Community Grants
ESF community grants are grants of up to £12,000 which enable small voluntary and community organisations to reach out to some of the most disadvantaged and excluded people.
The grants have a local focus and seek to move people closer to the labour market. They support a wide range of activities including:
- initial help with basic skills
- taster work experience, including voluntary work
- training, advice and counselling
- confidence building.
Because of the nature of the target groups, project outcomes usually involve progression towards a job or further training, rather than the immediate achievement of a job or qualification.
| CFO | Region/ area |
Community Grant Body |
Notes (including closing dates for applications, future opportunities) |
Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skills Funding Agency | Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly | Cornwall Development Company Ltd | There are no funding opportunities at the present time (at 15/01/13). If you wish to log your interest in making an application to the programme contact the Cornwall Community Foundation and they will contact you if more grant funding becomes available. | Kristy Philpot/Donna Martyn: 01566 779333 grants@cornwallfoundation.com for further information. |
| Skills Funding Agency | East Midlands | Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Voluntary and Community Sector Learning and Skills Consortium | The sixth (and final) application round will be launched on 25 February 2013 The closing date for applications is Friday 5 April 2013 |
Enable 7 Mansfield Road Nottingham NG1 3FB Telephone enquiries: 0115 934 9543 Email: enquiries@enable.uk.net |
| Skills Funding Agency | East of England | The Consultancy Home Counties Limited |
Phase 5 Opens: week beginning 4 March 2013 Deadline for applications: April 19 2013 Projects Running: June 13- Nov 13 (7 months) |
M Dominic Wade Projects Manager Telephone: 01923 698430 Direct Line: 01923 698431 Fax: 01923 211687 E-mail: dominic.wade@tchc.net www.tchc.net Mobile: 07875 460991 |
| London Councils | London | London Councils | No funding opportunities at the present time (at 15/1/13) | |
| Skills Funding Agency | North East | County Durham Community Federation |
Round 5 Deadline for applications: 18 September 2012 Panel meeting: 30 October 2012 Post-approval contract meeting: 13 November 2012 Round 5 Deadline for applications: 16 January 2013 Panel Meeting: 27 Feb 2013 Post-approval contract meeting: 13 March 2013 Round Six Deadline for applications: 8 May 2013 Panel Meeting: 19 June 2013 Post-approval contract meeting: 3 July 2013 |
Brenda Dye 0191 3786340 info@cdcf.org.uk for further information and application forms |
| Skills Funding Agency | North West | WEA: Learning For Life | Round 4 Bidding for the fourth and final grants round closed on Thursday 17 January and no further funding opportunities are planned. |
General queries to: northwest@wea.org.uk Manchester office: Workers Educational Association 4 Floor Crawford House Oxford Road Manchester M13 9GH Tel: 0161 277 5400 Liverpool office: Workers' Educational Association North West Region Regional Office, Suite 405, Cotton Exchange Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L3 9JR Tel: 0151 243 5340 |
| Skills Funding Agency | South East | Surrey Community Action | Deadline for applications: Friday 11 January 2013 |
info@surreyca.org.uk 01483 447128 For further information and application forms |
| Skills Funding Agency | South West | The Learning Curve (Voluntary Sector Development) | Check website for details. | Norma Barrett norma@learningcurve.org.uk |
| Skills Funding Agency | West Midlands | Black Country Consortium Limited | Round 5 (final funding round) Opens: 1 December 2012 Deadline for applications: 17:00 21 January 2013 |
Suzanne Gardner Commissioning Manager suzanne_gardner@blackcountryconsortium.co.uk tel : +44 (0) 1384 471120 Black Country Consortium Ltd The Deckhouse Waterfront West Dudley Road Brierley Hill DY5 1LW Tel: +44 (0)845 8 151515 Fax : +44 (0)1384 471177 |
| Skills Funding Agency | West Midlands | Heart of England Community Foundation |
There are five Community Foundations managing the programme for applicants in the West Midlands region and details of funding can be found via the links below. Applicants are advised to contact their local foundation prior to applying. Birmingham and Black Country Community Foundation http://www.bbccf.org.uk Manage the programme for applicants applying from Birmingham and the Black Country Fund closed (at 02/11/12) Staffordshire Community Foundation All applications for 2012 & 2013 are now closed Community Foundation for Telford and Shropshire http://www.cfshropshireandtelford.org.uk/grants/european-social-fund/ Manage the programme for applicants from Telford and Shropshire. Heart of England Community Foundation www.heartofenglandcf.co.uk The ESF programme for Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull is now closed [at 02/11/12] Worcestershire Community Foundation http://www.worcscf.org.uk/ ESF funding is now closed for 2012. Further funding may be available in 2013. |
Tina Costello, Deputy Director Heart of England Community Foundation 024 7688 4012 |
| Skills Funding Agency | Yorkshire & The Humber | Humber Learning Consortium |
Application Deadlines: Humber Friday 8 February 2013 South Yorkshire 4pm, Friday 1 February 2013, and 4pm, Friday 3 May 2013. Dates may be subject to change so check website. |
Humber:Niall O'Reilly niall.oreilly@hlc-vol.org Telephone 0114 2781316 South Yorkshire: Mary Irish mary.irish@hlc-vol.org Telephone: 01482 327438 |