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

E: Claire.Anderson@leeds.gov.uk

@WestLeedsCLLD

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