ESF COMMUNITY GRANTS – 2019 – 2021 – ADAPT GRANTS ROUND

1. Title: ESF COMMUNITY GRANTS – 2019 – 2021 – ADAPT GRANTS ROUND2. Awarding Authority: Workers’ Educational Association (WEA), GB Email: ESFGrantsGM@wea.org.uk. Web: 3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: The ESF Community Grant Programme is already helping many people in specified location who face additional barriers in the workplace to improve their employability and gain employment, the ADAPT Round has now been launched.The ADAPT round seeks applications from a wide range of voluntary organisations who are ready to reach out by using approaches which tackle the new and emerging barriers arising from the impact of COVID 19, working both remotely and within social distancing requirements.Small grants of up to £20,000 are available across Greater Manchester to eligible organisations in the VCSE sector.Projects should look to develop and maintain participant connections to learning experiences. Project activity should support, maintain and improve participant employability and resilience.All project activity must be within the current government COVID restrictions, but should include flexibility to adapt as and when those restrictions change in future months.The funding can help ALL who are out of work or economically inactive but especially those that:Are homeless or at risk of being homelessHave low or no qualificationLack literacy and numeracy skillsAre lone parentsHave disabilities, learning difficulties or health conditionsAre from ethnic minoritiesAre aged over 50Young NEET people [aged 16 and above]This programme covers the 10 Greater Manchester boroughs, and all eligible participants must live in Greater Manchester.5. CPV Code(s): 98000000, 98130000, 85320000, 981331006. NUTS code(s): UKL, UKL1, UKL157. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Greater Manchester.8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: Small grants of up to £20,000 are available across Greater Manchester to eligible organisations in the VCSE sector.10. Deadline: 22.7.2020 (12:00).11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:12. Other information: For more information and to apply click here or email awarding authority.# funding opportunity# COVID-19