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EU news update
Posted 05 May 2015
Our newsletter is a great way to stay updated on EU news and events, the European Social Fund, and EU funding opportunities for your organisation.
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Europe, Democracy and Citizenship in the 21st Century
Posted 29 April 2015
This free course, and a study visit to Brussels will enable you to gain knowledge and take what has been learnt back into your communities.
The courses will be held in Sheffield, Leeds, Doncaster and Scunthorpe.
Who should apply?
Applicants need to be:
- involved in your community
- over 19 (on the 1st August 2014)
- willing to share what you have learnt with your community
- supportive of the WEA’s Vision: “A better world, equal, democratic and just; through adult education the WEA challenges and inspires individuals, communities and society”
How to apply?
To apply, email WEA Yorkshire and Humber
The deadline is on 06 May 2015.
Find out more
Download the flyer
Go to the facebook page – www.facebook.com/WEAYorkshireHumber
Building Better Opportunities – new partnership requirements
Posted 24 April 2015
What is the BBO?
BIG plans to match fund up to £220mn of lottery funding against the Promoting Social Inclusion and Combatting Poverty part of the European Social Fund (ESF) 2014-2020 Programme.
When will the funding be available?
BIG is expecting to launch their first calls for outlines in June 2015. If you are successful at this stage you will be invited to the second stage, where they will ask you to provide more detail.
Funding will be available in most Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) areas in England. Note that projects will need to meet local priorities as defined by each LEP in their strategies.
Note that most of the funding opportunities that will be available are better suited to partnership working as the bids will be quite large, from around £500,000.
How to get involved?
You will find information relating to BIG’s expectations for lead partners, partnership structures and agreements, management of the funds and delivery in their summary of partnership requirements.
Download the BBO’s summary of their partnership requirements (see under Related Documents)
There are also many free events taking place across England on the BBO Programme, see our website or contact the organisation providing support in your area by clicking on your LEP area
More information
Find out more about the BBO Programme.
London voluntary organisations – Find ESF Partners
Posted 02 April 2015
In order to participate in the forthcoming ESF programme, many organisations will be looking to find partners as the contracts may be too large for individual voluntary organisations.
LVSC has set up an Expressions of Interest form which allows you to set out who you are and what you are looking for.
Remember that whatever information you provide will be made publicly available on the LVSC website.
Fill in the Expressions of Interest Form
Any questions, please contact Nehal Depani from LVSC
ESF events in London
LVSC are also holding roadshow events around London to raise awareness of the opportunities available tovoluntary organisations from the European Social Fund 2014-2020 Programme.
The next events will take place on 08 May in Hackney and 20 May 2015 in Haringey – find out more on their website.
New publication on social policy innovation
Posted 02 April 2015
The EU supports social policy innovation through their programmes such as the EaSI – (programme for employment and social innovation which brings together PROGRESS, EURES, and Progress Microfinance), the Social Investment Package in 2013, and the European Social Fund (ESF).
For the 2014-2020 programming period, social innovation can be supported in all areas falling under the scope of the ESF, including the aim of testing and scaling up innovative solutions.
Download the publication: Social Policy Innovation, meeting the social needs of citizens
Advocate Europe – challenge for innovative European projects
Posted 01 April 2015
Advocate Europe will select up to 12 winners who will each receive up to 50,000 euros to implement their project ideas. Projects cancome from fields as diverse as civic education, arts and culture or social innovation.
Additionally, registered users can vote for their favourite projects. The five ideas with the highest numbers of user votes will make it to the final round of the jury deliberations. The project with the most user votes will win a Community Award and the applicant will receive a prize of €5,000, independent of the expert jury’s decision.
Find out more about how to submit your idea
Greater Lincolnshire State of the Sector Survey
Posted 01 April 2015
With the development of the 2014-20 European funding programme and links with the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership, Involving Lincs recognises the importance the third sector organisations play in the local economy. These organisations are value driven and principally reinvest surpluses to raise funds to further social, environmental and cultural objectives.
Third sector’ includes community groups, voluntary organisations, faith and equalities groups, charities, social enterprises, co-operatives, mutuals and housing associations’
Download the survey
Involving Lincs have also produced a strategy to promote voluntary sector engagement with the Greater Lincolnshire LEP and the EU Programme
Download the Third Sector and Social Inclusion Strategy for Greater Lincolnshire LEP area
Download the latest Involving Lincs European Funding Bulletin
European Funding Survey of the Voluntary Sector in the West of England
Posted 30 March 2015
The application call for the first tranche of a £5.8m West of England employment programme will be made in June 2015. Funded by the European Social Fund and the BIG Lottery (BLF), the purpose of the ‘Removing Barriers to Employment’ programme is to work with those who are furthest from employment and/or face multiple barriers to entering the workplace.
To inform this process the West of England Civil Society Partnership (WoECSP) is carrying out a survey of current provision, existing barriers and apparent gaps in service as well as identifying European funding experience. Quartet Community Foundation has been commissioned to carry out this survey on behalf of the WoECS Partnership.
The results will be used to shape the voluntary sector funding proposal/s as well as being fed back to the BLF and Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) through whom the funding will be channelled.
Deadline for comments is 17 April 2015
Download survey
European Regional Development Fund 2014-2020 Programme launched
Posted 20 March 2015
Calls are now open for projects supporting innovation, SME’s, low carbon economy, investment in broadband, climate change and the environment.
For the European Social Fund (ESF), the Department for Work and Pensions will soon be publishing calls covering employment, social inclusion and skills. In addition, the ESF Opt In organisations will be submitting their applications covering activity agreed with Local Enterprise Partnerships and local partners.
The ERDF and the ESF Operational Programmes (OPs) are close to final agreement with the European Commission and are due to adopted around June. You can view the most recent versions of the Operational Programmes on the gov.uk website –see
European Social Fund
European Regional Development Fund
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
For details on the calls specifications, go to the new ESIF Funding Finder on GOV.UK