Category: Employment, Education and Skills

The North of Tyne Combined Authority (NTCA) Small Grant Programme 2023-25

Today, September 8th 2023, marks the launch of North of Tyne Small Grant Programme for community-based initiatives in the North of Tyne. This project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund with the North of Tyne Combined Authority as the lead authority. The North of Tyne Combined Authority is a partnership […]

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Innovation Fund 2023-25

Round 3 of the Innovation Fund coming January 2024 The programme, funded by the Violence Reduction Unit is delivered by Rocket Science with capacity building support from Action for Race Equity (ARE) Read on to find out more and how to apply. Who is the Programme for? London’s Violence Reduction Unit is committed to encouraging […]

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How inequalities lock people out of realising their aspirations

How inequalities lock people out of realising their aspirations Earlier this year Labour failed in an attempt end the tax breaks many private schools achieve through charitable statuses. This has been a key focus for Kier Starmer in recent months, and his party claimed ending such a move could raise £1.7bn to be spent on teachers, careers advice, and […]

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Covid, Coffee and Catchup – join the conversation about employment support

Over the past month, we have been holding informal discussions with employment leads in Local Authorities, providers and funders to think about what employment support responses are needed as we move from crisis to recovery.  We have done some thinking about the need for greater coherence locally and the role local authorities can play as […]

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