Staffordshire Community Foundation, The Dudson Centre, Hope Street, Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 5DD
Registered Charity
No: 1091628 Registered Company No: 04220563
European Social Fund Community Grants
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What must be provided with your application
European Social Fund (ESF) Grants are financed through the European Union and are designed to help people increase their chances of finding work.
It isn't used to create new jobs, but to give people who are financially inactive or unemployed new skills and confidence in order to find jobs.
Community and voluntary groups can apply for funding to provide services to people to help them with their skills.
Criteria
Applicants should
- Be a voluntary or community group working in Staffordshire or Stoke on Trent
- Have an average annual income of less than £150,000
- Have been running for at least 12 months
Projects should
- Run a project that does not duplicate services already provided by ESF funding
- Target individuals that are at least 18 years of age AND
- unemployed OR
- economically inactive OR
- hard to reach OR
- working less than 8 hours per week
- All groups of society can be targeted, but priority groups include;
BME Groups
Disabled People
Lone Parents
Over 50's
- not duplicate services already provided by ESF funding
- provide non-accredited learning or 'soft skills', which could include;
work experience
voluntary work
help with basic skills (excluding Skills For Life/ESOL)
sessional training
confidence building
presentation skills
communication skills
general volunteering
IT IS UNLIKELY THAT PROJECTS OFFERING ACCREDITED LEARNING, SUCH AS NVQ'S WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING A GRANT. IF YOUR PROJECT FITS INTO THIS CATEGORY PLEASE CONTACT US BEFORE MAKING AN APPLICATION
- Attend a sessional contract signing in Stoke on Trent, Stafford or Lichfield
- Display the ESF logo on all literature
- Show appropriate regard for Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurences Regulations (1995)
- Provide any evidence requested to prove spend of the grant, or participation in the scheme
- Return project and finance reports as requested
If your application is successful, you must
Failure to comply with any of the above points may result in your grant being reclaimed
Scheme : ESF Community Grants
Funded By : European Union
Minimum Award : £2500
Maximum Award : £12,000
Area : Staffordshire / Stoke
Next Close : 28th Feb 2012
Benefits: Community Groups, Voluntary Groups
Your constitution
Your Equal Opportunities policy
Your Health & Safety policy
A copy of your most recent annual accounts
Quotes for all capital items
A copy of your Vulnerable Adults policy, (if applicable)