Building Better Opportunities (Black Country)- call for delivery partners Round 4

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Building Better Opportunities (BBO) is a new multi-million pound funding programme which matches money from the European Social Fund and Big Lottery Fund to tackle poverty and social exclusion faced by the most disadvantaged people in England. Following the development of the BBO Black Country Employment Support for Over 24’s BRIDGES Partnership, further small areas of need have been identified within the Black Country. We are seeking a maximum of one additional delivery partner with a grant allocation of £160,000 to provide a programme of services within or across the Black Country, which include: • Community-based innovative and creative soft-skills development-related activities and/or • Community-based innovative and creative employability-related activities We are inviting organisations who would like to join our partnership to deliver services relating to the above, to complete and submit our Expression of Interest, which you can download here. If you would like to apply to be one of our delivery partners, please submit your completed form via email by 9.00am Monday 18th July 2016. Expressions of Interest received after this time may not be considered. Before deciding to apply for this opportunity, we strongly recommend you read the Building Better Opportunities Programme Guide and the Employment Support for Over 24’s Black Country LEP project outlines on Big Lottery Fund’s website: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/global-content/programmes/england/building-better-opportunities/black-country As well as the BBO Programme Guide: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/global-content/programmes/england/building-better-opportunities Additional information is included in BLF’s The Guide to Delivering European Funding: https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/global-content/programmes/england/building-better-opportunities/guide-to-delivering-european-funding We will only accept electronically completed forms which should be emailed, with the heading ‘Employment support for the over 24s’ to: business.development@stepstowork.co.uk Notification of outcome will be received by applicants no later than Monday 1st August 2016 If you require further information please contact Steps to Work via the email addresses above. This project is funded through Big Lottery Fund and the European Union through European Social Fund.