West Leeds Working West Leeds Thriving Launch
RegistrationWelcome to the launch of West Leeds Working, West Leeds Thriving!
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WelcomeCLLD Programme Manager - Beth Logan
Local Action Group Chair - Saj Shah Keynote Speakers – Cllr Julie Heselwood & John Battle
What is Community Led Local Development?
• Initiative within the European Structural and Investment Funds Programme 2014-2020
• Priorities set out in the ‘Local Development Strategy’
• Led by a Local Action Group (LAG)• Focus - the 20% most deprived areas in England
European Structural and Investment Funds Programme 2014-2020 (ESIF)
European Regional Development Fund
(ERDF)
European Social Fund(ESF)
• Support businesses• Support to start up a
new business• Support to develop
business ideas, look at finances, business planning, marketing
£384,312
• Support for people to get into work
• Training for unemployed and economically inactive people
• Combat poverty and increase social inclusion
£750,000
West Leeds Working, West Leeds Thriving Local Action Group
Chair - Saj Shah
What is a LAG?
• Partnership of local residents, public, private and third sectors
• Cannot be ‘owned’ or ‘controlled’ by one sector• Public sector membership maximum 49%• Public sector cannot have the casting vote• Membership may be different at different stages
What does a LAG do?
• Develops calls for projects from the strategy• Appraisal of applications• Decides which projects should be funded• Reports on progress of funded projects
LAG MembershipName SectorSaj Shah Independent ChairRichard Jackson Resident Bob Dickson Resident Deborah Howarth Resident Mark Law Third SectorVanysha Sahota Third SectorCllr Julie Heselwood Public Sector Tommy Tolson Private Sector
West Leeds Local Development Strategy
Priority Groups & Themes• West Leeds Working, West Leeds Thriving
• Groups– Unemployed– Economically inactive– Furthest from the labour market e.g. single men, people with poor mental health, over
50’s, ethnic minorities, people with a disability
– Potential entrepreneurs– SME businesses
West Leeds Local Development Strategy
Priority Groups & Themes
• Focus on the wards in the lowest 20% (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010)
• Approx. 33,225 plus people in these areas
Area comprises parts of Wyther Park, New Wortley, Armley, Broadleas, Fairfield, Hawksworth Wood, The Heights.
West Leeds Local Development StrategyObjectives
•Soft engagement activities e.g. Self-confidence; Stress management; Arts & practical skills based•Employment and employability related training
e.g. English for work, Digital inclusion•Specific job related training e.g. customer
service skills
Objective 1. Individualised support, learning and training opportunities
West Leeds Local Development StrategyObjectives
•Mentoring & coaching•Job ready skills development
•Employer engagement•Work placement opportunities
•Job interviews•Work trials
Objective 2. Development of an employment progression route
West Leeds Local Development StrategyObjectives cont’d
•Development of volunteering opportunities•Volunteering skills•Community hubs
Objective 3. Develop social capital
West Leeds Local Development StrategyObjectives cont’d
•Mentoring and coaching•Advice and information provision
•Learning and training
Objective 4. Mentoring and supporting business growth
The West Leeds CLLD AreaCllr Julie Heselwood
John Battle
Challenges
• 14% of the Leeds deprived population lives in the West North West wedge.
• Over 25,000 West Leeds residents living in the top 10% deprived areas of the city.
• Leeds City Priority Areas - The Heights
Challenges
• Fewer medium sized and large employers
• High skilled jobs in Leeds City Centre 20 minutes walk from New Wortley having little or no impact on the area.
• Little or no heavy industry or manufacturing opportunities in the area
• Community tensions between neighbourhoods and different communities
Challenges
Characterised by: • Health inequalities• High levels of mental
ill health & poor physical health
• Low skilled jobs• Zero hour contracts• Debt, loan sharks
Characterised by:• Unemployment• Low skills and
qualifications • Low motivation and
aspirations• Social and financial
exclusion
7 Neighbourhoods
The Heights • One of Leeds City’s Priority Neighbourhoods• Residents live in the area for a long time & have
close extended family New Wortley• Comprises council housing and tower blocks• Strong community infrastructure
7 Neighbourhoods
Armley• Location of criminality such as drug use, street
drinking• Home to key services such as Stocks Hill Hub, a
children’s centre, local library, shops and businesses• Recent restoration of Armley FestivalHawksworth Wood• Loss of Kirkstall Forge led to loss of jobs for local
residents• Located close to the Kirkstall Forge regeneration
scheme
7 Neighbourhoods
Wyther Park• Estate is split into 2 halves with little integration
between the 2, leads to isolation• However, there are residents keen to create a
community atmosphere on the estateBroadleas• Externally perceived problems with crime leads to
a reluctance to take up housing on the estate• Located close to Bramley Town Street
7 Neighbourhoods
Fairfield• High levels of lone parent households,
unemployment and claimants of Employment Support Allowance
• Young demographic provides opportunity for change
Positives
• 3 district centres in Armley, Bramley & Kirkstall• The Kirkstall valley corridor• Partnership work address community tensions • Strong identities: resilient communities• Engaged employers in the area• Successful engagement models & development
initiatives• Focus of resources e.g. Priority Neighbourhood
Programme OverviewCLLD Programme Manager – Beth Logan
Programme Overview Managing the application and grants process
Accountable Body – Leeds City Council
• Relationship with the government departments issuing the funding contracts for CLLD
• Provide LAG support and secretariat• Issue calls for applications • Assess expression of interest and full applications
Programme Overview Managing the application and grants process
Accountable Body – Leeds City Council
• Complying with EU funding criteria• Ensuring all activities and costs are eligible• Issue funding agreements• Checking and paying grant claims • Monitoring organisations which have received grants
Programme OverviewWhat activities are possible?
ERDF• Support to start up a new business or develop business idea• Workshops on self-employment, what you need to know to set up
a business• Support for local businesses/social enterprises to help them grow
and create new jobsESF• Supporting unemployed people to get into work• Supporting inactive people to get into work, or into job search• Supporting people to move into further education and training
Programme Overview - ESF Outputs and Results
Unemployed, including long-term unemployedInactive ParticipantsParticipants over the age of 50Participants who are ethnic minoritiesParticipants with disabilitiesResults
Outputs
Unemployed participants into employment Inactive participants into employment or job search on leaving Participants in education or training on leaving
Programme Overview - ERDF Outputs
OutputEnterprises receiving supportNew Enterprises supportedEmployment increase in supported enterprisesPotential Entrepreneurs assisted to be enterprise-ready
Programme Overview - Applications
• The process to invite applications (calls)• LAG will invite applications on specific objectives/themes • Minimum size of projects for all calls will be £100,000
(£50,000 ESIF, £50,000 match)
Programme Overview – Round 1 - ERDF• Minimum of £50,000 • Maximum grant value of £192,000 (equivalent to half of the total
ERDF monies)• Maximum of 3 projects• Will address Objective 3 and Objective 4 of the West Leeds Local
Development strategy which includes: - Building social enterprise and investment in start-ups and stimulation of collaboration between residents, SME’s and local economic bodies - Developing local business infrastructure and support and promote entrepreneurship and self-employment across the area.
• 50% match funding required
Programme Overview – Round 2
• Mid November release date• Call Launch Event - w/c 5th November• ESF • Themes expected to be people with mental health difficulties who
struggle to access employment, mentoring for people who need additional support in the workplace
• Values to be agreed
Application Process and Eligibility
Funding Support Worker – Claire Anderson
Application ProcessWeek 1: Call for Expression of Interest
Week 5: Deadline for EOI’s
Week 12: Applicants notified of outcome
Week 20: Deadline for Full Applications
Week 28: Successful applicants are notified
Week 30: Earliest possible project start date
Stage 1
Stage 2
Successful applicants will be asked to complete a Stage 2: Full Application
Programme Overview – Future Calls
• Round 1 Call 1 – Early October• Round 2 - Mid November• Round 3 - Early January 2019• Additional rounds/calls expected up to March
2020• Project delivery until March 2022
But What About Brexit?
• CLLD Programme is not affected by Brexit• Government guarantee that organisations will continue to
receive funding over their project’s lifetime • Project delivery can continue until the end date of their
funding agreement.
Expression of Interest Forms
Project Eligibility - Activities
Applications must:
– Fit with the call for proposals– Focus on activity in Local Development Strategy– Proposed activities must not duplicate other projects /
programmes including propose something new. – The LAG is not looking for projects which are simply a
continuation
Project Eligibility - Geography
• Must be supporting residents and businesses based in the identified area
• 2010 Index of Multiple Deprivation• LSOA areas on maps – see website• Interactive map• Postcode checker for successful applicants
Project Eligibility - Match Funding
• Has to be ‘clean’• Available from the start of the project• Treated the same as the ESIF fund, regardless of
source• Cash • Staff time • Volunteer time (ESF Only)
Key Issues• This funding is not for everyone – complex and bureaucratic (not
recommended for small, developing or inexperienced third sector groups)
• Organisations should ideally be experienced in dealing with external funding
• Strict rules about eligibility, complying with regulations & evidence• Money can be clawed back, if you do not• High levels of administration and paperwork• Level of administration is exactly the same whatever value/size
your project• Funding is usually paid in arrears and the expenditure must be
defrayed prior to a claim
What Support is Available?
Follow Up Workshops
• Workshop 1: Tuesday 9 October, 10:00 - 12:00• Workshop 2: Wednesday 17 October, 10:00 - 12:00
These are open to all organisations interested in applying
Appointment Sessions
• Ongoing support from FSWs throughout
• West – 25 October, 10:00 – 12:00, Strawberry Lane Community Centre
• South – 24 October,10:00 – 12:00, Middleton Community Centre• East – 26 October,10:00 – 12:00, Richmond Hill Community
Centre
These are open to all organisations interested in applying
Call 1 – Energising East Leeds & South Leeds Together
South • ESF• Priority – Helping and encouraging sex workers into
alternative employmentEast• To build on the strengths of our local employer asset base in
the East Leeds CLLD area and encourage local employers to provide experiences for socially isolated and marginalised residents which enable progress to employment.
Website
• www.leedsCLLD.co.uk • Latest calls information• Expression of Interest Forms and all project
documentation• Maps of areas covered
Breakout Session
Breakout Session
In your groups, discuss the following:1. How will you ensure that your project is not
duplicating other activity in the area?2. How can you link in to existing activity? 3. How do you anticipate overcoming the challenge
of accessing match funding?
Breakout Session Feedback and Q&A
Closing Remarks
Thank you for attendingW: www.LeedsCLLD.co.uk
@WestLeedsCLLD
www.facebook.com/WestLeedsWorking&Thriving
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