Ixion wins NHS contract in North West
January 24, 2012
Ixion is pleased to announce that on behalf of NHS North West, that it has been appointed to deliver the contract to improve the range of services offered to the Armed Forces Community (veterans and service families) in the North West.
“As an ex-serviceman myself, I am conscious that the range of public and charitable services available to veterans and their family can seem like a jungle. Ixion have beaten off strong competition to offer the best guidance and support to our Armed Forces Community, We look forward to working with them.” Andy Bacon (Programme Director for CECPCT)
The service will be piloted from April 2012 and aims to provide guidance and support to veterans and the service families to facilitate access to the range of public and charitable services available.
“Ixion is delighted to be supporting the armed forces community in the North West of England. We aim to provide a wrap around service which pulls together a range of charities and third sector organisations, both local and national, that are pivotal to improving the lives, work opportunities and skills development of veterans and their families.” John Govett, Ixion Group CEO
This announcement follows a number of significant new business wins from Ixion, including:
- The delivery of the New Enterprise Allowance in Essex, East Anglia and South London
- The ESF/Families Programme both as a Prime through the Paragon Concord ltd consortium in the South West and as a sub-contractor in the South East
- The Single Work Programme in London, South East, and the East of England.
In addition to our existing contract to deliver Skills, Apprenticeships and Adult Learning programmes on behalf of the Skills Funding Agency.
Our continued growth sees Ixion delivering contracts from as-far-a-field as County Durham, as part of the Regional Growth Fund to Milton Keynes as part of the DWP ESF Family Support programme, and across Europe helping businesses access funding as part of the Seventh Framework Programme, demonstrating the extensive range of services we provide to deliver Government funded support programmes for businesses, individuals and the partners we work with.