CLOSED: Inclusive Labour Markets - Sustainable Integration of Young People in the Coast to Capital LEP area (OC04S16P0451).

Call to run a project providing help to young people who are NEET aged 16-24.

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

The local priorities are:

  • Track, engage, assess, support and monitor young people who are NEET (e.g. through intensive, innovative, holistic and tailored outreach work) so they can benefit from the programmes on offer in the local area.
  • Broker opportunities with employers to employ young people who are NEET (including those with complex barriers) e.g. supporting them to access traineeships, apprenticeships, work experience and supported internships for young people with special educational needs and disabilities. Also support for employers to take on young people NEET.
  • Support re-engagement activities to address the needs of target groups such as: young lone parents; looked-after children and care leavers; carers; ex-offenders; those involved in gangs; young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
  • Foster an aspirational and enterprising culture amongst young people supporting them to acquire skills (basic, intermediate and technical) needed by employers in Coast to Capital’s growth and high employing sectors or to help them into self-employment.
  • Increase participation in traineeships and apprenticeships.
  • Provide opportunities to link learning to work experience including volunteering.
  • Provide support and a range of soft skills to disadvantaged young people to overcome the barriers to engagement, such as lack of childcare, transport, confidence building, motivation and health issues.

For more information, download the call specification

Location

The project must cover the Coast to Capital LEP area.

Value

Approximately £1,000,000 of funding is available.

Deadlines

Outline application deadline: 06 January 2017.

Completion date

The project must be completed no later than 31st July 2020.

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 27 October 2016
Last updated 9 January 2017 + show all updates
  1. Inclusive Labour Markets - Sustainable Integration of Young People in the Coast to Capital LEP area (OC04S16P0451) is now closed.

  2. Coast to Capital live call in IP 1.2 OC04S16P0451 - call specification updated with minor change to eligibility and closing date has been extended.

  3. First published.