Employability Grants Programme

Tender description

As part of the Scottish Government’s No One Left Behind model, East Lothian Council is pleased to launch a competitive grants process, the Employability Grants Programme. This is not a competitive process for a tender but notification of a challenge fund process for grant funding for 2022-2023. East Lothian Local Employability Partnership (on behalf of East Lothian Council) is looking for new, engaging, and innovative projects that will increase the offer of employability provision across East Lothian. The Employability Grant Programme aims to support two key outcomes: 1. Reducing unemployment 2. Increasing income through employment An information session is being held at 10am on Friday 28th January 2022 via Teams. The Employability Grant Programme will open for applications on Monday 31st January 2022. Completed application forms should be submitted no later than 5pm Friday 25th February 2022. To register for the information session or for further information please email elworks@eastlothian.gov.uk It should be noted that this is not a procurement and will follow a grant application process.