CLOSED: Enhanced Local Flexibility for the Unemployed – Phase 4 – OC20S21P1811
Call to run a project to build a locally integrated employment service that tackles deep seated barriers to work - for all who need it in the Leeds City Region 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
Applicants need to ensure their project will operate across one or more of the following West Yorkshire local authority area geographies: Bradford; Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and/or Wakefield.
This Call seeks projects to build a locally integrated employment service that: tackles the deep seated barriers to work for all who need it; makes best use of available resources; reduces duplication by integrating national and local health, employment and other support services; and enables people to access sustainable work and progress.
Projects should target participants who are unemployed (either registered or not registered unemployed) with day one access. Given the Leeds City Region has a sizeable ethnic minority population, particularly high in some West Yorkshire Local Authority Districts applicants must demonstrate in their bids how provision will support the needs of this particular group as identified in the labour market analysis outlined above.
Projects will be particularly welcome where they focus particularly on those target participants who are economically inactive (either registered or not registered unemployed) with day one access Unemployed and economically inactive people with (mental) health conditions and/or learning disabilities and/or difficulties must also be part of the client groups of this Call.
Focus should therefore be given to the following groups;
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people from ethnic minorities
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those aged over 50 years
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lone parents
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those with a disability and/or a health condition
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individuals who are long term jobless for over 2 years
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Individuals inactive in the economy
In order to do this and to best meet the varied needs of those who have now found themselves unemployed as a result of the pandemic, or who have been unemployed for some time prior to COVID-19 but who now face additional barriers and more competition in the labour market from those who may be more job ready, interventions must be flexible and responsive to address individual needs.
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Location
The project must cover the Leeds City region LEP area.
Value
Approximately £5m of ESF is available.
Deadlines
Full application deadline: 19 April 2021
Completion date
Projects must be financially completed (i.e. have a proposed Financial Completion Date) no later than 31st December 2023; however, the Managing Authority reserves the right to vary the maximum duration in exceptional circumstances.
Full Application Submission
To apply for funding under this call you will need to complete and submit your Full Application via the ECLAIMS IT System.
Please note: the ECLAIMS IT System can only be access from within the UK.
Full Applications submitted in the ECLAIMS IT System after the call closing date shown above and on the call specification will not be appraised.
If you do not already have access to the ECLAIMS IT system, please request an ‘ECLAIMS External Access Form’ by emailing E.CLAIMSSUPPORT@dwp.gov.uk
You will need to request an External Access Form for each person in your organisation who requires access.
It is your responsibility to ensure you request and activate your ECLAIMS access in sufficient time. We strongly advise that you obtain and activate your ECLAIMS access at least 2 weeks prior to the advertised call closure date, if not sooner.
You are also advised to read the details in the call specification in order to produce an application that complies with the requirements and meets the needs set out in the ESF Operational Programme. All this information, the related guidance and the European Social Fund Operational Programme can be found from our homepage.
The published ESF Online Full Application Guidance also provides step-by-step advice on how to complete your Full Application using the ECLAIMS IT system. ESF Online Full Application Guidance.
Technical Support
If you encounter any technical difficulties completing or submitting your Full Application via the ECLAIMS IT system, please send an email to E.CLAIMSSUPPORT@dwp.gov.uk
The technical support operating hours are Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm and it is your responsibility to ensure you seek and technical advice in sufficient time to complete and submit your Full Application before the published call closure date.
The Managing Authority reserves the right to reject applications which are incomplete or not submitted in a timely and compliant way.
Contact details
If you have any questions about the Call Specification or ESF Online Full Application Guidance, please contact esf.2014-2020@dwp.gov.uk. This address should not be used to request technical support.
Updates to this page
Last updated 20 April 2021 + show all updates
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Enhanced Local Flexibility for the Unemployed – Phase 4 – (OC20S21P1811) project call is now closed.
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