Deadline: 14-Jan-22
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) is seeking applications for its Community Training Grants Program that aims to benefit those who are furthest away from the labour market, and start participants’ progress back to employment.
They fund a range of innovative projects which help prepare participants for work by providing opportunities to learn and upskill in anything from industry-specific training to developing soft-skills. Participants must be over 16 years or age and eligible to work in the UK.
Groundwork London is delivering Community Training Grants, which is funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Education and Skills funding Agency (ESFA).
Funding Information
- Community Training grants between £5,000 and £20,000 are available for projects supporting people who are unemployed or economically inactive, move closer towards employment.
- Dorset – £1282.42
Location
- Groundwork London is administering the grants in three Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas across London and South of England. LEPs are voluntary partnerships between local authorities and businesses, set up to help determine local economic priorities and lead economic growth and job creation within the local area.
- Dorset LEP: Dorset, Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be either third sector organisations or small organisations (less than 49 employees).
- Your organisation must have an annual turnover of less than €10 million Euros, please see currency convertor.
- Participants must be over 16 years of age and eligible to work in the UK.
- Proposed projects must work with people who are unemployed or economically inactive, over 16 and eligible to work in the United Kingdom. The ESFA has also highlighted four priority groups that it wishes to engage with:
- Participants over 50 years of age;
- Participants with disabilities;
- Participants from Ethnic Minorities; and
- Participants who are women.
- Note that young people must be NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training).
For more information, visit https://www.groundwork.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/south-grants/esfa-grants-dorset/