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People and Skills Grants
People and Skills Grants
The People and Skills grants scheme is now closed.
This funding is focused on supporting programmes of activity that will empower local people to engage with skills and employment opportunities that are available in the borough.
Grants of between £1,000 and £20,000 will be available to Swale’s Voluntary, Community, Social Enterprise and Faith (VCSEF) sector to deliver activities that work towards the following outcomes:
- increasing confidence to apply for skills and digital training and further education
- exploring training and skills and digital development options and education options
- accessing employment support,providing digital skills qualifications and awarding qualifications or licences
We are encouraging VCSE organisations to come together and make collaborative applications for funding.
This is a discretionary grant scheme, and all decisions are based on our assessment of applications to determine if the required criteria are met.
If you would like further advice on this scheme and how it will be applied, please contact the Community & Partnerships Team at communitygrants@swale.gov.uk
Public question and answer session
Swale Voluntary Alliance will be delivering an online Q&A session for VCSEF organisations on at 15.30pm on Tuesday 4 June to answer any questions, to book a place please contact: comms.sva@gmail.com.
Who can apply
The scheme is only open to not-for-profit organisations and proposals will be assessed by a panel of partner organisations.
Applications from collaborative bids are welcomed and weighted higher when individual scoring of applications is carried out.
How to apply
Applications for the People and Skills grant are now closed.
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