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European funding in Newcastle
European funding in Newcastle comes from two European funds:
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) supports the socio-economic change of urban, industrial and rural areas in Europe. It helps develop local and regional economy, create jobs, build new and refurbish old buildings, improve environment and co-operate with partners in Europe;
European Social Fund (ESF) helps prevent and fight unemployment in Europe. It helps people find jobs, participate in trainings, gain qualifications and promote equality between men and women.
How do we use European Funding in Newcastle?
Examples of Europe-funded projects
How can you find out more about European funding in Newcastle?
How do we use European Funding in Newcastle?
In Newcastle public, private, voluntary and community groups use European funding to co-fund different types of projects. The most important are:
developing strategic sites in the city,
helping residents of the most deprived areas of the city find jobs,
co-operating with partners in Europe.
Examples of Europe-funded projects
Learn NorthEast Community Grants
The Learn NorthEast Community Grants programme will provide grants of up to £12,000 to small, third sector, voluntary and community organisations to engage with local communities to deliver a range of skills and employment support activities to enable people from the hardest to reach communities, experiencing multiple disadvantages, to make progress towards the labour market.
Download the application pack (pdf, 191Kb) to find out more about the Community Grants application round for the new European Social Fund (ESF) Programme.
Dance City
ERDF helped to finance the construction of the new dance centre in the very heart of Newcastle. Dance City was opened in October 2005. It provides dance classes for people of all ages and ability levels and showcases dance performances. Dance City is also a home to dance enterprises and provides them with office and studio space to develop their artistic product (performance, teaching and choreography) and support management and administration of their business activities.
Seven Stories - The Centre for the Children’s Books
With the help of ERDF and One North East’s Single Programme fund, an old industrial mill and warehouse in the Ouseburn Valley was converted into Seven Stories - The Centre for the Children’s Books. The centre, the only of its kind in Britain, collects manuscripts and original artwork of Britain’s highly acclaimed modern writers and illustrators for children. Seven Stories comprises gallery space to house exhibitions as well as a library, bookshop and education studio for arts and education events where children and their parents can meet writers, illustrators, actors, musicians and story tellers.
At Work in Newcastle
At Work in Newcastle is a job-brokering project supported by ESF. It aims at both:
attracting local companies to use the project services to find employees;
preparing local people to successfully apply for these jobs.
The project provides one-to-one support to local residents of Target Communities and matches people with job opportunities. The project can even carry out job interviews for the employers. At Work also supports the new employees so that the pathway from not working to working is smooth. The first phase of the project helped over 250 people to find jobs.
Volunteers at the Stepney Bank Stables
Stepney Bank Stables supported unemployed, young volunteers from deprived backgrounds with the funding from ESF. The project used horses as a tool to teach youngsters responsibility and encourage positive patterns of behaviour. Over 90 young people, fascinated with the animals, helped to take care of horses and performed other tasks at the stables. This helped them to build up their confidence and self esteem and challenged their existing ideas and attitudes. Most teen-agers decided to continune into further education or vocational training. INHERIT – Investing in Heritage to Regenerate Historic Cities
This project is funded by ERDF under the INTERREG programme (IIIC), and comprises a European network, led by the European Association of Historic Towns and Regions (based in Norwich). European partners include Belfast, Verona, Gothenburg, Ubeda and Gdansk. The key aim of INHERIT is to understand the underlying processes that underpin successful heritage led regeneration. The work of INHERIT involves study visits to each partner city to identify different approaches to heritage led regeneration, key issues and local examples of good practice. The project runs from March 2005 until December 2007, with a total EU funding of €636,587.
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How can you find out more about European funding in Newcastle?
If you would like to find out more about ERDF and ESF projects delivered by Newcastle City Council, please contact:
Jacqui Kell on 211 5662
E-mail: jacqui.kell@newcastle.gov.uk
Karen Christon on 211 5685
E-mail: karen.christon@newcastle.gov.uk
Julie McIlwraith on 211 5683
E-mail: julie.mcilwraith@newcastle.gov.uk
If you would like to apply for European funding for a project supporting local communities in West end, East end or North West of Newcastle, please contact
Claire Prospert on 211 5693
E-mail: claire.prospert@newcastle.gov.uk
Joanna Lompart – Chlasciak on 211 5672
E-mail: joanna.lompart.chlasciak@newcastle.gov.uk
If you would like to learn more about European funding supporting co-operation with partners in Europe, please contact:
Kate Mellor on 211 5690
E-mail: kate.mellor@newcastle.gov.uk
