Skills opportunities from European Social Fund

An exciting opportunity to further enhance the skills of Warwickshire’s young people is on the horizon.

Very soon Warwickshire County Council is expecting a European Social Fund (ESF) opportunity to be launched to support the sustainable integration of young people into the labour market.

This opportunity will be for Warwickshire only and will set out to:

• Expand and improve the quality of careers advice for young people.

• Increase young people’s exposure to industry including via traineeships and apprenticeships.

• Offer tailored intervention, including coaching and mentoring or support with transport costs.

• Improve employability skills.

• Support interventions for young people, especially those with multiple barriers to their participation, including care leavers, lone parents, offenders and those with learning disabilities/ difficulties.

These activities should result in young people (below 25 years of age) moving to employment, self-employment, or education/training upon leaving.

A total of £1.5 million European money is available and will need to be match funded, meaning that £3 million will be invested in Warwickshire’s young people up to December 2019.

Warwickshire County Council is looking for interested partners and is inviting organisations to have a discussion on how we can best utilise this opportunity.

To discuss ideas for how the ESF may enhance Skills for Employment please contact Glenn Robinson on 01926 418027 or email: glennrobinson@warwickshire.gov.uk

For more general information about ESF please contact Helen Hunt on 07775 745559, email: helenhunt@warwickshire.gov.uk