European Social Fund (ESF)

  

 

Open Calls

There is currently one direct Call open for applications under ESF Investment Priority 2.1: Equal access to learning for all age groups, upgrading the skills of the workforce, flexible learning, careers guidance, validation of competence.

 

Skills for the Future of Your Workforce

• £2 million ESF, Investment Priority 2.1

 

• Through this ESF Call we aim to fund projects that will provide support to prepare individuals in the workforce for the future of work in Coast to Capital.

 

• Link to the Skills to the Future of Your Workforce Call Specification

 

• Call window closes at midnight on 28 January 2020

 

An event to launch this Call was held on Thursday 14 November - presention slides are available to download in the 'Related Resources' section of this page.

 

Guidance on how to apply can also be found in the 'Related Resources' section, including full guidance on how to submit an application through the new ESF Eclaims one stage application process.

 

Contracted Projects 

21 ESF projects have been contracted in the Coast to Capital area totalling £13.2 million ESF, 15 of which are currently delivering. These projects range from helping people who are furthest away from employment through to up-skilling people who are in employment.

 

For further in depth information on these projects please click on the ‘ESF Current Projects Listing 2019’ document in the related resources section to the right of this page.

 

Closed Calls

There are currently four Calls that have now closed and applications are going through the review process.