A £4.9 million programme to tackle unemployment has been launched in April 2019 with backing from the European Social Fund.
The funds have been granted by the government’s Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) in partnership with Greater Manchester Combined Authority to the WEA (Workers' Educational Association), an adult education charity which provides training and learning opportunities for people at risk of exclusion.
Over the next two years, the charity will help thousands of people who face additional barriers in the workplace, such as lone parents, improve their employability and gain permanent employment.
The WEA will distribute small grants of £20,000 across Greater Manchester to eligible organisations in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector between April 2019 and May 2021. Funded activities will target those aged 16 and over, from the hardest to reach communities.
The funding can help all who are out of work but especially those that:
- are homeless or at risk of being homeless
- have low or no qualifications
- lack literacy and numeracy skills
- are lone parents
- have disabilities, learning difficulties or health conditions
- are women
- are from ethnic minorities
- are aged over 50
Round 3 of ESF Community Grants for Greater Manchester is now open. Deadline: 11 March, 12pm
WEA are holding an information session for people to find out more about the grants on 18 February 2020, 2pm-4pm at the St Thomas Centre. Click here to book a place
For more information and to apply click here or contact the ESF Grants Team on 0151 243 5340, or email [email protected]
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