Preliminary Market Engagement Health and Wellbeing Through Nature Volunteering Tender

London Borough of Camden

About this tender

The London Borough of Camden intends to procure a Health and Wellbeing Through Nature Volunteering service. The service will provide safe, organised nature-based volunteering activities within Camden's green spaces, supporting residents' health and wellbeing, access to nature and biodiversity. Participants may be referred through green social prescribing pathways or self-enrol, so the service must accommodate both referral-based and open access routes. This notice is a preliminary market engagement exercise. Its purpose is to inform the procurement by testing market capacity and capability and gathering views on approaches to social value. It is not itself a contract award. The services fall within the Light Touch Regime under the Procurement Act 2023. Camden intends to run a subsequent procurement process for a three-year contract commencing in April 2027.

Key requirements

• ✓Deliver safe, organised nature-based volunteering activities in Camden green spaces
• ✓Support residents' health and wellbeing through green social prescribing and self-referral pathways
• ✓Contribute to access to nature and biodiversity outcomes and social value

Relevant sectors

About this sector

Biodiversity funding backs habitat restoration, species protection, protected areas and nature-positive business. It comes from environment agencies, multilateral nature funds and conservation philanthropy, often through competitive calls with defined regions. Applicants are usually asked for baseline surveys, local partners and indicators that show ecological change.