

May 26, 2021

Our Data Team's August Update

May 4, 2021

Happy International Women's Day!

August 26, 2021

Hello, Hello, Hello! Welcome!

May 26, 2021

World Kidney Day 2025

May 12, 2023

Today is World Kidney Day!

May 12, 2023

We're Delighted That You're Here!

May 26, 2021

Data base training

May 13, 2021

PKD's Spring Into March!

August 26, 2021

Hello To Our New Colleagues This Week

May 26, 2021

Our Offer In Hampshire & IoW Continues To Grow

May 4, 2021

Co-Production Reimbursement Policy

May 4, 2021

Charlotte's Singing in Lincoln Cathedral!

August 26, 2021

Welcome Aboard! To Our New Starters This Week!

May 26, 2021

What new training is coming up?

May 13, 2021

A Big Hello To Our New Teammates This Week

May 26, 2021

PKD's Anaemia Webinar - Open Invite

August 26, 2021

We're A Top 10 Percent Fundraiser!

May 4, 2021

The world of co-production

May 4, 2021

25 Years on! PKD's Story!

May 12, 2023

A Huge Hello To Our New Starters

May 26, 2021

Would you like to run the Brighton Marathon?

May 12, 2023

City & Hackney Team's First Aid

May 4, 2021

News >

Be Big Hearted

An Update on Achieve Oxfordshire

Andrew

Head of Service Delivery

I’m afraid I have some sad news to share across our Thrive Tribe family today. We now have the outcome of the tender we recently submitted for our Healthy Weight Programme in Oxfordshire, where you will be aware that we have been running Achieve Oxfordshire since Sept 2017.

 

Unfortunately, I must report that we have been un-successful on this occasion, and therefore the contract will move to Maximus from 1st September onwards. We’ve been on a successful streak of bid wins in the last year, but despite submitting one of the best bids we’ve ever produced in Oxfordshire, we’ve been pipped to the post on this occasion. The quality aspects of the bid we’re exceptional, we scored 94% of the available mark and we were also marginally cheaper in price than the winning bid. This led to a 6.4% lead over Maximus for the price and quality aspects of the tender.

 

Social Value is a requirement of bids that essentially allows councils to attract additional value by asking bidders to pledge promises to bring wider social value to areas outside of the specifications of the programme. Good examples are pledges that cover employability, skills, training , environmental pledges, and volunteering hours within the community.  In this tender, social value was worth 16% of the total score, the highest % we have ever seen. Each bidder’s score was calculated based on the monetary amount of social value the organisation would bring to Oxfordshire. This wasn’t capped in any way, allowing Maximus – a much, much bigger organisation than Thrive Tribe - to offer £450,000 of social value. This was a lot more than we were able to offer, enabling Maximus to gain enough points to surpass our total score.

 

This is a disproportionally high social value bid by a competitor, one the like we’ve never seen before, and this combined with an un-capped scoring mechanism led to an unforeseen outcome. To give you some confidence, this is a unique situation, we have never seen a scoring mechanism of this sort on any other contract, including all our present contracts.

 

We’re so proud of what we have achieved in Oxfordshire, the Achieve service has always exceeded expectation. Our commissioners, this week, have congratulated us on how we’ve run the contract, referring to our achievements as being outstanding and thanking us for the support and innovation we’ve delivered to the people of Oxfordshire. Our healthcare partners are also full of plaudits, we have received lot of messages of support from many shocked stakeholders across Oxfordshire, all congratulating us for our achievements.

 

Our thoughts are with our team in Oxford, we met the team this week to share the news and we’re continuing to support them in various ways , we hope that some may be able to benefit from our current vacancies elsewhere in Thrive Tribe. We’ve agreed an exit plan with commissioners and will now focus on our commitment to the residents of Oxfordshire, continuing the amazing service until the end of August and looking back to celebrate our achievements over the last 7 years.

 

I’m sure the Oxfordshire team will be in your minds too, many congratulations and thank you to everyone who has worked in the service or supported Oxfordshire in any way over the years.

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May 17, 2024 4:43 PM

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