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£6m match funding for integrating third country nationals
16 April 2010
A call for proposals for the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals is now open. The closing date for completed applications is 4pm on Friday 4th June 2010.
The Fund is aimed at newly arrived, legal, third-country national migrants – that is, migrants who have arrived within the last five years, who are not asylum seekers, refugees, European Union or European Economic Area nationals, and who have not come to the UK in a short-term visa category such as students.
Around £6.4m is available on a match-funding basis to support new projects commencing on or shortly after 1 July 2010. The minimum grant amount that can be applied for per year is £40,000 and projects can last for up to three years. Projects must aim to assist the target group in one or both of the following ways:
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Preparing third-country nationals for their integration into the UK in a better way by supporting pre-travel measures which enable them to acquire knowledge and skills necessary for their integration, such as vocational training, information packages, comprehensive civic orientation courses and language tuition in the country of origin
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Setting up programmes and activities aimed at introducing newly arrived third-country nationals to the UK and enabling them to acquire basic knowledge about the UK’s language, history, institutions, socio-economic features, cultural life and the fundamental norms and values, complementing existing programmes and activities.
Eligible applicants include NGOs, charities, academic institutions, central and local government, intergovernmental organisations, limited companies and any partnership made up of these organisations.
Featured Event
Open Public Services - Passage of a bill workshop
This VSNW/Parliamentary Outreach Service event will explore the stages that the bill would go through, their relative importance and ways to engage and influence
Featured News
Two days left to enter our case study competition - prizes up for grabs!
We are inviting local groups and local or regional infrastructure organisations from across the North West to submit ideas for Listen Value Invest 2012 case studies about their work and how they are adjusting to the new environment
Transforming Local Infrastructure Fund results announced
The beneficiaries of the £30 million fund to help transform and modernise local charity support services have been announced by Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society.
Relaunch of Voluntary Sector Cuts Website
The Voluntary Sector Cuts website has now been relaunched with additional functionality to enable VCS organisations to records cuts to funding and their effects
Events & Trainings
VSNW’s list of events & training opportunities for VCS groups in the North West
