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The Mayor of London today announced that he will provide £20 million to boroughs to match funding they receive from government through the Youth Opportunity Fund (YOF) and Positive Activities for Young People (PAYP).

Brief Summary of ESF - What is ESF? The European Social Fund (ESF) is one of four main structural funds set up to help reduce differences in living standards between the regions of the European Union (EU). ESF contributes to the European Employment Strategy supporting policies and initiatives described in the Operational Plan and South East ESF Framework 2007-10. * Priority 1 - Extending employment opportunities; to increase employment and reduce unemployment and inactivity and to help tackle barriers to work faced by disadvantaged groups * Priority 2 - Developing a skilled and adaptable workforce; to develop a skilled and adaptable workforce by reducing the number of workers without basic skills, increasing qualifications to L2, and L3, reducing gender segregation in the workforce, and developing managers and workers in small enterprises. ESF funds revenue projects which are principally aimed at combating unemployment, improving the skills of the workforce to improve adaptability, and increasing levels of entrepreneurship and small business growth.

short video upload to bbc3. fab opportunity to tell stories. If you polish these like mini 3minute movies, then you can build an audience. Perhaps giving you evidence and confidence to get in touch ith Channel 4's three minute wonders: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/3-minute-wonder Spread your message for free on three ;o)

New Regional Worklessness Fund for LAA and MAA Areas 13/11/2009 A new funding opportunity will shortly be launched by the SW RIEP Local Economy Programme. A combination of funding from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) and SW RIEP will be used to assist local authorities and their partners as they work to alleviate worklessness and deliver their worklessness related LAA and MAA targets. The funding will be used in two ways: * each LAA or MAA area will be invited to submit a proposal to draw down funding to support projects addressing the causes and effects of worklessness in their area * Regional Worklessness Network will be established to supplement the individual project proposals from local authorities

big 15 questions to be healthier charities - address weaknesses, opps, and threats. charity commission.

Food for thought and methodology of how you could add value through use of web technologies to the customers/clients/communities you serve. Inspirational!

Xtine, here's tons of bits that you could nick to justify the impact of elearning @ CLP ;-) it will really, really - REALLY! inspire you ;-) will skype it to you ;-)