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Essential Skills Grant

Essential Skills Grant

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Background

Nottingham City Council has allocated funding from its UK Shared Prosperity Fund to improving access and increasing referrals to essential skills in Nottingham. Focus areas are ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages), Digital Skills, and Numeracy, recognising that delivery in the community is key to helping improve the take-up. 

Grant Amount

The funding available to organisations through this grant scheme was revenue funding.

  • The maximum amount available per project application was £25,000
  • The minimum amount available per project application was £10,000

Eligible Projects

We were looking to fund initiatives that:

  1. Expand access to ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) classes, with a focus on conversational sessions that lead to increased referrals for further ESOL provision.  
  2. Enhance digital access and skills, ensuring more people can confidently use technology and progress into formal digital skills training. 
  3. Provide non-accredited numeracy training, supporting individuals in developing practical maths skills and encouraging progression into accredited courses. 
  4. Help participants to develop other skills which would help to reduce isolation or exclusion and to progress into employment 

The organisations that have been awarded a grant, and the focus of the skills courses they are delivering are given in the table below. You can click on the name of the Organisation for more information.

 

Grant awarded to ESOL Digital Numeracy Other
African Women Empowerment Forum ✔ ✔ ✔ Culinary skills, sewing, action planning, volunteering
Belong Nottingham ✔ ✔   Volunteering
Bulwell Forest Garden       Gardening / volunteering
Evolve ✔ ✔   Life skills
Framework   ✔    
Futures   ✔    
Mojatu Foundation ✔ ✔ ✔  
Nottingham Mencap   ✔ ✔  
Refugee Roots ✔ ✔    
Signpost to Polish Success ✔ ✔    
STAA       Gardening maintenance, growing skills
St Anns Advice ✔ ✔    
The Bridge Notts   ✔ ✔  
The Lenton Centre ✔      
The Reanella Trust   ✔    

 

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