ESF and Big Lottery Nehal Depani, LVSC

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Introduction

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ESF in London

Building Better

Opportunities

Partnerships &

resources

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• European Structural Investment Funds: EU money distributed in seven year cycles. Must be match funded

• European Social Fund: one of the ESIF funds

• Local Enterprise Partnerships: decide spending priorities for ESIF in their area

• Opt in organisations: provide match funding and run commissioning & procurement

ESF in brief

£448m ESF & £25.7m YEI Match funding by opt-in

organisations

ESF in London

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BBO in brief

What makes BBO different from

SFA/DWP?

•Grants, rather than contracts

•Actual costs rather than unit costs

•Focus on people furthest from the labour market

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BBO programmes

BAME Women

ILM Health & Disability

Carers

Common mental health

Lone parents

Refugees

Severe and Multiple Disadvantage (TBC)

Tranche 1: deadline 3 Aug

Tranche 2: launches Oct

2015

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BBO application process• Stage 1: 2 months

to submit application, 2 months for assessment

• Stage 2: 2 months to submit application, 2 months for assessment, development funding available

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Why partnerships?

range of interventions!

Expressions of Interest

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