Information about the Talk English Community Fund
May 2015
English Language Competition
‘to discover innovative ways of delivering community-based English language programmes that will help to integrate participants into their local communities’
DCLG, 2013
Project beneficiaries
• have little or no English language
• unable to access mainstream ESOL support, as delivered via the Skills Funding Agency
• live in areas with high demand for ESOL
• are aged 19+
Bradford
Oldham
Pendle
Manchester
BurnleyKirklees
Hyndburn
Blackburnwith Darwen
Rochdale
Consortium and Areas
The figures
England & Wales Original Areas
Population 54 million 2.2 million
Cannot speak English well
725,639 1.3% 13,804 2.6%
Cannot speak English
137,511 0.3% 62,236 0.6%
The figures
Office of National Statistics, 2011 Census: Proficiency in English, local authorities in England and Wales, accessed February 2014 at www.ons.gov.uk
Courses
• For beginners• Take place in community settings• Taught by volunteers who are recruited and
trained through the project
Learners on a Talk English
Course
210
courses
Taught by
500 volunteers
Engaging
3000learners
Friends
• 1:1 or small group support for people learning English• Attend activities together• Volunteers are trained and recruited through the
project
Supporting people to
improve their English
400 volunteers
Supporting
1300learners
Activities
• Informal activities where people
can practise speaking English• And learn or do something fun or different at
the same time
Create and Talk English at Manchester Art
Gallery
500
activities
4600
attendances
Engaging an additional
1400learners
Here
• Raise ESOL awareness
• Improve communication with people with
low levels of English
• Encourage learners to try out their English in real-life situations
Staff in a Talk English Here
training session
100 organisation
s
Training
950staff
Website
• Online learning activities• Resources for volunteers and partner
organisations• More information about Talk English Here
www.talk-english.co.uk
70 staff
375 volunteers
800learners
The Community Fund• Applied and secured additional funding to continue and
extend the project from July 2015 – March 2016
• Included a bid for £175,000 to roll out the project in new
areas and reach 2000 additional learners
• Organisations expected to ‘top-up’ funding, for
example:
- allocate staffing / project support ‘in kind’
- draw down community learning funding for training of volunteers
New areas identified
Salford
Trafford
RossendalePreston
Liverpool
Bolton
Leeds
Wakefield
Calderdale
Stockport
Bury
Knowsley
Blackpool
Overall outputs & outcomes
£175,000
Train
160volunteer
ESOL teachers
At least
80Activities
supported by Friends
Provide
80Talk English
Courses
Engage
1,200PE/ E1 ESOL
learners
Engage
800ESOL learners
Reach
2000learners in
total
Package outputs & outcomes
£10,900
Train
10volunteer
ESOL teachers
At least
5Activities
supported by Friends
Provide
5Talk English
Courses
Engage
75PE/ E1 ESOL
learners
Engage
50ESOL learners
Reach
125learners in
total
In summary• £175,000 in total to engage 2000 learners
• Broken down into 16 packages of £10,900 to engage 125
learners
• Organisations or consortiums can apply to deliver more
than one package
• Organisations must be established and located in one of
the areas identified or provide evidence of needs
• Demonstrate you have capacity to deliver the project
Recruiting volunteers
• Recruit suitable volunteers who are able to
demonstrate appropriate skills, attitude and
behaviour
• Teachers need L2 in spoken English and L1
in written English
• Friends need L1 in spoken English and E3 in
writing
• Check suitability (application, meeting,
reference)
Training for volunteers
Expected to provide training for all volunteers.
Materials will be available via the website.
Volunteer Teachers
•Essential- 15 GLH of training
•Desirable- Level 3 Award in Education &
Training (48GLH) for those without qualifications
Volunteer Friends
•Essential- 5 GLH of training
Talk English Courses• Taught by 2 volunteers
• Aimed at Pre-entry – Entry 1
• Courses must be at least 24 GLH, preferably longer
• To count, learners must attend at least a third of the course (8 hours)
• Outcomes are based on 15 learners per course- if this is not achievable, plan more courses
• Completed screeners, enrolment forms and registers are required as evidence
• Data from forms and registers to be reported to DCLG via Manchester
Talk English Activities• Supported by volunteers
• Can be accessed by learners from Pre-entry – Entry 2/3
• Activities must be at least 1 hour, preferably longer
• Learners count after attending once, but should be encouraged to attend more
• Completed short enrolment forms and activity attendance lists are required as evidence
• Data from forms and attendance lists to be reported to DCLG via Manchester
Types of Activities
Planning
Each partner is expected to complete and submit
a standardised plan detailing:-Spending profile
-Target profile
-Action plan
-Details of key staff and partners
-Course and activity log (to be updated monthly)
-Training plan for volunteers
-Risk log
N.B. The first instalment of funding will depend on a completed plan.
Staffing considerations
Project planning and delivery, including:
-recruitment, training and support of volunteers
-building partnerships
-course and activity planning, publicity and monitoring
-recruiting and retaining learners
-data collection, recording and reporting
-quality assurance and evaluation tasks
-financial planning and budget monitoring
-legislation- health and safety, safeguarding etc
Data• Each partner is expected collect,
record and return data to Manchester using project forms about:
- Learners- Courses and activities- Volunteers
• Negotiating amount of learner data required and frequency of data returns (currently monthly) with the DCLG
Quality & evaluation• Ensure data is collected fully and reported according to
requirements
• Internally validate enrolment forms, registers and attendance
lists
• Provide enrolment forms, registers and attendance lists for
verification upon request
• Provide support and feedback to volunteers
• Provide information about next steps to learners and volunteers
• Collect and share evidence of courses and activities (e.g.
photos, videos, news stories, learner work, case studies of
volunteers and learners)
• Participate and contribute to evaluative activities as required
Publicity• Make use of Twitter and
Facebook to share things
about the project
• Contribute to the News
page on the website
• Ensure publicity features
required logos (preferably
using publicity templates
provided)
Key datesWednesday 17th June 2015
Deadline for submission of Online Application Form
18th – 30th June 2015 Appraisal and selection of applications; negotiations, delivery plan and funding contract with successful organisations
July 2015 (dates TBC) Training and planning workshops for delivery organisations
Monday 3rd August 2015Projects start- all commissioned activity must take place between 3rd August 2015 and 25th March 2016 inclusiveInitial payment of funding awarded subject to plans (34%)
Monday 9th November 2015
2nd payment of funding awarded subject to performance (33%)
Monday 11th January 2015 Final payment of funding awarded subject to performance (33%)
Friday 25th March 2016 Projects end
Applying• Online application form
- Details and description of
organisation or consortium
- Need for ESOL
- Experience of delivering similar
project
- How many ‘packages’ you
want to bid for
- Progression, quality and
proposed staffinghttps://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/talkenglishcommunityfund2015-2016https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/talkenglishcommunityfund2015-2016
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