Education and training services

Description

The contract is to undertake the role of Grant Coordinating Bodies (GCB) to deliver a community grants programmes. The community grants programme provides small grants of up to 20 000 GBP to small organisations in the voluntary and community sector to provide support to unemployed and inactive individuals to engage them and move them towards employment through packages of training and support. The GCB will be required to market and promote the grants programme, manage calls for proposals from 3rd sector organisations, assess applications, make grant awards and monitor and manage the grants that have been awarded. The ESFA has awarded a single contract for each of the Lots for IP1.4. The contracted services are for the management and running of a community grant programme funded by ESF. The ESFA wishes to make ESF Community Grants available in the form of small grants (up to 20 000 GBP) to third sector and other small organisations for the purpose of mobilising disadvantaged or excluded unemployed and inactive people to enable their progress towards employment. The ESFA has awarded a single contract for each of the lots for IP1.4. The contracted services are for the management and running of a community grant programme funded by ESF. The ESFA wishes to make ESF Community Grants available in the form of small grants (up to 20 000 GBP) to third sector and other small organisations for the purpose of mobilising disadvantaged or excluded unemployed and inactive people to enable their progress towards employment. The ESFA has awarded a single contract for each of the lots for IP1.4. The contracted services are for the management and running of a community grant programme funded by ESF. The ESFA wishes to make ESF Community Grants available in the form of small grants (up to 20 000 GBP) to third sector and other small organisations for the purpose of mobilising disadvantaged or excluded unemployed and inactive people to enable their progress towards employment. The ESFA has awarded a single contract for each of the lots for IP1.4. The contracted services are for the management and running of a community grant programme funded by ESF. The ESFA wishes to make ESF Community Grants available in the form of small grants (up to 20 000 GBP) to third sector and other small organisations for the purpose of mobilising disadvantaged or excluded unemployed and inactive people to enable their progress towards employment.