Building Better Opportunities Introduction to the programme What will it look like in the North East? Big Lottery Fund Offer Application Process Outline Lead and Delivery Partner Roles Next steps

Big Lottery Fund ESIF BBOBBO

BBO in North East LEP area £18.5 million, over 3 years 4 funding packages Addressing multiple barriers to employment Addressing health barriers Including support for financial inclusion and digital inclusion Working with those furthest from the labour market

Who do we want to help? Those most at risk of economic and social exclusion, including: Households where no-one works Long-term unemployed Young people who are NEET (YEI in Durham) Disabled people – particularly learning disabled. Ethnic minority groups Offenders and ex-offenders People aged over 50 People with multiple disadvantage

Possible activities Early action (before problems become entrenched) Targeted initiatives to help people facing multiple disadvantage move towards mainstream services Pre-employment skills and training New approaches to work experience and participation in learning Linking to wider packages of support. Addressing rurality issues

Northumberland – Holistic Support for those Furthest from the labour market About £3.5 million Four themes: Multiple barriers to employment (50%) Addressing health barriers to employment (30%) Digital inclusion (10%) Financial inclusion (10%)

Durham – Holistic Support for people furthest from the labour market £2.5 million Four themes: Multiple barriers to employment (50%) Addressing health barriers to employment (30%) Financial inclusion (10%) Digital inclusion (10%)

Tyne and Wear – Multiple Barriers to Employment Approx £7.5 million Three themes: Multiple barriers to employment (80%) Financial inclusion (10%) Digital inclusion (10%)

Tyne and Wear – Health Inequalities Tranche 2 – October 2015 About £4.5 million Three themes: Supporting people with health barriers to employment to move towards economic inclusion (80%) Financial inclusion (10%) Digital inclusion (10%)

PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT FUNDING

THE BIG LOTTERY FUND OFFER

Key components of our offer Cash match £260M Lottery money 1 Run a two-stage competitive grants process 2 Offer Lottery development grants 3 Provide support to applicants throughout 4 Offer different application windows 5 Simplify reporting and monitoring requirements 6

2-stage competitive grants process Outline proposal Detailed proposal

Lottery development grants Outline proposal Lottery money Detailed proposal

Support for applicants Outline proposal Lottery money Detailed proposal Set-up phase

Proposed timelines PDF Application and assessment Grant management Grant management Development Phase Application Phase Delivery Phase Delivery Phase

Roles within partnerships – Lead Partner Submit application Legal responsibility and financial accountability Ensure policies for evidence requirements are in place – participants, expenditure Manage the partnership Distribute the funding Ensuring a good level of participant engagement Performance Reporting

Roles within partnerships – Lead partners Lead organisations will have: a clear vision backed up by appropriate expertise a proven track record of managing complex projects ability to respond to the development needs of individual partners in the partnership’s formative stages. strategies for managing and coordinating the partnership Good connections

Roles within partnership – delivery partners Funding is spent on eligible costs Collect information on each participant – and maintain records Embed cross-cutting themes Publicise the services as supported by ESF Activities add value and do not duplicate provision

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