Final Round of ESF Community Grants Programme
£203,512 STILL AVAILABLE!
Are you a charity community group or a not-for-profit organisation?
Do you support disadvantaged people over the age of 19 to access further learning opportunities or progress to employment?
Did you have an income of less than £300,000 in the last financial year and employ no more than the equivalent of 9 full-time staff?
Do you work with people living in the Thames Valley – Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Milton Keynes and Slough?
If so, you could apply for a grant of up to £15,000 to fund a project working with at least one of these priority groups:
• lone parents
• women
• people with health/disability issues
• older people (50 yrs plus)
• people from ethnic minorities and diverse communities
The aim of the project must be to assist unemployed or economically inactive people into employment or further education. The type of activities which can be funded include:
• Initial help with basic skills.
• Taster work experience including voluntary work.
• Training advice and guidance.
• Job search assistance.
• Confidence building and personal development.
• Supporting individuals to overcome barriers to learning and/or employment
The deadline for this final round is 12 noon on the 1st September. Applications must be sent by post or delivered in person to OCVA, The Old Court House, Floyds Row, St Aldate’s, Oxford OX1 1SS
For an application form and guidelines, please go to http://www.ocva.org.uk/news/european-social-fund-community-grants-programme
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