Child Poverty and Health - Market Engagement

Location

Description

Child poverty in the UK has increased by 900,000 children since 2010/11. 4.5 million children now live in poverty and 1.1 million have used foodbanks within the last 12 months. Tackling child poverty is central to this government’s mission to remove barriers to opportunity and raise the healthiest generation of children ever. On 5th December 2025, the government published Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696646bc99fbdc498faecd98/child-po... which sets out immediate actions to reduce poverty and the long‑term foundations needed to change its trajectory. As part of the Strategy, DHSC has committed to engage with the market and wider stakeholders outside of government to better understand and explore potential opportunities for collaboration to address the health impacts of child poverty. The purpose of this notice is to announce that DHSC will be hosting a virtual roundtable event with a Q&A on 15th April 2026.

CPV Codes

• 75200000 - Provision of services to the community
• 72300000 - Data services
• 92000000 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services
• 37400000 - Sports goods and equipment
• 85312310 - Guidance services
• 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services
• 55000000 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
• 55900000 - Retail trade services
• 33000000 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
• 32000000 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
• 85323000 - Community health services
• 80561000 - Health training services
• 80000000 - Education and training services
• 79990000 - Miscellaneous business-related services
• 85322000 - Community action programme
• 98300000 - Miscellaneous services
• 92620000 - Sport-related services
• 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
• 63000000 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
• 60200000 - Railway transport services
• 15800000 - Miscellaneous food products
• 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people
• 55500000 - Canteen and catering services
• 80340000 - Special education services
• 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
• 72500000 - Computer-related services
• 32400000 - Networks
• 64200000 - Telecommunications services
• 80500000 - Training services
• 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
• 98100000 - Membership organisation services
• 98200000 - Equal opportunities consultancy services
• 85312110 - Child daycare services
• 85312100 - Daycare services
• 85312000 - Social work services without accommodation

Other Information

The roundtable will involve a facilitated discussion on what organisations are doing, or interested in doing, to tackle the health impacts of child poverty. Please see the letter from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care inviting industry to the virtual roundtable: https://atamis-1928.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/0O000000rwim/a/Pz00000IYa8L/xfGPul26... ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** To correct and replace the previously embedded links, which were not functioning as intended.