CLOSED: Skills and Apprenticeship Brokerage and Responsive Skills Fund Liverpool (OC22S19P1343)
Call to run a project to provide quality advice on apprenticeships and skills for learners and employers and access to funding for responsive skills in the Liverpool 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
The aim of this call is not to directly deliver apprenticeships but to support employers and learners to find apprenticeship and skills provision of the right breadth, quality and volume, which are key to driving productivity through skills in the Liverpool City Region and to improve the quality and breadth of that provision locally. Proposals should include:
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Promotion of apprenticeships and provision of advice and guidance to learners and employers as to which apprenticeships they can access for personal and economic development.
- Promotion of apprenticeships particularly to address labour market underrepresentation of:
- Women;
- People with learning difficulties and disabilities;
- People without English, Maths, IT qualifications at Level 2;
- People from black and ethnic minority backgrounds;
- People returning to the labour market following parental or caring responsibilities; and
- People with experience of the care system.
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Skills support for traineeships and apprenticeships including improvements to recruitment and assessment.
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Support for intermediate, technical and advanced skills for specific industries and sectors set out in the Liverpool City Region’s Skills for Growth Action Plans. This support must include an element of cash co-investment by employers and follow a Training Needs Analysis conducted by an impartial skills broker. This should show alignment to the Liverpool City Region Local Growth Hub, (To note - It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the “Match” i.e. employer co investment - meets the ESF eligibility rules.)
- Skills and training packages in response to redundancies (including earlier support to companies, as well as when redundancy occurs).
Applications are encouraged from consortia or other similar types of partnership arrangements.
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Location
The project must cover the Liverpool City Region LEP Area.
Value
Approximately £5.5m of ESF is available.
Deadlines
Full application deadline: 2 July 2019
Completion date
Projects must be completed no later than 3 years and 6 months after the proposed project start date, however the ESF Managing Authority reserves the right to vary the maximum duration in exceptional circumstances. All ESF Projects must be completed by 31st December 2023. Project costs cannot be incurred beyond this date.
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.
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 30 April 2019Last updated 3 July 2019 + show all updates
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Skills and Apprenticeship Brokerage and Responsive Skills Fund Liverpool (OC22S19P1343) project call has now closed.
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First published.