Manchester Work Club Funding Programme 2017-18

Manchester City Council recognises the important role Work Clubs play in providing informal employment support to Manchester residents.

In light of this the Work and Skills Team will be managing a small grant programme to support organisations based in the City of Manchester who are delivering work club activities.

The aim of Manchester Work Club Grant Funding is to contribute to Manchester City Council’s priority of increasing the number of Manchester residents who are working. It will:

• Provide an opportunity for established Work Clubs in Manchester to undertake initiatives, short projects or increase resources to improve outcomes for their clients. Specifically, this funding is to undertake activities that will improve the quality of services provided to Work Club clients
• Support Manchester Work Clubs to build their resources with the aim of becoming financially more sustainable

Manchester City Council are looking to fund work club settings that:

• Develop partnerships/work collaboratively with other employment support and training provision
• Work with partners who are delivering other funded employment support/skills activity
• Promote apprenticeships
• Provide clear measureable outcomes, including number of beneficiaries, number of events/sessions, number of volunteers
• Improve their ability to support an increasing number of residents in the future
• Demonstrate sustainability beyond the duration of the grant funding
• Use the Our Manchester Approach to support residents with a wider range of issues surrounding work, i.e. housing, emotional support, mental health

To be eligible to apply, organisations must be:

• Not-for-profit: voluntary and community organisations, social enterprises, co-operatives and mutual societies, Community Interest Companies, charities i.e. non-governmental organisations which are value driven and which principally invest their surpluses to further social, environmental or cultural objectives.
• Based in the City of Manchester and currently delivering Work Club activity to Manchester residents

The value of this Manchester Work Club Grant Funding programme for is £60,000 in total. Manchester Work Clubs can apply for grants up to £5K.

This short programme will run from October 2017 to March 2018 and applications are now invited.

For further information and to apply, contact Elayne Redford, on 0161 234 4105.

Deadline: Friday 1 September 2017, 10:00