Details about the European Social Fund in the New Anglia area.

1. European Social Fund
in New Anglia

2. What is the European Social
Fund?
The EU’s key instrument for investing in people and systems:
• To improve employment opportunities
• To promote education and life-long learning
• To enhance social inclusion
• To contribute to combating poverty
• To improve public services
ESF financing of EUR 10 billion a year is improving job prospects
for millions of Europeans, in particular those who find it difficult to
get work

3. Structure of ESF in England
Priorities have been identified at LEP areas and a ‘notional’
allocation decided by the Managing Authority
Access to
Employment
£3.26m
Sustainable
Integration of
Young People
£3.9m
Active Inclusion
£9.32m
Equal Acces to
Lifelong
Learning
£15.89m
Labour Market Relevance
of Education and training
Systems
£3.33m
ESF ALLOCATION FOR NEW ANGLIA (£ 35.7M)

4. Essential reading

5. Priorities for New Anglia
Thematic Objective Priority Axis Investment Priority
8 - Promoting Employment
and Supporting labour
Mobility 1 - Inclusive
Labour
Market
1.1 - Access to employment for job seekers and inactive people, including the long term
unemployed and people far from the labour market, also through local employment initiatives
and support for labour mobility.
1.2 - Sustainable integration into the labour market of young people, in particular those not in
employment, education or training, including young people at risk of social exclusion and young
people from marginalised communities, including through the implementation of the Youth
Guarantee.
9 - Promoting social
inclusion and combatting
poverty
1.4 - Active inclusion, including with a view to promoting equal opportunities and active
participation and improving employability.
10 - Investing in Education,
Skills and Lifelong learning
2 - Skills for
Growth
2.1 - Enhancing equal access to lifelong learning for all age groups in formal, non-formal and
informal settings, upgrading the knowledge, skills and competences of the workforce, and
promoting flexible learning pathways including through career guidance and validation of
acquired competences.
2.2 - Improving the labour market relevance of education and training systems, facilitating the
transition from education to work, and strengthening vocational education and training systems
and their quality, including through mechanism for skills anticipation, adaptation of curricula
and the establishment and development of work based learning systems, including dual
learning systems and apprenticeship schemes.

6. Current commitment
£0
£3
£6
£9
£12
£15
£18
Access to Employment Sustainable
Integration of Young
People
Active Inclusion Equal Acces to
Lifelong Learning
Labour Market
Relevance of
Education and
Training Systems
Millions
Budget Commitment

7. 1.1 - Access to employment for
jobseekers and inactive people
(£ 2.9m left)
• Improve the employability and skills of long-term unemployed or
inactive people and those individuals from groups which face
particular labour market disadvantage, to enable them to compete
effectively in the labour market;
• Support for women at a disadvantage in the labour market, and
those currently inactive, to reduce the gender employment gap;
• Support for specific target groups, including but not limited to those
with disabilities or health barriers, those with caring responsibilities,
lone parents, ethnic minorities, ex-service personnel and ex-
offenders;
• Addressing the issues that result in households experiencing
intergenerational worklessness.

8. 1.2 - Sustainable integration into the
labour market of young people
(£ 1.2m left)
• Support for increase in participation amongst 18-24 year olds by
providing additional traineeship and apprenticeship opportunities;
• Engagement of marginalised 15-18 year olds to support them to re-
engage with education or training;
• Address the basic skills of young NEETs to help them to compete
effectively in the labour market;
• Provision of additional work experience and pre-employment training
opportunities to unemployed 18-24 year olds
• Support for young lone parents and carers to overcome the barriers
they face in accessing the labour market

9. 1.4 - Active inclusion (£ 4.7m left)
• Support for those people with multiple and complex barriers to
participation to address these issues and move closer to or into
the labour market;
• Engage with marginalised individuals and provide them with the
support needed to re-engage with education, training or into
employment;
• Support for the family unit where inter-generational
worklessness has become embedded;
• Support for employers who take on the long-terms unemployed
or those with multiple or complex barriers.

10. 2.1 - Enhancing equal access to lifelong
learning (£ 10.6m left)
• Creating a workforce which is fit for purpose and responsive to the
demands and needs of local employers;
• To address the basic skills needs of employed people – particularly
in small, medium and micro-sized businesses;
• To increase the skills levels of those in employment to encourage
progression;
• To increase the number of people with technical and job specific
skills to support business growth and retention of local workforce;
• Support for local growth sectors, and engagement of business in
identifying and delivering necessary and appropriate skills provision;
• To increase the skills level of employed women to encourage
progression and to help address the gender employment and wage
gap;

11. 2.2 - Improving the labour market
relevance of education and training
systems (£ 2.5m left)
• Promote improvements in the labour market relevance of skills
provision through active engagement with relevant institutions and
employers, particularly small, medium and micro-sized businesses,
including social enterprises;
• Better engagement between business and young people to support
the understanding of local sectors and the skills needed to be
successful, locally;
• Ensure access to co-ordinated employment pathway opportunities –
overcoming issues of rural isolation, transport, access and childcare;

12. The Journey to Date
5 ESF Open Calls published to date in New Anglia
• March 2015 – Investment Priority 1.2 – Greater Ipswich Youth Guarantee
 £2.47m awarded to Suffolk County Council
• April 2016 – Four Calls (IP’s 1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2) – Grass-roots Community-
Led Growth projects
 £2.26m across three applicants - Full Applications are being appraised
All Open Calls published on ‘ESIF Funder Finder’
www.gov.uk/european-structural-investment-funds
• 3 SFA Procurements (5 project Lots)
• 4 BBO Calls

13. Future calls
Investment Priority 1.1 – Access to Employment (£2.5m)
Integrated employment services to support people not eligible to DWP’s Work and Health Programme. Projects should
support participants with (mental) health issues, long term conditions, learning difficulties and/or disabilities. Applicants will
be encouraged to work in partnership with local health and wellbeing providers.
Investment Priority 1.2 – Sustainable integration of Young People (£1.2m)
Implementation of the Youth Pledge in New Anglia. Every young person must be proposed a job, a training or an
apprenticeship within 3 month of leaving education. Projects should fill the gap where there are needs not covered being
addressed.
Investment Priority 1.4 – Active Inclusion (£4.7m)
Call linked to IP 1.1 but targeting participants with more complex barriers to work
Investment Priority 2.1 – Equal access to lifelong learning (£4m)
In work Pay and Progression in the Health and Social Care sector. Applicants will be required to upskill the workforce in
the H&SC sector so that the sector can respond to the increasing demand, workers can have better prospects in the
sector
Investment Priority 2.2 – Improving the labour market relevance of education and training systems (£0.5m)
Youth Pledge for Employer. Applicants should engage with employers for them to sign up to the Youth Pledge Marque
which is a commitment to offer job placement, apprenticeship to young people

14. What makes a good application?
• Projects must demonstrate, evidence and address local needs
• All activities must be eligible
• Match funding: Applicants must provide 50% of the total eligible
project costs
• Projects must deliver additional activities, avoid overlap or
duplication with current and mainstream provision
• Deliver against local priorities
• Provide value for money

15. The Facilitator Role
• Maximise the impact of the ESF programme in New Anglia, ensuring it addresses
the local needs and priorities
• Develop a pipeline of projects to ensure the 2014-2020 ESF notional allocation is
spent in New Anglia
• Act as a lead contact for potential project applicants
• Provide guidance on the objectives and targets of the ESF programme, strategic fit,
eligibility, and the application process
• Provide ongoing information and advice (“Critical Friend”)
• Make linkages between similar offerings
• Signpost to other EU funding
• Facilitate project development events and workshops and provide networking
opportunities
Facilitators cannot write your bid, manage your project, provide match funding or
make fund decisions

16. Facilitators Contact Details
Joe Ballard – joseph.ballard@norfolk.gov.uk
01603 223258 / 07769 643276
European Social Fund Facilitator – Norfolk County Council
Guillaume Gentils – guillaume.gentils@norfolk.gov.uk
01603 222706 / 07785 225257
European Social Fund Facilitator – Norfolk County Council