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News Archive
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Objective 3 - Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Business & Workforce/Individual Development in Halton
23 January 2003
The Greater Merseyside Learning and Skills Council is inviting tenders for the provision of ESF co-financed activity in the Halton Borough of Greater Merseyside under the following measures - |
European Commissioner Praises Games City
22 August 2002
Michel Barnier, European Commissioner for Regional Policy & Institutional Reform and keen sports fan, saw at first hand the new Manchester taking shape as a result of European funding when he visited the city for the opening of the 2002 Commonwealth Games. |
War Museum Advances North
05 July 2002
The Imperial War Museum – North, on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in Trafford, Manchester, opens its doors to the public today. Benefiting from over £8m of European funding, The £28.5 million development expects to attract 300,000 visitors in its first year, and boasts an ambitious design by internationally-renowned architect Daniel Libeskind – his first UK commission. Displays will chronicle the conflicts in which British and Commonwealth forces have been involved since 1914. |
Manchester United in Celebration of City
27 June 2002
If you’re short of money, but are still looking to take a glamorous city break then the latest ERDF-assisted project to open to the public could be just the place to head for. Urbis is a new kind of museum exploring life in different cities of the world, and focusing on Manchester, Los Angeles, Sao Paolo, Singapore, Paris and Tokyo. It opens in Manchester this week. |
Old Landmark Returns To Manchester Landscape
27 May 2002
Manchester Art Gallery re-opened its doors to the public at the weekend after an £11.6 million programme of improvements begun in November 1998. £2.35m was provided by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The Gallery is intended to be a focus for cultural life in Manchester and the North West's flagship venue for the visual arts. |
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European Social Fund – latest bidding round in Cumbria
The Learning and Skills Council Cumbria has launched it’s 9th Objective 3 European Social Fund (ESF) bidding round to support a range of activity in the sub-region:
Funding is available for:
- Projects in specific local areas for young people and/or adults, particularly those from disadvantaged target groups, to undertake a learning and skills programme to enable them to reach basic levels of employability;
- Training-the-trainer programmes to increase the number of skills for life tutors and/or those that work with people with a learning difficulty and/or disability;
- Pilot pre-E2E programmes to enable young people to progress to mainstream E2E;
- A programme that will use innovative or creative methods for engaging young people that are not in education employment or training, including those from targeted ethnic backgrounds, in learning activities to improve their personal, communication, key and basic skills;
- Projects that link with local regeneration initiatives and economic strategies to help support unemployed and disadvantaged people back into work by providing sector-specific vocational training;
- A programme that includes a flexible package of interventions to assist adult workers in the Carlisle/West Cumbria area, who have recently been made redundant or who are threatened with redundancy;
- A programme of learning to raise the skill levels of targeted communities in rural locations across Cumbria;
- Projects that raise the level of skills amongst public sector workers that have not achieved a level 2 qualification, by offering learning to help them achieve skills for life qualifications and improve their vocational/professional expertise;
- A Summer Learning and Skills Programme for young people aged 16-18; and
- Flexible training programmes to levels 3 and/or 4 to meet the needs of employers and employees – addressing skills needs identified through local economic analyses
Details of the activities the funding will support, and information on how to apply is available on the link below.
The deadline for receipt of applications is NOON on 1st December 2006.
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