Liverpool City Region (LCR) Combined Authority bid to Department for Work and Pensions to secure £42 million European Social Fund grant. This grant will support workless people to re-enter the labour market and address benefit dependency. Sefton's share of the LCR total project cost is £6,173,124, of which £1,828,182 is match financed from Sefton MBC existing budgets and the remaining £2,742,123 from ESF and £1,602,918 from Youth Employment Initiative (YEI). The decision requested is to enable the external monies to be used within the Authority to support the delivery of an agreed range of outcomes for young people and adults at risk of exclusion from the world of work.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Both Financial and Community Impact;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 29/01/2016
Financial: Yes;
Community Impact: Yes;
Decision due: 10 Mar 2016 by Cabinet
Lead member: Cabinet Member - Regeneration and Skills
Lead director: Head of Inward Investment and Employment
Department: Regeneration and Skills
Contact: Claire Maguire Email: claire.maguire@sefton.gov.uk Tel: 0151 934 2684.
Consultation process
Meetings have been held with finance and legal teams to update them on the application process and timetable for ESF funding. Detailed consultation has been held with the Cabinet Member – Regeneration and Skills and with the LCR employment and skills officers group. The LCR Combined Authority has been consulted via the LCR Employment and Skills Board and the LCR Local Enterprise Partnership.
Consultees
Cabinet Member – Regeneration and Skills; the LCR employment and skills officers group; the LCR Combined Authority the LCR Employment and Skills Board and the LCR Local Enterprise Partnership