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Commission The Essex Hub

For schools, SENCOs, MATs, local authorities, ICBs, social prescribers and statutory partners. The Essex Hub gives you one accountable route to commission structured early intervention, without taking on the safeguarding, vetting and outcomes burden yourself.

How we price

We commission a supply chain of independent delivery partners across five wellbeing pathways. Pricing is set per pathway and per partner, based on intervention type, intensity, duration and ratio. All commissioned rates are value-based, blended, and inclusive of safeguarding, outcomes measurement and reporting. No itemised management fee. No hidden costs. Commissioned routes are funded upfront. Volume discounts apply to multi-block and annual agreements, with negotiated rates available for MAT multi-school commissions. Rate cards are available to budget holders on request.

How funded provision works

All funded and EHCP-related provision routes through the Hub. The commissioner pays the Hub upfront, the Hub commissions the delivery partner under a service agreement, and retains accountability for safety, governance and reporting. Single invoice. Single contract. Single safeguarding chain.

What commissioners are buying instead

We don't compete with crisis services or specialist clinical provision. We sit deliberately in the prevention layer, before need escalates. For commissioners, structured early intervention typically replaces or reduces spend on:

  • Repeat low-level pastoral interventions that don't shift the trajectory
  • External one-off "wellbeing days" without measurement or follow-up
  • Higher-cost specialist or clinical referrals where earlier intervention would have been sufficient
  • Internal staff time managing escalating low-level need

Commissioners buy outcomes earlier, at a lower unit cost, with governance held externally.

Why commissioners use us

Safeguarding assurance

A DSL-led framework and written safeguarding policy, held centrally and referenced in every commissioning agreement. Aligned with current KCSIE guidance and reviewed annually.

Vetted delivery

DBS-checked, qualified delivery partners, commissioned at arm's length under written service agreements. Supply chain managed through a five-gate provider intake process.

Measurable outcomes

SWEMWBS (Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale), applied from session one. Distance-travelled and attendance data collected throughout. Reporting cadence agreed at commissioning.

Clean referral routing

Structured pathways with consent, risk assessment and safeguarding cover built into each route before delivery starts.

Single accountability

One contract, one point of governance. You hold the Hub to account. The Hub holds the supply chain.

Geographic flexibility.

Mid Essex is our starting footprint. Direct commissions aren't capped: where there's funding and fit, we commission beyond it.

How we price

We commission a supply chain of independent delivery partners across five wellbeing pathways. Pricing is set per pathway and per partner, based on intervention type, intensity, duration and ratio.

 

All commissioned rates are value-based, blended, and inclusive of safeguarding, outcomes measurement and reporting. No itemised management fee. No hidden costs. Commissioned routes are funded upfront. Volume discounts apply to multi-block and annual agreements, with negotiated rates available for MAT multi-school commissions. Rate cards are available to budget holders on request.

How funded provision works

All funded and EHCP-related provision routes through the Hub. The commissioner pays the Hub upfront, the Hub commissions the delivery partner under a service agreement, and retains accountability for safety, governance and reporting. Single invoice. Single contract. Single safeguarding chain.

What commissioners are buying instead

We don't compete with crisis services or specialist clinical provision. We sit deliberately in the prevention layer, before need escalates. For commissioners, structured early intervention typically replaces or reduces spend on:

  • Repeat low-level pastoral interventions that don't shift the trajectory
  • External one-off "wellbeing days" without measurement or follow-up
  • Higher-cost specialist or clinical referrals where earlier intervention would have been sufficient
  • Internal staff time managing escalating low-level need

Commissioners buy outcomes earlier, at a lower unit cost, with governance held externally.

Pathways available to commission

Live now:

  • Structured early intervention — emotional regulation, school avoidance, SEND-related needs, anxiety and low mood. Commissioned through Reel Impact Angling, our lead delivery partner for this pathway.

In development:

  • Physical wellbeing and activity
  • Nature and environment-based support
  • Therapeutic and specialist services
  • Community wellbeing and connection

Each pathway is commissioned through its lead delivery partner. Rate cards are available per pathway on request.

Where we work

Mid Essex — Brentwood, Maldon, Chelmsford — is our starting footprint. Direct commissions aren't geographically capped: where funding and fit align, we commission across Essex and beyond.

Start a commissioning conversation

Tell us what you're trying to achieve and we'll come back within 24 hours.

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