Energising East Leeds CLLD Launch

Welcome to the launch of Energising East Leeds!

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WelcomeMartin Dean

Area Leader Communities Team

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 - top 20% most disadvantaged 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

£387,500

• Support for people to get into work

• Training for unemployed and economically inactive people

• Combat poverty and increase social inclusion

£750,000

Energising East Leeds Local Action Group

Paul BelbinEast Leeds LAG Chair

Energising East Leeds Local Action Group

What is a Local Action Group?

• 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 Local Action Group do?

• Develops calls for projects from the strategy.• Appraisal of applications.• Decides which projects should be funded.• Reports on progress of funded projects.

Energising East Leeds LAG Membership

Name Representative StatusPaul Belbin Independent ChairRobert Pitt Resident representativeRosie Cook Resident representativeCllr Asghar Khan Public SectorAllison Long Public SectorDavid Royle Private SectorJeremy Rhodes Private SectorBally Afzal Private Sector

East Leeds Local Development Strategy

• Wards included are parts of Killingbeck & Seacroft, Gipton & Harehills, Burmantofts & Richmond Hill, plus a small area of Chapel Allerton (Chapeltown).

• The programme can only focus on the areas in the lowest 20% (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010)

East Leeds Local Development StrategyObjective One

To commission a network of community centre/ organisation based ‘opportunity’ shop sessions as a

front door to key worker and integrated service support which includes home visits.

East Leeds Local Development Strategy

Objective Two

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.

East Leeds Local Development Strategy

Objective Three

To develop customised support which enables participants to progress along self- employment

pathways.

East Leeds Local Development StrategyPriority groups, as identified in the strategy:• Socially isolated and marginalised individuals furthest from the labour

market.• Ex-offenders.• White males age 50+.• People with low level mental health difficulties.• Young people aged 19-24.• Those with substance misuse issues • NEETs.• Additional outputs include people with disabilities and people from

BAME communities.

East Leeds Local Development Strategy

• Support established enterprises.

• Increase employment in those supported enterprises.

• Support entrepreneurs assisted to be enterprise ready.

Keynote SpeakerCouncillor/LAG Member

Asghar KhanBurmantofts & Richmond Hill

East Leeds CLLD Area Profile

East Leeds is made up of a diverse ethnic and cultural population, one in three residents belong to BAME communities.

East Leeds CLLD Area Profile

• The area is densely populated (82,482 –Census 2011).

• In 2011, 14% of the population had been living in the UK for less than 10 years.

East Leeds CLLD Area Profile

• Around one in three working age residents claim at least one key DWP benefit.

• Residents experience barriers in entering the job market which is highlighted in the high number of claimants for Job Seekers Allowance (JSA).

East Leeds CLLD Area Profile

• The area has a very young population with nearly 25% of residents under 19.

• Educational attainment is below the city average at all Key Stages. The percentage of young people that are designated as NEET at over 10% is high.

Energising East Leeds

Energising East Leeds CLLD Programme seeks to build on the success of our city to create new

opportunities for some of our most deprived people.

Energising East Leeds Strengths and opportunities

• The Neighbourhood Improvement infrastructure has strengthened and focused local partner endeavours and created greater capacity to work around common objectives and with connected leadership.

Energising East Leeds Strengths and opportunities

• The area has diverse third sector which has its roots firmly in local communities.

• There are large and diverse business capacity within the East Area.

• Strong local partnerships and community infrastructure networks.

Programme OverviewKerry Courtney

Deputy CLLD Programme Manager

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 jobs

Programme OverviewWhat activities are possible?

ESF• 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 Application Process

• The process to invite applications (calls)• LAG will invite applications on specific objectives/themes • Will only be open for Expressions of Interest for a limited

time• Minimum size of projects will be £100,000 (£50,000

match)

• ERDF• Will address Objective 2 of the East Leeds Local

Development Strategy• Total amount of ERDF available in call - £150,000• Minimum ERDF value for projects = £50,000• 50% match funding required

Programme Overview – Call 1Energising Enterprise in East Leeds

Programme Overview – Call 2Energising Employment in East Leeds

• ESF and ERDF • Mid November release date• Call Launch Event – w/c 5th November• Objective 1 and 3• Total amount of ESF/ERDF available = £400,000• Minimum ESF/ERDF value for projects = £50,000• 50% match funding required

Application Process and EligibilityVerity O’Hara

CLLD Funding Support Worker

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

• Call 1 - Early October• Call 2 - Mid November• Call 3 - Early January 2019• Additional calls excepted up to March 2020• Project delivery until March 2022

But What About Brexit?

• CLLD Programme are 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 in their

funding agreement.

Expression of Interest Forms

Project Eligibility - Activities

Applications must:

• Focus on activity in Local Development Strategy• Make sure that projects are not duplicating other projects

/programmes • 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 Issue

• This funding is not for everyone – complex and bureaucratic (not for small, developing or inexperienced third sector groups)

• Organisations should ideally be experienced in dealing with external funding

• Strict rules about eligibility, and complying with regulations• Money can be clawed back• High levels of administration and paperwork• Level of administration is exactly the same whatever

value/size your project

What Support is Available?

Follow Up Workshops

Workshop 1: 9th October, 10:00 – 12:00Little London Community Centre, Oatland Lane, Leeds, LS7 1SP

Workshop 2: 18th October, 10:00 – 12:00Ebor Gardens Community Centre, Halsewood Drive, Leeds LS9 7PS

These are open to all organisations interested in applying. Please contact the team to book on.

Appointment Sessions

• Ongoing support from FWs throughout • East – 26 October,10-12 noon, Richmond Hill Community

Centre

• South – 24th October,10–12 noon, Middleton Community Centre• West – 25 October, 10-12 noon, Strawberry Lane Community

Centre These are open to all organisations interested in applying.

Please contact the team to book on.

South Leeds Together, West Leeds Working West Leeds Thriving – Call 1

South • ESF• Priority – Helping and encouraging sex workers into alternative

employmentWest• ERDF• Developing social enterprise, entrepreneurship and self-employment

through collaboration between residents, SME’s and local economic bodies (Objectives 3 and 4 of the West Leeds Local Development Strategy)

Website• www.leedsCLLD.co.uk• Latest calls information• Expression of Interest Forms and all project

documentation• Maps of areas covered

Breakout Session

Breakout Session Feedback and Q&A

Thank you for attendingW: www.leedsCLLD.co.uk

E: CLLD.Programme.Team@leeds.gov.ukverity.ohara@leeds.gov.uk

@LeedsEastCLLD

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