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Employable Communities Fund
Could your group be eligible for £12,000 from the European Social Fund?
 
Grants of up to £12,000 are available to groups and organisations in Merseyside to help target worklessness and progress individuals towards employment.
 
The programme is supported by the European Social Fund (ESF) and is called the Employable Communities Fund, and is administered by the Community Foundation for Merseyside in partnership with the supporting organisations; Merseyside Expanding Horizons and Merseyside Disability Federation.
 
Unlike some other funds, there is no requirement to provide employment directly, but you must show how your intervention will support them towards the labour market.
 
The support organisations will provide capacity building help to those groups that need it, to run effective work that forwards the programme aims.  This can be done in the form of visiting groups to discuss ideas, to giving feedback on application forms before you officially submit them.
 
The programme encourages social integration and grassroots community work that helps those at greatest disadvantage who would not usually access ESF through mainstream services.
 
It aims to break down people’s barriers to employment, boost confidence/self esteem and help people develop useable skills, which support people from 16+ which include young people at school leaving age who are not in employment, education or training (NEET).
 
If you have a project or an idea for the project you think fits the bill, why not contact the support team to discuss it?

General applications
Contact Garry D’Arcy at Merseyside Expanding Horizons on 0151 330 0552 or email
garrydarcy@expandinghorizons.co.uk 

Disability projects
Contact Maureen Woodman at Merseyside Disability Federation on 0151 291 9570 or email maureen@merseydisability.org.uk

Closing dates for up and coming ECF application deadlines
 
CLOSING DATES
PANEL DATES
18TH December 2009
16TH February 2010
11TH March 2010
11TH May 2010
10th June 2010
10th August 2010
16th September 2010
16th November 2010

Free Training from Merseyside Society for Deaf People

FREE TRAINING

Aim: To improve access and break down the barriers to communication within your Organisation.

1 DAY DEAF EQUALITY ACTION TRAINING

1 DAY INTRO TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE

Contact:     Paula Mallon / Gill Earl
                 0151 228 0888 (tel/text)
                 paulamallon@msdp.org.uk
  
Available to Community Groups / Charities / Volunteers within Liverpool

                 www.msdp.org.uk


Merseyside Access to Play (MAP)

MAP is a voluntary sector organisation and registered charity based in Liverpool.

Every year MAP works with hundreds of disabled children, young people and their families to ensure they can attend local play, youth and out of school activities near to their homes.

We offer accredited training for Young People and Adults and will come and deliver Safeguarding Children Courses and Taster Sessions for your organisation.

Please contact MAP using the details below and see how through working together we can all ‘Make a Difference’.

1-27 Bridport Street (City Centre off London Rd)
Liverpool L3 5QF  
Tel: 0151 709 3686
Fax: 0151 709 4786 
SMS: 07903 246 183 
Website: www.accesstoplay.com    

For more information on MAP click here

    

Did you know that Merseyside Expanding Horizons (MEH) is able to provide a range of services to voluntary and community sector groups across Merseyside?

                       What We Can Offer

Finance and Administration Support
On a practical level, MEH can offer a range of administrative and financial support.  We have acted as accountable body both for the SRB programme (£2.4m) and for MSEI (£3.8m).  We are skilled in budget and claims management and have a programme and finance team who can provide a range of support tailored to your needs.

Grant Management
We are skilled in managing grants programmes e.g. ESF Social Capital and MSEI Money with Management.  We have excellent processes and procedures already in place to deliver further grant programmes.

Project Development Support
We have been providing project development support to the groups receiving our Social Capital grants for over four years now and would be able to offer that support to other VCS groups – this could involve, business planning, marketing, organisational development, committee development, funding etc.

Media, Publicity, Newsletters, Webmaster
We employ a Communication Manager and could offer a service for press releases and production of newsletters and the management and updating of websites.
 
Management of Events and Seminars
MEH has run many high profile events, seminars and training sessions for example, our Be Inspired events (2005 and 2006) which saw over 250 people at each event listening to inspirational stories from guests such as Simon Weston, Doreen Lawrence and Gee Walker.  We can offer a complete service in event management.

Specific Project Management
Over the past few years MEH has been involved in managing a range of projects. MEH staff therefore have the skills necessary to become involved in running specific projects.

Transnational Experience
Over the past two years, MEH have been involved as partners in two transnational projects and have built an excellent reputation amongst our partners.  We therefore have knowledge, experience and a good reputation in transnational work which would be useful to any group wishing to develop this strand of funding.

Reasonable Day Rates

Please talk to us about your requirements by telephoning or emailing Colette Turner or Nikki Daley.  We will be pleased to provide you with any further information you require and would be delighted to talk to you about any specific opportunities.

        Telephone Colette and Nikki on 0151 330 0552
        Email: coletteturner@expandinghorizons.co.uk 
                   nicoladaley@expandinghorizons.co.uk

                    

Calling all Groups and Organisations Who Work with Parents in Liverpool!!

Liverpool Every Parent Matters Network has been set up to support parenting organisations in Liverpool, by helping to strengthen their capacity through sharing information and resources.

The Network is funded by the Parenting Fund, and offers:

  • Network Meetings
  • Training
  • Website to promote local organisations
  • Loan of equipment
  • Access audits

By linking up the organisations who work with parents and carers in Liverpool, the EPM Network aims to:

  • Share knowledge and expertise
  • Avoid duplication of services
  • Identify the gaps in provision
  • Celebrate best practice and disseminate learning

If you are interested in joining the Network please ring 0151 708 7625 or send an email to: epm.network@jigsaw.uk.net.


L8 Create to Deliver Training Workshops and Company Branding for Organisations
First Impressions and Logo-go-go are two new services to be offered by local social enterprise L8 Create. Managed by Joshua Terry and Margaret Mann, L8 Create is a training company based in Liverpool that offers innovative training programs that can be accessed by young people and adults.

Logo-go-go
  • Logo-go-go is a new branding and design service which will produce corporate logos and new product logos for charities and SME's. L8 Create will work with the client to design a new logo or update an existing one for their company at a much lower cost than the current market.

First Impressions and First Impressions +

  • First Impressions is for people employed in any industry whose job it is to occasionally or regularly Present, Negotiate or Network. This training has been tested, changed, developed and re-developed, and is in the early stages of a new marketing campaign with In-Biz and GTR (Graduate Training).
  • First Impressions + Is aimed at young people and has been developed in line with the need as described in LSEP's Business Plan 05.

    For more information on L8 Create click here

Race and Faith Equality Website
Check out this website! 

It's got a lot of useful information for communities working in this field.
      
http://raceandfaith.communities.gov.uk/raceandfaith/
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