ESFA Community Grants Funding Programme
25th June 2020
Grants Available for Community Organisations to Support the Unemployed into Jobs
Futures have announced that round 3 of the ESFA Community Grants funding programme will be accepting applications from 15th June 2020 to 15th July 2020.
Jointly funded by the Education & Skills Funding Agency and the European Social Fund, Community Grants give charities and community organisations with a turnover of less than £500,000 an opportunity to access funds to deliver projects that help engage and progress ‘hard to reach’ individuals towards the labour market. The grants will support participants’ progression so that they are confident in their ability to move into employment.
Grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 are available for projects or initiatives that help people take steps towards a future career and reduce unemployment and inactivity, including initial help with basic skills, taster work experience including voluntary work, training, advice and counselling, confidence building, job search assistance and other help necessary to secure employment, and first contact engagement activities.
Eligible learners must be unemployed, over 16, have the right to live and work in the UK and not engaged in any other government funded training scheme.
Community Grants Coordinator, Ashley Wilkinson says ‘We had a very successful Round 2 and approved 41 Grants across The East Midlands Region totalling almost £700k. These groups are doing a fantastic job supporting some of our most vulnerable and isolated people through the current Covid-19 pandemic. We are committed to supporting Community Groups to deliver their mployability initiatives.’
For more information visit the Futures Website
Please contact Ashley Wilkinson, Community Grants Coordinator, on 07483 120941 or ashley.wilkinson@futuresforbusiness.com to have a conversation prior to applying.
