CLOSED: Access to Employment: project call in the South East Midlands LEP Area (OC31S18P1079)
Call to run a project supporting unemployed individuals to gain the basic and employability skills to secure employment within the priority sectors in the SEM LEP Area.
This call is now closed. Please do not submit an application for this call. The information provided on this page is for reference purposes only.
Details
This call for proposals aims to support those who are disadvantaged but still relatively close to the labour market to tackle their barriers to work, enter and sustain employment within the priority sectors in the SEM LEP Area.
Successful applicants will:
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Demonstrate how they will focus on, engage with and meet the basic skills and specific employability needs of individuals, particularly those from disadvantaged communities;
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Include opportunities to access apprenticeships;
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Offer a flexible range of Information, Advice & Guidance (IAG) and job skills workshops and other activities targeted on specific localities and communities;
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Contain Employability Courses that deliver to the specific and differing needs of individuals who are just entering the labour market, those who have recently become unemployed and those who are long term unemployed;
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Deliver pre-recruitment training which is focused on enhancing the individual’s awareness of employer and sector specific skills requirements;
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Include bespoke job skills provision which targets occupations for which local entry-level vacancies exist, including work trials and work experience which affords the employer and the potential employee a risk free opportunity to decide if ‘they are right for each other’;
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Address the issue of digital inclusion and the need for digital/IT skills development, in order to help workless people to fully access jobs and training opportunities, and which recognise the need to provide access to community wide connectivity, including those in social housing and areas of deprivation;
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Apply technology to provide personalised, targeted and incentivised support for individuals and communities facing multiple labour market disadvantages.
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Location
The project must cover the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Area.
Value
Approximately £3,000,000 of funding is available.
Deadlines
Outline application deadline: 7 September 2018 ## Completion date
The project must be completed no later than 3 years and 6 months after the proposed start date.
How to apply
To apply for funding under this call you will need to complete and send the Outline Application form to the email address provided in the call document. The guidance provides information to help you complete the form.
You are also advised to read the details in the call documents in order to produce an application that complies with the requirements and meets the needs set out in the Operational Programme. All this information, the related guidance and the European Social Fund Operational Programme can be found from our homepage.
Where to send completed applications
Completed Outline Applications must be submitted to 2014-2020.esfapplications@dwp.gsi.gov.uk
Failure to send completed applications to this email address by the deadline in the call specification will be ineligible for consideration.
What happens next
If your outline application is successful, we’ll contact you and ask you to make a full application.
Contact details
Contact esf.2014-2020@dwp.gsi.gov.uk with queries linked to accessing or using the specification, forms, guidance etc.
No applications are to be sent to this email address. Completed applications must be sent to the email address provided in the ‘Where to send completed applications’ section above / Section 9 of the Call Specification.
Updates to this page
Published 15 June 2018Last updated 10 September 2018 + show all updates
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Project Call: Access to Employment: project call in the South East Midlands LEP Area (OC31S18P1079) is now closed.
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First published.