CLOSED: New Inspiration for the Commonwealth Games and City of Culture project (OC50S20P1795)

Call to run a project to support unemployed/Inactive people move closer to employment via participation in sports coaching & leadership, leisure & creative skills; volunteering; stewarding & marshalling.

From:
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021), Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Rural Payments Agency
Published
16 December 2020
Last updated
24 February 2021 — See all updates
Fund state:
Closed
Type:
Access to employment
Location:
West Midlands
Funding source:
European Social Fund
Closing date:
23 February 2021

This call is now closed. Please do not submit an application for this call. The information provided is for reference purposes only.

Details

This call is for the four LEP areas of:

  • Greater Birmingham and Solihull
  • The Black Country
  • Coventry and Warwickshire
  • Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.

The 2021 Coventry City of Culture and the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held in and around the cities of Birmingham and Coventry with events also held in the Black Country and Staffordshire and they will be a key focus in enabling and driving economic growth throughout the West Midlands area.

This call activity will support unemployed people and encourage inactive residents to move closer to employment through participation in sports coaching and leadership, leisure and creative skills; as well as volunteering; stewarding and marshalling; thereby increasing the confidence; skills and employability of participants and empowering them to take full advantage of employment opportunities created before, during and after the City of Culture and the Commonwealth Games take place.

This call aims to address unemployment barriers and basic skills / training needs required by employers such as, but not limited to: literacy and numeracy, IT, CSCS, SIA, Event Stewardship/Crowd Control qualifications, hospitality, catering and tourism related qualifications etc.

For more information, download the call specification. This section should set out what type of project/project activities/target participants this call is seeking to address the local needs set out in the Local Priorities section of the Call Specification.

Location

The project must cover the Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP, Black Country LEP, Coventry and Warwickshire LEP & Stoke and Staffordshire LEP areas.

Value

Approximately £4,000,000 of ESF is available.

Deadlines

Full application deadline: 23rd February 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

Published 16 December 2020
Last updated 24 February 2021 + show all updates

  1. Project call New Inspiration for the Commonwealth Games and City of Culture project (OC50S20P1795) is now closed.

  2. / New Inspiration for the Commonwealth Games and City of Culture project (OC50S20P1795) closure date amended to 23/02/2021

  3. First published.

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