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Newsletter Dear Members
This week’s newsletter bids, grants and Funds comes to you in conjunction with SLIC Training. This
week’s Bids Grants and Funds News has some 41 pages and goes out to 3,804 organisations and
people who are in the Industry.
The News from Academy of Learning we are sorry to inform you that Linda Mockford passed away
recently after a long battle with cancer. This news has been so sad for all who knew her and we here
at Academy are all missing her very much. Over the last 17 years she has been a ray of inspiration,
passionate about supporting Leaders and Managers to be the best they can be, sharing best
practices and spending her precious time nurturing Apprentices to achieve qualifications that would
set them up for the future.
The team now aim to continue with her fantastic work and support and invite you to keep in touch
with us via our LinkedIn Company page https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/527718 our
Managers Academy of Learning Group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3918244 or by subscribing
to our monthly email update http://www.academyoflearning.co.uk/subscribe-to-our-mailing-list/
The new manager of this group is Jackie Northedge on behalf of Academy of Learning.
I knew Linda many years ago and indeed she was a great person with a fantastic smile.
The SFA tell us today Wednesday 1st of March, providers that applied for AEB funding through the
recently closed procurement exercise will be informed of the outcome in May 2017. Successful
providers will be awarded a contract for one year with the potential to extend in the
future. Independent training providers who chose not to submit a bid, or failed to secure funds
through procurement, will be offered a run-down contract for the 2017 to 2018 year only. This will
be set at either the value of the European Union procurement threshold (£589,148) or the value of
their 2016 to 2017 AEB allocation – whichever is the lower.
Also Following the publication of the Apprenticeship funding and performance management rules
2017 to 2018, we have been made aware of some emerging delivery models that are contrary to
the policy intent.
For example, some providers are offering incentives for employers by paying or re-funding them for
certain aspects. These include:
inflating training costs to refund the employer’s co-investment
funding ineligible costs to employers as subcontractors
claiming higher prices to fund non-English apprentices free of charge to the employer
Providers must not make payments of this kind to employers. We will continue to review these
practices and will shortly be strengthening the funding rules to prevent this.
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As of last Wed March 1, anyone caught using their handheld mobile phone while driving will be in
line for a £200 penalty and six points on their licence. So here are some items you may also not
know! Can I press buttons on my phone to answer a call or change music?
No, while it is okay to use your phone as a sat nav (as long as it is secured in a holder correctly, and
out of the 45-degree angle of the driver’s view) - you can not press buttons on it while you are
driving.
What about sat navs, or using my phone as a sat nav?
You can use your phone as a sat nav, but you cannot touch it or reprogramme it while driving.
Using a sat nav while driving can be a factored in a careless or dangerous driving charge if it distracts
you. The law still applies if you are stopped at lights or queuing in traffic. You are also not allowed to
use your phone if you are parked up but your engine is running.
There is one exception - drivers are allowed to pick up their phone while driving ONLY to call 999 in
an emergency, if it is unsafe or impractical to stop.
If you are parked up, safely, and your engine is off, you are free to use your mobile while sat in the
driver’s seat.
Ok New £ Pound Coins Brand new £1 coins will replace the current 'round pound' on March 28 -
but you only have until mid-October to use up any existing coins you have stashed away.
The Outstanding Teaching Learning and Assessment (OTLA) Technical Skills programme is a
national programme to enhance teaching, learning and assessment.
Association of Colleges (AoC), in partnership with AoC London and emfec, has been commissioned by
ETF to distribute and manage a development fund of up to £1,000,000 which is available to post-16
training providers across the sector. Funding is available for 20 Joint Practice Development Projects,
led by education and training providers across the country. Apply by 10 March 2017.
The programme builds on the Foundation’s previous work on OTLA regional projects, Professional
Exchanges, Teach Too and more. OTLA focuses on supporting the development of technical skills,
teaching practice and stronger employer-provider partnerships, with the aim of working towards
outstanding provision for all students on technical routes. This phase of work is designed to support
the development of the technical teaching workforce across the sector, to prepare practitioners and
providers for the implementation of the Post-16 Skills Plan and to have a positive impact on technical
skills teaching across the country.
The Restorative Justice Council has launched a new research report 'Restorative Justice and Black,
Asian and Minority Ethnic children in the youth justice system'. One of the aims of the project was
to develop an evidence-based set of recommendations for the effective use of restorative justice
with black, Asian and minority ethnic children who have offended, with a view to increasing the
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number who access restorative justice and improving the experiences of those who do. The report
sets out a number of recommendations for change, including the need for practitioner training.
https://www.restorativejustice.org.uk/resources/working-black-asian-and-minority-ethnic-children-
youth-justice-system-guide-restorative
One of the largest apprenticeship providers in England has called in the administrators after the
Skills Funding Agency terminated their contract, FE Week has learned.
First4Skills, which holds an annual £15m apprenticeship allocation and is 60 percent owned by City
of Liverpool College, this afternoon told around 200 ‘shocked’ staff to pack their belongings and
leave.
It is understood as many as 6,500 apprentices will be affected, typically in the retail sector, some
with the 14 subcontractors that share £4.7m in contracts.
Matthew Kopanski, an employee in the administration team at First4Skills, described how “we
were emailed today, and a minute later called into an office with the director and the
administrator and told we have no job, no notice period and no redundancy pay from the
company. Read more at http://feweek.co.uk/2017/03/03/shocked-staff-sent-packing-as-huge-
apprenticeship-training-provider-goes-bust/
NAS and SFA tell us Promoting apprenticeship vacancies
We check all vacancies that are submitted through the recruit an apprentice system to make sure
they meet quality standards. There is a comprehensive guide to support providers on submitting
vacancies and we advise all providers to use the information in this document when speaking to
employers and supporting them to write a good job description.
Please note the e-shot service offered by NAS is a promotional tool only, to help increase the number
of applications, but the interest generated is solely dependent on candidates which the National
Apprenticeship Service has no influence over.
Vacancies that offer the apprenticeship national minimum wage often struggle to attract applicants.
Apprenticeship vacancies compete in a market where businesses pay higher rates of pay at, or above,
the national minimum wage for under 18s. Vacancies that have a higher rate of pay in the short-term
often look more attractive to jobseekers.
Submitting e-shot requests to the National Apprenticeship Service
When receiving requests for e-shots to promote vacancies there are several things we consider.
How long has the vacancy been advertised for? (We usually suggest a vacancy should be advertised
for a minimum of two weeks for applications.) Vacancies must be advertised for a minimum of two
weeks before an e-shot will be considered.
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Has the closing date been reviewed?
Is the vacancy on recruit an apprentice appealing to the applicant?
Are all the fields within the vacancy completed so that the candidate is fully aware of the
expectations of the role?
Has the vacancy requirements been checked with the employer and are they happy with the
content?
Is there enough information about the vacancy?
If the vacancy is in a rural location, are there details and advice regarding transportation
arrangements? Does the salary reflect higher rural costs?
Does the short description of the vacancy / job role encourage a candidate to click on the vacancy to
find out more? Is there an appealing / attractive job title?
Is there a competitive salary? Is the wage advertised at the apprentice national minimum wage?
Does the wage reflect the occupation salaries? Would the employer be willing to increase the salary
of the apprenticeship to attract more candidates?
What are the progression opportunities?
What have you done as a provider to promote the vacancy to potential candidates? Have you
contacted previously unsuccessful candidates?
Have you reviewed and managed all applications for this vacancy?
Has the employer undertaken any promotion?
If a vacancy already has multiple applications (for example more than 15 per position) then we will
clarify the reason why an e-shot has been requested when the vacancy has already received a good
number of applicants.
Have all current applicants been managed in recruit an apprentice?
If your vacancy meets all of the criteria above then please email any e-shot requests
[email protected] including the vacancy reference number stating what action you
have taken as a provider/employer to promote the vacancy, and the reason why an e-shot is
requested.
Once a request has been received, an initial acknowledgement email will be sent within 48 hours. An
adviser will then be in touch to clarify any points / confirm that an e-shot will be arranged.
E-shots will be undertaken within 7 working days of your request being accepted however this is
subject to business priorities. Please be aware that the National Apprenticeship Service cannot
guarantee that all e-shots will be undertaken. All e-shots will be considered on a case by case basis,
and subject to resource availability. For example, if volumes of vacancies submitted for approval are
high, e-shots will not be prioritised.
Please consider the above time frames when requesting e-shots, minimum notice requests may be
turned down subject to resource.
E-shots are usually sent to candidates who have opted in to receive notifications, within a 10 to 15
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mile radius of the vacancy postcode.
Only one e-shot per vacancy will be issued, to prevent candidate complaints.
Promoting vacancies through social media
We are happy to promote vacancies on our social media Twitter channel which are really interesting
and have good prospects, advertised above the apprenticeship minimum wage.
Only a limited number of vacancies can be promoted through social media, therefore all vacancies
are considered on a case by case basis.
If vacancies are selected for promotion on social media they will be scheduled into a planner to be
posted within 72 hours. No confirmation of selection or posting for promotion will be issued to the
provider / employer. If you have any exciting vacancies that you would like to promote then please
email them to:[email protected] .
Tip of the week I: Frankie and Benny's burgers for £5.95. Details
https://www.frankieandbennys.com/fb-rewards
Tip of the week 2: Seven nights in a European holiday camp from £199. Details
https://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/ga-al-fresco-holidays-14
Tip of the Week 3: 58% off a fixed gear bicycle. Details
https://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/rotazione-fixed-gear-bike-1
Keep safe and keep training from me Steve and all the Team at EEVT, see you also on
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7492941 in Groups EEVT Limited or
https://www.facebook.com/EEVTLtd/?fref=ts On Facebook also our website at http://eevt.org/
Also via Twitter at https://twitter.com/EevtSteve
Bids & Grants
Call for London Work and Health Programme Partners
Blue Sky is an award-winning social enterprise working with ex-offenders. It employs over 200 ex-
offenders a year providing real work opportunities. Blue Sky reduces re-offending by up to 23%
according to the Ministry of Justice, one of the highest performing interventions on record, and over
40% of our leavers move to permanent positions.
We are seeking supply chain or consortia opportunities in London for the Work and Health
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Programme.
Building on our significant achievements to date, we are proud to launch a new initiative, Blue Sky
Works, which aims to support ex-offenders across London to find jobs, careers, and fulfilling, crime-
free lives for themselves and their families.
Delivered in partnership with our parent company Rapt, Blue Sky Works will:
Engage, motivate and build relationships of trust with ex-offenders when they leave prison,
through drop-in hubs across the city
Deliver training on soft skills (the attitudes and behaviours that employers demand) and
vocational courses to address London’s skills gaps
Offer direct employment through Blue Sky Agency, and through our brokerage service
Provide an in-work support team, including people with lived experience of the criminal
justice system
Blue Sky Works is informed by over 12 years’ experience as a direct employer of ex-offenders,
working in partnership with national and local employers. We’ll help keep London ticking over, while
offering a step on the ladder, to people with a criminal record who otherwise struggle for a second
chance in life. Crucially, it’s a ladder that leads upwards. It’s our ABC principle: Any Job, Better Job,
Career.
To explore how your organisation or consortia could benefit from Blue Sky’s offer in the London Work
and Health Programme please contact Kate Markey on [email protected] and
visit Blue Sky at www.blueskydevelopment.co.uk
Seetec seeks partners for Greater Manchester and London Work and Health Programmes
Seetec intends to submit bids for the Greater Manchester Work and Health programme and for all
four proposed lots in London as follows:
Central London Forward: Camden, City, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Lambeth, Southwark,
Wandsworth, Westminster (plus Hackney, Haringey, Tower Hamlets and Lewisham for employment
devolution);
Local London: Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Enfield, Greenwich, Havering, Newham, Redbridge
(and Bromley for employment devolution);
South London Partnership: Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames,
Sutton.
West London Alliance: Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon,
Hounslow;
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Seetec is a highly experienced employability and skills provider supporting 85,000 individuals per
year to engage in, enter, sustain and progress in employment. We are one of the highest performing
providers of DWP Work Programme and Work Choice, operating as a prime provider of the Work
Programme in London and Greater Manchester, and of Work Choice in North, West and Central
London.
We are keen to hear from partners who meet our organisational values and delivery standards and
are able to support our bid with innovative approaches, whether on an end-to-end basis or via
specialist interventions or other approaches.
Please visit https://pop.seetec.co.uk to download, complete and return our Expression of Interest
(EOI) forms for these opportunities (please respond by the deadline a stated on the opportunity on
POP), and feel free to contact Seetec’s Business Development team on 01702 201070
/ [email protected] should you have any queries.
IS TRAINING
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD
As part of its ongoing programme of continuous personal development, CITB intends to procure
training for colleagues on MS Office products and some in-house systems at CITB premises
throughout England, Wales and Scotland.
The contract term will be for a period of one calendar year with two options to extend for one
calendar year each.
Contact: [email protected] / [email protected]
Closing date 15 March 2017
Apprentice Training Framework - Professional Services
Transport for London
Lot Name(1) Project Management (Entry – Professional Level)
Lot Name(2) Procurement (Entry – Professional Level)
Lot Name(3) Business Administration (Entry – Professional Level)
Lot Name(4) Finance (Entry – Professional Level)
Lot Name(5) HR (Entry – Professional Level)
Lot Name(6) Transport Planning (Entry – Professional Level)
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Lot Name(7) Customer Service (Level 2+)
The estimated Value of the Framework is 0 — 2 300 000 GBP
https://eprocurement.tfl.gov.uk
Deadline: 03/04/2017
Self-employment support for young people
Southwark Council
Southwark Council is tenders for the provision of the SEEDS2 Business Start Up Project to support
young Southwark residents into self employment, through providing support, developing viable
business plans, leadership and business management training and expert advice. This project will
help us to ensure Southwark young people have the best support they need upon entering into the
world of self employment. It will directly support our guarantee to ensure education, employment or
training for every school leaver and help ensure Southwark is the place to start and grow a business.
Providers invited to tender for the delivery of SEEDS2 Business Start Up, will have:
- Proven delivery of supporting young people from a range of backgrounds into self-employment,
particularly those from disadvantaged groups.
- Demonstrable understanding of support required by young people, specifically how to foster
entrepreneurship, and the challenges facing young people who would like to start their own
business.
- Proven capacity to deliver relevant training and support to help young people start up and sustain
their own business.
- Capability to support the sourcing of affordable workspace for the SEEDS2 businesses.
- Capability to administer business grants to young people participating in the project.
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/adf70d28-0fad-462f-b308-
48d634974c0d?p=@NjJNT08=UFQxUlRRPT0=
Deadline: 24 March 2017
Contract For The Delivery Of Systematic Instruction Training (Tsi)
Gateshead Council
Gateshead Council is looking for a training provider who can teach its staff to assist people with
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learning disabilities into work in a hands on practical way. It aims to do this through the use of an
accredited Training in Systematic Instruction (TSI) provider. This contract is to appoint the required
provider.
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=0fd69af8-99fe-e611-80dd-
005056b64545
Deadline: 09/03/2017
Soft Market Testing - Support for ex-Service Personnel
Leicestershire County Council is undertaking a soft market testing exercise to identify existing
support providers for ex-service personnel in Leicestershire. Providers should be able to evidence
comprehensive knowledge and experience of supporting ex-service personnel and have an
established support network within Leicestershire.
Relevant support would include; provision of information advice and guidance, casework support,
signposting and assistance with obtaining charitable grants and/or funding, support to access eligible
benefits to support independent living, and any other support that improves the financial
circumstances of ex-service personnel or enables them to maintain independence and/or remain in
their own home.
Interested providers should email [email protected] before midday on Friday 10th March
and include brief details of the organisation scope, relevant support provided, experience of
supporting ex-service personnel, and countywide support networks. The information gathered from
this notice will be used to support future commissioning decisions involving the provision of support
for ex-service personnel.
Please note: This is an initial soft market testing exercise and the Council is not formally bound to
commission services as a result of this notice.
Winchester City Council Business Support Commission
The Winchester District Economic Strategy 2010 to 2020 supports the local economy by encouraging
entrepreneurship and business start up, and helping established businesses to thrive and prosper.
Winchester City Council is seeking to commission a service to support businesses located in the
Winchester District for a two year period from 1 June 2017.
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https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=a5d6d822-76f3-e611-80dd-
005056b64545
Deadline: 31/03/20
Young People’s Sexual Health and Substance Misuse Service London
Lambeth Council
Lambeth Council is commissioning a new integrated young people’s sexual health and substance
misuse service. The Service will contribute towards the achievement and improvement of positive
health outcomes for young people in Lambeth. This service will play an important role in building
young people’s resilience through a universal sexual health and substance misuse service offer with
some targeted outreach.
Value excluding VAT: 1 337 500.00 GBP
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start: 01/10/2017
End: 31/03/2020
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=19217&B=LBLAMBETH
Deadline: 04/04/2017
Dynamic Purchasing System for Apprenticeship Training and Education Services
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Salisbury Commercial Services, part of Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, are establishing a multi-lot
Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of Apprenticeship training and education services.
Dynamic Purchasing System covering 11 categories of Apprenticeship training elements under the
National Skills framework and Modern Apprenticeship programme.
Information About Lots
Lot No: 1 Title: Training and Education Services — Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care
Lot No: 10 Title: Training and Education Services — Retail and Commercial Enterprise
Lot No: 11 Title: Training and Education Services — Science and Mathematics
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Lot No: 2 Title: Training and Education Services — Arts, Media and Publishing
Lot No: 3 Title: Training and Education Services - Business, Administration and Law
Lot No: 4 Title: Training and Education Services - Business, Administration and Law
Lot No: 5 Title: Training and Education Services — Education and Training
Lot No: 6 Title: Training and Education Services — Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies
Lot No: 7 Title: Training and Education Services — Health, Public Services and Care
Lot No: 9 Title: Training and Education Services — Leisure, Travel and Tourism
Estimated value range between150 000and 10 000 000
Requests to participate must be addressed via the Bravo procurement portal located at
https://nhs.bravosolution.co.uk/nhs_collaborative/web/login.html
Deadline: 02/03/2021
National Training Services Provider Framework Agreement
NEUPC Ltd
The Framework will provide a highly competitive training services provider agreement for use by
member institutions of six participating HE purchasing consortia in the UK. Primarily this will focus on
standard training courses commonly required for staff development by member institutions.
Standard training is defined as off the shelf, repeat or readily available training programmes which in
some cases may require a degree of tailoring or adaption to suit the University's culture or needs.
Lots include:
Lot 1: IT and Project Management
Lot 2: Leadership and Management
Lot 3: Personal Development
Lot 4: Professional Qualifications
Lot 5: Registered Apprenticeship Training Providers
Lot 6: Standard and Compliance
Lot 7: Managed Training Service Provider
The Northern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC) manages framework agreements for its
members in the HE and FE sectors. For this Framework, NEUPC is lead organisation for other HE
Consortia NWUPC, LUPC, SUPC, HEPCW and APUC. A full list of members is available on the
individual consortia websites. No level of business is guaranteed under any resulting agreement and
there is no guarantee that any framework will be put in place. Any values stated are estimates based
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on historical spend. Providers should take part in the process only on the basis that they fully
understand and accept this position.
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/neupc/aspx/
Deadline: 08 May 2017
Older Persons Promoting Wellbeing
Kent County Council.
The Kent County Council has been holding a number of market engagement events as we work with
you to co-produce a new Older Person's Promoting Wellbeing Offer. We will be holding a further
event on Thursday 16th March.
In the morning of the 16th March we will talk about outcomes, evaluation and WEMWBS as a
measure of wellbeing - http://www 2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/med/research/platform/wemwbs/.
It is our intention that the new Older Person’s Core Offer includes a diverse range of support,
therefore in the afternoon of the 16th March we will be showcasing some of the different types of
support that we wish to see as part of the new wellbeing offer including:
Arts & culture,
Sports and physical activity,
Access to the countryside and green spaces
Adult Education, and
Heritage provision.
This session will include presentations from various different departments within KCC who will
discuss how the services they provide or commission will be helpful in supporting providers to
achieve good outcomes when promoting peoples wellbeing.
This event be held at Harrietsham Village Hall, Church Road, Harrietsham, ME17 1AP, and will be
from 09:30 to 16:00.
We think this will be a really useful session and we hope a representative from your organisation will
be able to attend this event. Please note that due to limitations on space, KCC require that only one
person per organisation are in attendance.
If you wish to attend, please email [email protected] with the name of your
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organisation, the name of the person attending and their email address by Friday 10th March.
https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/procontract/supplier.nsf/frm_opportunity?openForm&opp_i
d=OPP-HIS-AK4J-PYNNUU&contract_id=CONTRACT-AK4J-C56GCC&org_id=ORG-KENT-
8YKEYH&from=
Mental Health Wellbeing Service
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
A wellbeing service in the Bradford district for people with severe and enduring mental ill health
from the age of 18 onwards
This will be based upon a community connector’s model and will work with people for a time limited
period to provide one to one personalised support to achieve their personal goals
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=b1765549-0300-e711-80dd-
005056b64545
Deadline: 23/03/2017
Re-Opening of the Multi-Provider Light Touch Regime Framework Agreement for the Provision of
Training for the Early Years
Norfolk County Council
Norfolk County Council ("the Council") wishes enter into a contract for the provision of a multi
provider Light Touch Regime Framework for the provision of training for the early years and childcare
workforce in Norfolk as detailed in this Invitation to Tender and in this Contract Notice.
The Light Touch Regime Framework is being let under Regulations 74 to 77 of the Public Contract
Regulations 2015 (Light Touch Regime), under which the Council has flexibility as to the process or
procedure to be used when purchasing certain services, of which training is one. In this instance, the
Council is establishing a framework agreement with multiple suppliers that will set out the terms and
conditions for making specific purchases (call -offs). The Light Touch Regime Framework Agreement
differs from those let under the non-Light Touch Regime in that the Council, exercising its flexibility,
may periodically open the framework for new applicants.
It is the Council's intention that new providers will be able to join at certain intervals. It is the
Council's intention that the Light Touch Regime Framework will be open for further applications at
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least one per year for the life of the framework. The Council reserves the right, however, not to open
the framework for new applications if it deems this appropriate. If the Council decides to open the
Light Touch Regime Framework to new applicants, it will do so on the same terms and conditions and
on the same criteria as stated in this Invitation to Tender, unless the Council deems that amendments
are required as a result of changes in the market or changes within the Council.
There is no limit to the number of providers that can be awarded a framework agreement.
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/Tenders/Current
Deadline: 24/03/2017
Multi Provider Framework for Apprenticeship Training
Norfolk County Council
Norfolk County Council wishes to procure a Multi provider light touch regime Framework of external
training providers to deliver quality apprenticeships across a variety of occupational areas
throughout Norfolk.
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/ProjectManage/883
Deadline: 02 April 2017
Funding to Support the Armed Forces Community (UK)
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has launched a new funding round under its Armed Forces
Community Covenant Small Grant Scheme.
The aim of the National Covenant Fund is to support the armed forces community. Funding of up to
£20,000 is available to support the integration of armed force personnel within their community and
the coordination and delivery of support services. Registered charities, community interest
companies, local authorities, schools, and armed forces units with a UIN can apply as long as they
have experience and a track record of working with the Armed Forces Community, and a real
understanding of the issues facing the Armed Forces Community. Applicants should consult their
local Covenant Partnership before applying.
There are no deadlines and eligible organisations are welcome to submit their application at any
time during 2017.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covenant-fund-guidance-on-how-to-apply
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People Plus
Expression of Interest – Stage 2 for Greater Manchester - Working Well - Work & Health
Programme
PeoplePlus are looking to partner with local organisations with the expertise in delivering a
personalised programme of support for people with health condition or disabilities, the long-term
unemployed and marginalised groups who are disadvantaged in the labour market to help them
into sustainable employment.
We are looking for partners who share our commitment to delivering high performing services that
transform people’s lives and provide a positive impact to our local communities in Greater
Manchester.
We would like to thank you for registering and completing our initial expression of interest (EoI
1). (If you are yet to complete our EoI 1, please see instructions below)
On publication, please complete the Expression of Interest Stage 2 (EoI 2), to express an interest in
the Working Well – Work & Health Programme opportunity. The deadline for completion of the EOI 2
is Friday 10th March 2017 (see table below for full timeframe).
Stage PeoplePlus Timeframe – Date/Time
Registration and submission
of EoI 1
Friday 3rd March 2017 at 12.00 midday
PeoplePlus release EoI 2 Friday 3rd March 2017
Submission of completed EoI
2
Friday 10th March 2017 at 17:00
Please note that in order to complete our Expression of Interest Stage 2 for the Working Well – Work
& Health Programme opportunity you will need to have registered on our partnership portal and
completed an Expression of Interest – Stage 1
If you have already registered and completed an Initial Expression of Interest (EoI 1) on our
partnership portal (Proactis) you will be notified via email of the next stage (EoI 2).
If you would like to register on our partnership portal and complete our EoI 1 to join our partnership
framework please click here.
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Please click here for the partner user guide, to assist with registering and submitting a relationship
request with PeoplePlus.
The deadline to register and complete the initial expression of interest (EoI 1) is Friday 3rd March
2017.
Should you have any issues registering or completing our Expression of interest please contact our
Business Development Team at [email protected] .
Supply of Special Educational Needs or Disability (SEND) Youth Activity for Young People Aged 12
To 25
LB Tower Hamlets
Special educational needs or disability youth activities for young people aged 12 to 25 offering young
people with access to free positive activities and informal educational courses in the form of an
evening programme enabling them to have places to go and things to do
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=f8e30967-83fa-e611-80dd-
005056b64545
Deadline: 17/03/2017
South London Partnership Work and Health Programme
London Borough of Croydon
The London Borough of Croydon (LBC) is the Lead Authority and is procuring Work and Health
Programme (WHP) services on behalf of itself and the London Boroughs of Merton, Richmond,
Sutton and the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames that form the South London Partnership
(Participating Authorities).
The intention of the WHP is to support individuals with a disability, who are long term unemployed
and some early access groups to find and sustain work. WHP is a new service programme. The aim in
addition to helping individuals to find work is to integrate WHP with local services and health
provisions so the service users receive co-ordinated, holistic support to improve their health and
wellbeing, and support the principles of localism by ensuring that it meets local priorities and reflects
local needs. The draft specification for the services is included in the Procurement Documents
The Contract is for an initial period of 7 years with a potential extension of up to 2 years at the
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discretion of the Contracting Authority (which is subject to national policy and DWP proposals).
The Contract Period comprises a referral period of 5 years (subject to the potential extension)
followed by a payment tail period of 25 months.
http://www.capitalesourcing.com/
Deadline: 31/03/2017
East London Work & Health Programme.
The London Borough of Redbridge
The London Borough of Redbridge (Redbridge) is the Lead Authority and is procuring Work and
Health Programme (WHP) services on behalf of itself and the London Boroughs of Bexley, Barking &
Dagenham, Bromley, Enfield, Greenwich, Havering, Newham, Waltham Forest (Participating
Authorities).
The intention of the WHP services is to support individuals with a disability, who are long term
unemployed and some early access groups to find and sustain work. WHP shall replace the services
provided under Work Choice and Work Programme. The aim in addition to helping individuals to find
work is to integrate WHP with local services and health provisions so the service users receive co-
ordinated, holistic support to improve their health and wellbeing, and support the principle of
localism by ensuring that it meets local priorities and reflects local needs. The draft specification for
the services is included in the Procurement Documents
The Contract is for an initial period of 7 years with a potential extension of up to 2 years at the
discretion of the Contracting Authority (which is subject to national policy and DWP proposals).
The Contract Period comprises a referral period of 5 years (subject to the potential extension)
followed by a payment tail period of 25 months.
http://www.capitalesourcing.com/
Deadline: 31/03/2017
West London Work & Health Programme
Ealing Council
Ealing Council is the Lead Authority and is procuring Work and Health Programme (WHP) services on
behalf of itself and the London Boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow,
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Hillingdon and Hounslow (Participating Authorities).
The intention of the WHP services is to support individuals with a disability, who are long term
unemployed and some early access groups to find and sustain work. WHP shall replace the services
provided under Work Choice and Work Programme. The aim in addition to helping individuals to find
work is to integrate WHP with local services and health provisions so the service users receive co-
ordinated, holistic support to improve their health and wellbeing, and support the principle of
localism by ensuring that it meets local priorities and reflects local needs. The draft specification for
the services is included in the Procurement Documents.
http://www.capitalesourcing.com/
Deadline: 31/03/2017
More Able and Talented — support for Further Education Sector
Welsh Government
The Welsh Government wishes to commission an organisation or organisations to develop and deliver a programme of support for the Further Education (FE) sector on supporting more able and talented (MAT) learners. The aim is to build the capacity and expertise in the FE sector in Wales in supporting MAT learners The programme of support will include the development of consistent criteria for identifying vocational MAT learners, and developing and delivering continuing professional development (CPD) tailored to the specific context of the FE sector.
Value excluding VAT: 180 000.00 GBP
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/
Deadline: 07/04/2017
Framework Agreement for Enabling Innovation and The Creative and Digital Industries D2N2
Consortium for Increased SME Competitiveness
Nottingham Trent University
This Framework is seeking to create a pool of professional service providers to work closely with
Enabling Innovation and CDI project staff to provide a range of high quality services to support
participants of the programmes. We are seeking experienced individuals with a track record of
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working with start-ups and established SMEs, to support the objectives of the programmes.
The Framework will be divided into 5 lots which will cover:
— Lot l — Mentoring for start-up/early stage businesses (EARs);
— Lot ll — Workshop design and facilitation for start-up/early stage businesses (EARs);
— Lot lll — Mentoring for established businesses (ESTs);
— Lot lV — Workshop design and facilitation for established businesses (ESTs);
— Lot V — Workshop design and facilitation around Leadership and Management (LAM).
Full details of the scope of requirements for each of the above Lots can be found on the ‘857 —
Description of Lots and Areas of Activity’ spreadsheet.
You are invited to tender for any or all of the Lots for which you feel you have the necessary
knowledge and experience to provide the required services as outlined in this tender document and
the additional documentation provided.
Please note: Nottingham Trent University does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender,
either in whole or in part: each Lot being treated as quoted for separately.
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ntu/aspx/Home
Deadline: 24.3.2017
Post Qualification Training for Social Workers
Cornwall Council
Post Qualification Training for Social Workers (Children, Family and Adults Directorate).
Value excluding VAT: 1 000 000.00 GBP
Start: 01/06/2017 End: 31/05/2025 https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=0767e75a-32ff-e611-80dd-
005056b64545
Deadline: 10/04/2017
South Area Council - Advice Services
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
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The South Area Council (comprising Darfield, Hoyland Milton, Rockingham and Wombwell wards)
wants to re-commission its highly successful and well used information and advice services, which
have been delivered in a range of community venues across the South Area since June 2014.
Based on strong evidence of continuing local need, the provider/s will need to continue to offer the
full range of welfare rights and advice services for local people.
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=301d838f-8efd-e611-80dd-
005056b64545
Deadline: 28/03/2017
Girls & Gangs Service
Hammersmith and Fulham Council
An invitation to tender to supply support services to young women and girls involved in, or at risk at
becoming involved, in gangs in Hammersmith and Fulham
https://www.capitalesourcing.com/esop/toolkit/opportunity/opportunityDetail.do?opportunityId=3
0926&oppList=CURRENT
Deadline: 27/03/2017
Westminster Maternity Champion Project
Westminster City Council
Westminster City Council is conducting a tender process to engage an organization to deliver a
Maternity Champions Project for Westminster. The project will run for up to four years, has a value in
the region of £200,000 to £240,000 in total, and will be delivered across all of the existing
Community Champions projects within the borough.
The aim of the project is recruit a borough wide coordinator (based within an existing Champions
project) to work with all existing champions projects in the boroughs, to develop the capacity of local
people and services to promote maternity health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities, by
recruiting local people to train as Maternity Champion volunteers.
The key objectives of the project are to develop a borough wide team of Maternity Champions based
in Community Champions' projects to support parents (ante and post natal), and children up to one
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year old; to ensure relevant training is made available to all Maternity Champions; to improve access
to local maternity health and wellbeing services (including mental health), particularly through
proactive community outreach contact, information, and signposting to local services; to increase
Early Intervention, Health Promotion and Behaviour Change, through local relevant Public Health
programmes, peer education and self-management; to build social capital (building confidence,
improving mental wellbeing, reducing isolation, peer support groups, and promoting community
cohesion) through community events; to increase skills and competencies of Maternity Champions
through personal and professional development, training and supporting access to return to
work/preparation for employment where desired.
Value £200000 - £240000
https://www.capitalesourcing.com/esop/toolkit/opportunity/opportunityDetail.do?opportunityId=3
0946&oppList=CURRENT
Deadline: 21/03/2017
Contract for Sexual Violence and Abuse Support Services – Thurrock Council
Contract split into 4 lots.
Lot 1: sexual violence and abuse support services.
The provision of specialist support services for victims of sexual violence and abuse.
Lot 2: parenting programmes.
The provision of parenting programmes for parents of children up to the age of 19 or 25 where
children have learning difficulties and disabilities.
Lot 3: domestic abuse and violence support services.
The provision of specialist support services for victims of domestic abuse and violence.
Lot 4: domestic abuse perpetrator programme.
The provision of a 6-month domestic violence perpetrator programme for male perpetrators (who
have children up to the age of 19 or 25 for children who have learning difficulties and disabilities).
Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: 2 095 000.00 GBP
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/DZZJV9B5GS
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Deadline: 13/04/2017
Training and Funding for Breakfast Clubs (UK)
Kellogg's, Forever Manchester and Northumbria University have joined together to provide free
online training to help run successful breakfast clubs.
The training includes information on the benefits of breakfast clubs, healthy eating and child
nutrition, effective planning and handy hints on funding and marketing. Breakfast Clubs can apply for
this training up until 31st May 2017. Breakfast clubs who have successfully completed the training
will be eligible to be assessed for further support from Kellogg's, in the form of a sustainability grant
to the value of £1,000.
To be eligible your breakfast club must be already set up in a school or community organisation in
England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. Priority will be given to schools that have 35% and
above of children eligible for free school meals and community based breakfast clubs that can
evidence how their children are disadvantaged.
http://www.kelloggs.co.uk/en_GB/whatwebelieve/breakfastsforbetterdays/supportforbreakfastclubs
.html
Holiday Grants for Children (UK)
From the 1st March 2017 schools, youth groups, not for profit organisations and charities will be able
to apply for a grant from the Henry Smith Charity' Holiday Grants programme.
The programme provides access to recreational trips or holidays for groups of children less than 13
years of age who experience disadvantage or who have disabilities. Applications can be made for
grants towards a single trip, which could be a day trip or a longer residential of up to seven days in
length. This could be to a countryside or city location but must be outside of the children's
immediate locality.
Examples include:
Camping
Trips to adventure activity centres
The seaside.
Grants of between £500 and £2,500 are available; to cover a maximum of two thirds of the cost of a
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holiday or trip, the remainder of the funding must be raised elsewhere.
Applications for trips that take place between the 1st May and the 30th June 2017 will be accepted
between the 1st March and the 19th May, decisions are made on a first come-first served basis
(within the application periods stated) until funds are spent.
http://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/holiday-grants-for-children.html
The Summer Play Scheme Programme 2017 Opens for Applications (UK)
The Hilden Charitable Funds Summer Play Scheme is now open for applications.
The Fund supports community groups and voluntary agencies with an income of less than £150,000
that run summer play schemes for children between the ages of 5 and 18 in disadvantaged
communities. Supported schemes should be locally based, last between two and six weeks and have
strong volunteer support. Some priority will be given to projects which show that they are inclusive
of children from refugee families and have BME involvement.
The closing date for applications is the 24th May 2017.
http://www.hildencharitablefund.org.uk/
Funding to Promote Swimming (UK)
The Swimathon Foundation Community Grants Scheme offers funding of between £300 and £2,500
to innovative and sustainable projects which will help more people participate in and enjoy
swimming and to make swimming more accessible.
To be eligible for a Swimathon grant organisations need to be supported by pools that are
participating in Swimathon. Some of examples of groups that Swimathon Foundation Community
grants will support, but are not limited to community groups, swimming clubs, senior groups, youth
groups, sports clubs, disability charities, scout groups and healthy living groups in the UK are eligible
to apply.
Examples of projects supported in the past include:
Banishing Aqua Fears Yes You Can! who were awarded £1,734 to make swimming more
accessible to residents on the Isles of Islay.
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Jura and Braintree Mencap Swimmers based in Essex, were awarded £2,500 to ensure
people with learning disabilities have the opportunity to participate in activities in the local
area.
Applicants must be a representative of, or have the support of, a pool participating in Swimathon
2016. The closing date for applications is the 17th March 2017.
https://swimathonfoundation.org/posts/2017/01/23/the-swimathon-grants-scheme-application-is-
now-open
Idlewild Trust (UK)
The Idlewild Trust has announced that the next closing date for applications to its grant making
programme is the 7th September 2017.
The Idlewild Trust is a grant making trust that supports registered charities:
Concerned with improving opportunities for young professionals working creatively in the
arts, particularly at an early stage in their careers
Supporting the conservation of important works of art and objects that are being lost
through the lack of funds to look after these works.
The Trust awards around £120,000 each year in grants and makes grants of up to £5,000.
http://www.idlewildtrust.org.uk/
2017 Stephen Lloyd Awards Open for Applications (UK)
The Stephen Lloyd Awards are now open for applications.
The aim of the awards is to help create success by finding and nurturing innovative ideas and
projects that can lead to social change. The awards committee is particularly interested in supporting
ideas that address social problems at a systemic level.
Examples of previous awards include:
Canute - a new digital Braille ‘iPad' which attempts to transform the lives of blind people by reversing
the decline in Braille literacy.
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Campaign Bootcamp - a hands on learning environment designed to give people the skills, network
and confidence they need to change the world through campaigning. Anyone or any organisation
that has an innovative idea that seeks to address a problem systemically can apply.
The winning applicant will receive significant pro bono advice for their idea from the Committee's
extensive network of contacts, as well as funding of up to £20,000. Shortlisted applicants will also be
awarded up to £2,000 to further develop their idea, and will also benefit from similar pro bono
expertise.
The closing date for applications is the 7th April 2017.
http://www.stephenlloydawards.org/
Institute of Mathematics Education Grant Scheme (UK)
The Institute of Mathematics has announced that individuals working in Schools, Colleges of Further
Education (FE) and Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) can apply for funding of up to £600 to run or
attend an educational activity relating to mathematics.
Activities supported include:
Hosting a mathematics event, e.g. Maths Trails, Maths Competitions
Attendance at appropriate conferences
Travel expenses to attend appropriate events
Or supply cover required for the teacher to attend the appropriate event; etc.
Projects supported in the past include:
A grant towards the cost of running a Think Maths workshop for 90 Year 9 students. Applications
from primary schools are also welcome, but due to the aims of the Institute, primary schools should
work in partnership with a secondary school, FE or HEI. Priority will be given to applications from
members of the Institute. If the applicant is not a member of the Institute the name of a co-applicant
who is a member must be given.
Applications can be submitted at any time.
http://ima.org.uk/about_us/support_and_grants/education_grant_scheme.cfm.html#earm
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2018 Erasmus Call for Higher Education Applications (UK)
The European Commission has announced that Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in the UK can
apply to obtain the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE).
Obtaining the ECHE will allow universities and other Higher Education organisations to participate in
Erasmus+. Erasmus+ is the European Union programme for education, training, youth and sport. It
runs for seven years, from 2014 to 2020, with organisations invited to apply for funding each year to
undertake creative and worthwhile activities across Europe.
All types of HEI can apply for the ECHE, regardless of academic disciplines and the levels of higher
education on offer (up to and including doctorates). This includes post-secondary level vocational
education institutions and those offering courses at foundation/HND level or above.
The deadline for submissions is 11am (UK time) on 31st March 2017.
https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/news/2018-call-for-erasmus-charter-for-higher-education-
applications
Women Make Music Grant Scheme (UK)
The next applications deadline for the Performing Right Society's (PRS) Women Make Music grant
scheme is the 8th May 2017.
Through the grant scheme, financial support of up to £5000 is available to women musicians to
create new music in any genre. This can range from:
Classical
Jazz
Experimental
Urban
Electronica
Pop.
Grants are available for projects that:
Support the creation, performance and promotion of outstanding new music
That enable the UK's most talented female music creators to realise their potential
To inspire audiences.
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The fund can support projects by women songwriters, composers, artists, bands and performers who
are writing their own music. Please note that PRS no longer fund organisations through Women
Make Music.
http://www.prsformusicfoundation.com/funding/women-make-music-2/
€27 Million to Foster the European Digital Service Ecosystem (UK)
The European Commission has opened today a call for proposals under the Connecting Europe
Facility (CEF) to stimulate and support the deployment of European Digital Service Infrastructures
(DSIs). Up to €27.5 million will be made available to supports projects of common interest that
contribute to increasing the interoperability, connectivity and deployment of trans-European digital
infrastructures across the EU, improving the daily life of citizens, businesses and public
administrations, and thereby contributing to the development of a Digital Single Market.
The deadline for submitting proposals is 18 May 2017. The evaluation of the proposals is expected to
start in June 2017. The results of the evaluation and the decision on the allocation of grants will be
announced as of October 2017
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/connecting-europe-facility-telecom-over-eu27-
million-foster-european-digital-service-ecosystem
Arts Council Wales Large Grants for Organisations (Wales)
The Arts Council has published the application deadlines for the 2017/18 funding year.
A wide range of not-for-profit organisations can apply for grants of between £5,001 and £30,000 to
support larger scale arts projects, or contribute to a very large project with several other funding
partners. Match funding of at least 25% is required.
The funding programme is designed to achieve the following objective as set out by the Inspire
Strategy for Creativity and the Arts in Wales to:
Encourage more people in Wales to choose to engage with the arts
Make innovative and imaginative use of digital technologies
Develop the creativity of children and young people
Look at how the arts and culture of Wales connect internationally
Embed the principles of sustainable development into creative and business practices.
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The closing dates for applications are: 10th May 2017; 16th August 2017; 11th October 2017; 17th
January 2018.
http://www.wcva.org.uk/funding/funding-latest/2017/02/arts-council-wales
People’s Health Trust Active Communities (South Wales)
The Peoples Health Trust has announced that its Active Communities programme in Cardiff,
Caerphilly, Newport, Torfaen, Monmouthshire, Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil, Vale of Glamorgan,
Rhondda Cynon Taf (HealthControl) is open for applications until 1 pm on the 22nd March 2017.
Through the Active Communities programme, grants of between £5,000 and £25,000 per year are
available for projects target areas most affected by health inequalities. For example, this could be a
project covering a few streets, a housing estate or a small village. Projects can run for between 9
months and 2 years.
The type of activities funded in the past include:
A mediation service run by tenants on a housing estate
A women's volunteering group run by and for Bengali women
Support for local people to become community organisers
Setting up a green space in urban areas; etc.
http://www.healthcontrolcic.org.uk/
Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund Opens for Applications (Scotland)
The Scottish Government is inviting applications for the Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund 2017-
20.
Incorporated not for profit organisations and statutory bodies can apply for funding for projects that
work with people who are disadvantaged due to age, disability, gender (sex), gender identity/
reassignment, race, religion or belief, and sexual orientation.
The fund is worth £2.5 million per year and will run between 2017 and 2020. No maximum grant
amounts are specified but due to the extremely competitive nature of the fund applications should
be moderate and realistic and the associated costs focused on the direct delivery of the project.
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Priority for funding will be given to projects that can demonstrate a strong track record of delivering
effective services.
The closing date for applications is the 17th March 2017.
http://www.voluntaryactionfund.org.uk/funding-and-support/equality-fund/
Funding to Tackle Violence Against Women and Girls (Scotland)
The Equally Safe (Violence Against Women and Girls) Fund is now accepting applications.
The fund aims to assist with the development of measures to tackle all forms of violence against
women and girls. The fund will run a number of funding rounds between 2017 and 2020 and will
provide approximately £6.8million per annum to incorporated third sector organisations; community
interest companies; statutory bodies; and partnerships.
The focus of the fund is to ensure the provision of high quality front line services and applications
from incorporated third sector organisations that can demonstrate a record of effective and
successful delivery on violence against women and girls, are likely to be prioritised. No maximum
grant amounts are specified but due to the extremely competitive nature of the fund applications
should be moderate and realistic and the associated costs focused on the direct delivery of the
project.
The closing date for applications for this round is the 17th March 2017.
http://www.voluntaryactionfund.org.uk/funding-and-support/violence-against-women/
Funding for School and Youth Residential Trips (Scotland)
Teachers and Youth Leaders can apply for funding through the Scottish Youth Hostelling Association
(SYHA) new Youth Active grant scheme.
The fund aims to help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds take part in a school or youth
group residential trip to build confidence, resilience, social and employability skills. Teachers and
Youth Leaders can apply for up to 40 per cent support for each eligible young person who would not
otherwise have this opportunity due to deprivation or other disadvantage.
Applications must be received at least ten weeks prior to arrival and grants are deducted from the
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final bill.
https://www.syha.org.uk/syha-charity/syha-youth-active-
grants.aspx?dm_i=LQE,429KP,6LKTGE,EPOFF,1
Funding for Projects that Raise the Attainment of Disadvantaged School Students (England)
The Shine Trust which funds projects that help disadvantaged young people to realise their academic
potential, has re-opened the Let Teachers SHINE competition.
The competition aims to find the country's best teachers and some new and practical ways to raise
attainment among disadvantaged students in literacy, numeracy and/or science. Funding of up to
£15,000 is available for 10 winning ideas. The competition is open to any teacher working with
students aged up to 18. Successful ideas might involve superb after-school programmes or innovative
use of technology; etc.
Previous competition winners have included:
A teacher who uses Tibetan debating techniques (which involve actions as well as words) to help
improve communication skills among primary students.
A teacher in Wimbledon, who wants to boost interest in science, technology, engineering and maths
by challenging girls to research, create and market a new cosmetic product.
The closing date is noon on the 24th April 2017.
https://www.shinetrust.org.uk/news/let-teachers-shine-2017/
Nesta Launches Savers Support Fund (England)
Nesta, the Foundation for Innovation has launched a new £1 million Savers Support Fund to improve
money management skills and reduce debt for individuals and families in England.
Nesta is looking to support four to six organisations with grants of between £150,000 and £250,000
to scale (through growth, franchising or replication) proven approaches to help people better
manage money. Applicants are likely to be existing organisations operating in England who want to
scale up to expand to new areas or population groups, or; organisations in England who want to
import a proven model from overseas and replicate it in England.
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Interested organisations need to submit a short expression of interest (EOI) by midday on the 29
March 2017.
http://www.nesta.org.uk/project/savers-support-fund
Nesta Launches Early Years Social Action Fund (England)
Nesta and the Office for Civil Society have launched a new £1 million Early Years Social Action Fund.
The fund aims to help more children aged four to reach their developmental milestones through
social action and should focus on supporting families in need. Innovations must also demonstrate
that they need support to scale their work, using social action, to new areas in England. Applicants
are likely to be existing organisations operating in England who want to scale up to expand to new
areas or population groups, or; organisations in England who want to import a proven model from
overseas and replicate it in England.
Interested organisations need to submit a short expression of interest (EOI) by midday on the 29
March 2017.
http://www.nesta.org.uk/project/early-years-social-action-fund
Grants of up to £50,000 Available to Transforming Care and Health through Technology (England)
The Local Government Association (LGA) in partnership with NHS Digital, is delivering a new
programme to support innovation in transforming care and health services through technology.
The LGA and NHS Digital are inviting councils to bid for funding of up to £50,000 for projects that use
technology to improve adult social care and health outcomes and deliver financial savings.
Approximately fifteen councils will be supported through this programme. Applications should relate
to at least one of the following themes:
Sharing information and integrating service
Enabling people to interact with care services through digital channels
Promoting independence and wellbeing through the use of digital services and technology
Integrating commissioning through the improved use of information and analysis
Enabling care professionals to work from any base at any time.
The deadline to apply is Friday 17 March 2017.
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http://www.local.gov.uk/chip/-/journal_content/56/10180/8252400/ARTICLE
Education Endowment Foundation Launches New Funding Round (England)
The Education Endowment Foundation, which seeks to improve the educational attainment of
disadvantaged pupils, has launched a new funding round to improve educational outcomes for 3-18
year olds.
The Foundation is particularly interested in:
Maths outcomes Key Stage 2/3
Projects that aim to develop a set of attitudes, skills and behaviours that are thought to
underpin success in school and work, such as self-control, social skills, motivation, and
resilience
And science programmes across both primary and secondary schools, particularly those
looking to improve whole class teaching through CPD.
The Foundation can only fund projects that will work for the benefit of pupils and settings in England.
The Foundation do not fund projects in one or very small numbers of schools/settings. Their smallest
projects have been in 3-4 schools, but are typically in more than 50, and often over 80, institutions.
To be eligible the applicant must be a not-for-profit organisation, such as a school, charity, social
enterprise, local authority or university; etc. The Foundation does not have a set minimum or
maximum size of grant. Past EEF grants have ranged from £90,000 to £1.5million.
The closing date for applications is the 9th June 2017.
https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/get-involved/apply
Ann Maguire Arts Education Fund Re-Opens for Applications (Leeds)
Leeds Community Foundation has announced that the next round of the Ann Maguire Arts Education
fund is now open and will be accepting applications until noon on the 22nd March 2017.
The fund was set up to honour the memory of local school teacher, Ann Maguire, and to develop the
aspirations of young people. It provides bursaries of up to £500 to individuals living in Leeds who are
between the ages of 11 and 18 and have a talent in the arts and who would struggle to pursue their
passions without financial support.
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Previous bursaries have helped individuals attend youth theatre groups, travel to dance studios in
London, continue singing and guitar lessons, and progress their song writing skills. Larger grants of
up to £1,500 are also available for community groups and projects across Leeds that offer innovative
and fun activities to allow young people to get involved with the arts.
http://www.leedscf.org.uk/2017/02/08/ann-maguire-arts-education-fund-re-opens-for-applications/
Funding for the Provision of Legal Advice (London & the South East)
The London Legal Support Trust has announced that the next closing date for its grant making
programme is the 18th June 2017.
The London Legal Support Trust is an independent charity that raises funds for free legal services in
London & the South East and supports the provision of specialist legal advice through law centres,
advice agencies and citizens advice bureaux, etc. Any charity in London and the South East that
provides free legal advice (including pro bono) in can apply for grants of up to £5,000. In particular,
the Trust is looking to support:
New pro bono surgeries
Pro bono surgeries that need time to regain sustainability
One off capital costs, particularly associated with capacity building or improving
sustainability (i.e. reducing costs, increasing efficiency through new systems, technology or
moving/altering premises)
For the development of legal advice agencies where none currently exist.
The next closing date for applications is the 18th June 2017.
http://www.londonlegalsupporttrust.org.uk/grants/small-grants/
Grants for Schools and Young People’s Projects (Southwark)
Schools and organisations working with schools and colleges in the London Borough of Southwark
have until 19th May 2017 to apply for a grant of up to £1,000 from the Newcomen Collet Foundation.
Priority is given to:
Assist schools and other groups to purchase equipment for the benefit of children
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Support extra curricula activities (e.g. school trips, after school clubs, holiday clubs,
uniformed organisations) for children and young people
Assist organisations which provide educational opportunities to schools and colleges in the
Borough of Southwark (e.g. visiting theatre companies and musicians).
It is unlikely that they will provide 100% of funding so applicants should also have additional funding
options in place.
http://www.newcomencollett.org.uk/organisations.html
Forever Manchester Cash4Growth Awards (Greater Manchester)
Forever Manchester, the Community Foundation for Greater Manchester is currently accepting
applications through its Cash 4 Growth programme.
Cash 4 Growth supports young or smaller established groups to grow activity in their local
community. Awards of £251 - £1,000 are available for small, Greater Manchester based, locally led
organisations who are either less than 5 years old OR have an annual income of less than £25,000.
The closing date for applications is the 13th March 2017.
https://www.tfaforms.com/445615
BBC Children in Need Main Grant Programme (UK)
The next closing date for applications to the BBC Children in Need Main Grants programme is the 1st
June 2017.
Grants of over £10,000 per project are available to not for profit organisations and schools that work
with young people who are experiencing disadvantage through:
Illness, distress, abuse or neglect
Any kind of disability
Behavioural or psychological difficulties
And / or living in poverty or situations of deprivation.
Schools can also apply for funding but the project must be additional to their statutory duties.
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Examples of projects that recently received funding include:
St Joseph's School and Community Steering Group, which received a grant of £61,480 to provide an
after school and holiday clubs to engage disadvantaged young people living in Workington in physical
and healthy living activity.
Stepping Stones Pre School Portslade, which received a grant of £ £9,397 to provide additional 1-1
support to children who display emotional/behavioural/communication difficulties to develop coping
strategies, social communication skills and help them to overcome anxiety.
Cumbria Law Centre which received a grant of £88,263 to provide a full time worker for a young
people's drop in centre, offering specialist social welfare advice to young people and vulnerable
parents.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3XW7FvN20PD3xr2c1T62Xly/main-grants
Funding to Enable Disadvantaged Young People Reach their Potential (UK)
Registered charities (including Schools that are registered as charities for young people with
disabilities) that work with disadvantaged children under the age of 25 can apply for funding of up to
£10,000 through the Ironmongers Company's grants programme. In particular, the company wants to
support projects that provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people to fulfil
their potential and educational activities that develop learning, motivation and skills. Projects could,
for example:
Support special educational needs
Address behavioural problems or promote citizenship
Parenting or life skills.
Preference will be given to projects piloting new approaches where the outcomes will be
disseminated to a wider audience. Although the grants are available within the UK preference is
given to projects in inner London.
The next deadline for applications is the 31st July 2017.
http://www.ironmongers.org/charity_organisations.htm
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Trees for Schools (UK)
The Tree Council, the lead tree campaigning charity working to promote the importance of trees
within the changing environment, has announced that its Trees for Schools grant making programme
is now open for applications.
Funds are available for schools within the UK who are able to show that children under the age of 16
will be actively engaged in tree planting projects during National Tree Week 2017 (26th November to
4th December 2016, or as soon as possible afterwards). Schools must be local authority run or
registered as a 'not for profit' organisation (including a community interest company, a charity
organisation or a social enterprise).
The Tree Council can fund projects between £100 and £700 and successful applicants will receive up
to 75% towards their planting four fruit trees. For example, if your project totals £700, The Tree
Council would offer up to £525. The remaining 25% will need to be secured by your school or
organisation.
The closing date for applications is the 31st March 2017.
http://www.treecouncil.org.uk/Grants/Trees-for-Schools
Comic Relief Launches Tech vs Abuse Funding Programme (UK)
Organisations and partnerships who are working to develop technology solutions that will make a
difference to people affected by domestic abuse and enable service providers to extend their reach,
have until the 13th March 2017 to apply for funding under the new Comic Relief Tech vs Abuse
initiative.
Grants of between £20,000 and £50,000 are being made available. The fund will support initiatives
that aim to address key challenges that will:
Enable women experiencing abuse to access key information in a way that is easy to find,
simple to navigate and quick to interact with
Enable access to services for support at any time of day or night
Provide control over online data, privacy settings and social media accounts
Create accessible information on the legal process and the financial situation women find
themselves in
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Use the web to raise awareness of what an abusive relationship looks like and provoke
women and girls experiencing abuse to recognise this and get support.
For more information, please click on the link below.
https://www.comicrelief.com/grants/initiatives/tech-vs-abuse
Woman to Woman Fund Due to Re-open for Applications in May 2017 (UK)
Rosa the UK Fund for women and girls will launch the second funding round of the "Women to
Women" Fund in May 2017.
Local women's organisations across the UK will be able to apply for grants of up to £25,000 to
support a wide range of charitable work that benefits women. This can range from:
Building confidence and leadership skills
Tackling harassment and violence
Training in financial literacy and increasing engagement in decision-making; etc.
Rosa plans to support at least 100 local grassroots women's organisations across the UK and the
grants are available for groups with an income of under £100,000 per year. Rosa especially wants to
support groups that work with disadvantaged communities or in disadvantaged areas. Grants can pay
for core work, as well as mobilising volunteers, leadership development, communications and
advocacy.
Grants will be awarded over 3 rounds until March 2018. Round 3 of the Woman to Woman fund is
due to open in in September 2017.
http://www.rosauk.org/resources/blog/woman-to-woman/
The Carbon Trust Green Business Fund (England, Scotland and Wales)
The Carbon Trust has launched a new energy efficiency support service for small and medium-sized
companies in England, Scotland and Wales. Support is provided through energy assessments,
training workshops, equipment procurement support and up to 30% capital contribution, to a
maximum of £10,000, towards the purchase of energy saving equipment. A series of workshops are
planned to help small businesses work out how best to identify the energy saving opportunities
available to them. To qualify, SMEs are defined as such if they meet two of the three following
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criteria:
No more than 250 employees
Annual turnover not more than £25.9m
Or annual balance sheet not more than £12.9m.
Applications are accepted and assessed on a rolling basis.
https://www.carbontrust.com/client-services/technology/implementation-and-finance/green-
business-fund/
Biffa Award Main Grants Programme (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
Biffa Awards are part of the Landfills Communities Fund and currently provide funding for projects of
between £10,000 and £75,000 under four different themes:
Rebuilding Biodiversity
Community Buildings
Cultural Facilities
Recreation.
The Biffa Award Board meets three times a year, at each meeting the Board considers applications
from two different themes.
The next meeting will be held in June and will consider applications under its Recreation and
Community Buildings funding themes. Funding under these themes is available to not-for-profit
organisations with projects within 5 miles of a significant Biffa operation or within 10 miles of an
active Biffa landfill site. The recreation theme provides funding to projects that transform open
spaces for the benefit of the community, providing them with more opportunities to become
involved in recreational activity.
Examples of projects that fall under this category are:
Green spaces
Woodland walks
Play areas
Sports facilities
Community gardens.
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The community buildings theme can provide funding for the improvement or replacement of
community buildings, examples of projects that fall under this category include replacement heating
systems, extensions, repairs and the upgrading /installation of kitchen facilities.
The closing date for applications under these themes is the 20th April 2017.
http://www.biffa-award.org/get-involved
Community Business Fund Due to Re-Open for Applications in Spring 2017 (England)
Power to Change, which supports community businesses, has announced that its Community
Business Fund will re-open for applications in early summer 2017.
Power to Change will be awarding grants between £50,000- £300,000 to support and develop
Community Businesses in England. Funding is available to:
Community Businesses that are based in their community
Are locally controlled
Trade for the benefit of the local community
Address challenges within their community.
To be eligible for funding applicants need to be incorporated (rather than as a collection of
individuals) and funding will be available for both capital and revenue costs.
Previous projects supported include:
Bristol Ferry Boats who were awarded £247,875. Bristol Ferry Boats are a Community Benefit
Company with 900 shareholders. As well as running commercial trips for commuters and parties boat
trips are used to support the curriculum for local schools and share Bristol's history. The funding will
help purchase a new environmentally friendly boat and support a series of trainee/staff pilots from
the community and discounted fares for older and vulnerable residents.
For more examples of projects funded click here.
http://www.thepowertochange.org.uk/funding/grants/community-business-fund/
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Sport England Announces Launch of its New Community Asset Fund (England)
Sport England announced that from 30th January 2017, sports clubs, local authorities, schools and
community organisations would be able to apply for funding from its Community Asset Fund.
This is a new £15 million per year capital fund dedicated to enhancing the spaces in the local
community that give people the opportunity to be active. This can include traditional sports facilities
as well as outdoor spaces like canal towpaths, woodlands and open spaces; etc that can be used as
part of an active lifestyle. Grants will be available for all types of projects and organisations can
request awards ranging from £1,000 to £150,000.
Statutory bodies and education establishments will specifically need to:
Provide a minimum of pound-for-pound partnership funding
Demonstrate the strategic need for their project proportionate to the scale of investment
requested
Limit requests to a maximum of £150,000 within any 12-month period.
This is a rolling programme and applications can be submitted at any time.
https://www.sportengland.org/news-and-features/news/2017/january/10/guide-for-new-funding-
launches/
Social Investment Scotland Announces Community Shares Loan Fund (Scotland)
Organisations raising funds through a community share offer can apply for loans of up to £1 million
(per projects).
The loan fund is provided by Social Investment Scotland (SIS), in collaboration with Community
Shares Scotland. The aim of the loans is to enable organisations to progress their projects in the
event that the share offer does not raise sufficient funds. This will provide confidence to potential
investors in the share offer that the project will go ahead.
There will be two charges associated with the loan fund. Initially, 0.5% of the loan amount offered in
order to underwrite the share offer, subject to a minimum of £1,000, followed by 0.5% of the
amount of SIS loan drawdown (a successful share offer may result in zero drawdown). Further to this,
SIS will provide ongoing business support and advice to the organisation through a dedicated named
Investment Manager for the duration of the loan.
rganisations that have a project they would like to discuss, or if there are any questions about the
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community share loan, please get in touch with Roger on 0131 558 7706. For organisation's that wish
to proceed with a loan application, SIS will undertake an assessment to ascertain the project is
financially viable and aligned to SIS social and / or environmental impact requirements.
The project will then be presented to the SIS Investment Committee for approval.
http://www.socialinvestmentscotland.com/news-and-events/community-shares-loan/
