Deadline: 15-Jan-23
Voluntary and community organisations are encouraged to apply for grants from the Council’s Community Provision of Conversational English Language Grant to support small-scale projects that aim to increase and sustain the capacity of volunteer ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) provision.
Priorities
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All applications should aim to increase and/or sustain the capacity of volunteer English language provision, across Warwickshire for any newly arrived communities, including refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, focusing on the following priorities:
- Improve English language skills
- Support VCS organisations to continue and/or expand their provision of conversational English classes for speakers of other languages
- Enable learners to access some language provision throughout academic year before they are able to enrol on the mainstream ESOL provision, which is usually in September or January
- Provide classes that can reach learners who have barriers to accessing mainstream classes such as transport/ childcare issues/ lack of former formal learning
- Improve access to mainstream ESOL provision by signposting
- Improve community cohesion in the newly arrived refugees, asylum seekers and migrants
- Promote equalities and inclusivity
What will not be funded by the grant fund?
- Projects that promote religious or party political beliefs
- Projects for personal profit or personal gain
- Costs relating to items purchased or work already carried out before the grant has been awarded
- Loans or debt repayments
- Activities that are part of statutory obligations
- Existing contractual arrangements with WCC
Eligibility Criteria
- Constituted 'not-for-profit' community organisations in Warwickshire
- Non-constituted or new ‘not-for-profit’ groups working in Warwickshire that can be supported by a mainstream service or community group willing to administer the funds through an organisational bank account
- Warwickshire Town and Parish Councils
- Schools, if applying as a PTA or ‘Friends of’ group
Ineligibility Criteria
- Groups or organisations that have failed to meet the conditions of previous award agreements from Warwickshire County Council’s Locality Working Service
- Party Political/lobby groups
- Individuals
- It is unlikely that applications from statutory organisations will be supported, with the exception of applications from town and parish councils.
For more information, visit Warwickshire County Council.