Talk Community is the strategic delivery vehicle for the community ambition of the Herefordshire County Plan 2020-2024 to improve the sustainability, connectivity and wellbeing of our county by strengthening our communities. It is the Council’s strategic approach to prevention, enabling people to get the assistance they need and managing demand for more specialist services. It conveys an aspiration and culture which prioritises prevention, innovates and intervenes at the earliest possible point to make independence and wellbeing inevitable. The key message and vision of Talk Community articulates an ambition and culture which innovates “to make independence and wellbeing inevitable”. Appointing a competent consultant to develop a complete brand awareness process for Talk Community and define Talk Community's identity, will ensure its success in delivering these messages in order to best reach its target audiences and achieve its strategic goals and outcomes.
In compliance with Herefordshire Council’s CPR’s, a tendering process was undertaken to seek an appropriate supplier that specialises in brand awareness and engagement. Invitations to Tender were invited through the council’s tender portal and following assessment through a tender evaluation panel IE Brand