Northumberland, Tyne and Wear District
Focus on Flexible Support Fund
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Flexible Support Fund
Small grant opportunities
Help Required
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Northumberland, Tyne and Wear District need your
support in helping our unemployed customers move
closer or into work before consideration to the Work
Programme.
The District is seeking single applications for grants
of under £10,000 for partnership activity which will
help improve employment outcomes across all
parts of the District.
This is your opportunity to develop ideas that could
operate as a pilot or build upon current delivery. If
you have an idea that you consider could be worth
developing and want support with this please
contact your Local Partnership Manager (Contact
List included) who will be happy to assist.
We are interested in bids that would address
specific customer issues i.e.
•Lone parents
•Partners
•Carers
•Customers claiming ESA/IB
In addition we welcome bids that would improve the
employment prospects for customers claiming JSA.
The awards will be determined by the District
Manager at a local level and will be assessed on
their individual merits. It is our aim to have a
decision on your application within a month.
We would appreciate applications within this current
financial year.
Minimum requirements for
Northumberland, Tyne & Wear
FSF partnership opportunities
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The Lead Accountable Body must be able to accept the
conditions of grant (see sample document in panel
alongside)
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Letters of support must be provided from all partners
named in the proposal.
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Proposals should show how the Flexible Support Fund is
being used as a catalyst to draw in other funding and/or is
adding value to other funding streams
Sample Conditions
of Grant:
Application Form
All Grant Awards will compliment (and not replicate or
duplicate) existing activity and must fall within the
ambit of the Departments vote or the powers of section
2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973.
Who can apply for Grant Funding
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A grant must be made to a recognised Lead Accountable
Body (LAB) who will manage and be accountable for the
money on behalf of the partnership. A LAB must be a legal,
not for profit entity with auditable accounts and must be
determined as eligible based on the Department’s Financial
Viability and Risk assessment.
Opportunities for working in partnership with Jobcentre
Plus can be found at:
www.dwp.gov.uk/opportunities
Process and
Timetable
Partners are invited to submit proposals on the FSF application
form attached on page 2.
Applications should be emailed to:
Local Partnership
Manager
Contact details:
Gateshead:
Clive Davies
Clive.davies1@jobcentrepl
us.gsi.gov.uk
0191 2038122
NTW.FSF@JOBCENTREPLUS.GSI.GOV.UK
Electronic signatures should be included at all relevant sections.
Where these are unavailable, please confirm in the covering
email that a signed, hard copy has been sent to the address
below:
FAO Mark Richardson
Jobcentre Plus
Northumberland, Tyne & Wear District Office
Earlsway
Gateshead
NE92 1AL
Newcastle
Jon Clapham
Jon.clapham@jobcentrep
lus.gsi.gov.uk
0191 2038147
Northumberland:
Applications can be submitted at any time up to close of
business on 28th February 2012.
Julia Knox
Julia.knox@jobcentreplus.
gsi.gov.uk
01670 395276
Applications will be assessed and awarded on an ongoing
basis. There is no specification or ‘competition’.
North Tyneside:
Applications will be assessed on their merits, by a panel of JCP
staff, taking into account local partnership priorities. The
expectation is that most of these applications will be for small
amounts of funding not exceeding £10,000.
Deborah Parmley
Deborha.parmley@jobc
entreplus.gsi.gov.uk
01670 395274
Applicants may be required to provide clarification / additional
information prior to recommendations being made for
approval/endorsement.
All Grant Awards will compliment (and not replicate or duplicate)
existing activity and must fall within the ambit of the Departments
vote or the powers of section 2 of the Employment and Training
Act 1973.
Once projects have approval they will be given support to comply
with all monitoring requirements.
South Tyneside
Martin Westgarth
Martin.westgarth@jobc
entreplus.gsi.gov.uk
0191 4513315
Further information:
Questions or requests for further information should be raised via
email to the above mailbox, or by contacting a JCP Partnership
manager – see contact details provided.
Sunderland
Bernie Topham
Bernadette.topham@jobc
entreplus.gsi.gov.uk
0191 4513344