European Social Fund Projects for people out of work
As part of the European Social Fund (ESF), the following projects are available for people currently out of work. If you do not qualify for any of these projects, you may still qualify for one of the other ESF projects available.
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| Step Into Employment | Those aged 16-65 who are unemployed including long term unemployed or economically inactive |
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| LEMIS North West 2022 | Participants who are unemployed, including long term unemployed and economically inactive |
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| Lemis works | Long term unemployed and economically inactive, Care Leavers, ex-offenders, people with convictions, homeless, and those with a history of drug and alcohol abuse |
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| Exploring Enterprise Programme | The unemployed and economically inactive across Northern Ireland to develop the confidence and capabilities to explore routes into employment or self-employment |
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| ASPIRE | Participants aged 16+ who are unemployed, under-employed or economically inactive; specifically those who are deemed to be furthest from the labour market/hardest to reach |
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| Women Towards Education & Employment | Women 18+ who are unemployed or economically inactive and who may also fall into one or more of the following categories: Lone Parent; Migrant; Those from minority groups; Disabled/with health conditions; other disadvantage (ex-offenders, drug and alcohol misusers) and Carers. |
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| STEP UP 2 EMPLOYMENT | Unemployed and economically inactive women, including the following:- carers, ex-offenders, women returners, black minority ethnic women, eligible foreign nationals, teenage parents, disabled and mental health, long Covid, Low educational achievers/no qualifications and low self esteem/confidence, not engaged on any current programmes. |
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| Job Match | To reach those particularly marginalised including ex-offenders, care givers or those living with disability/health problems |
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| Working Well | Economically inactive or unemployed individuals across NI in prison and people in the community, many being under supervision by PBNI for post-release licence/community orders. |
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| Building Your Future | To recruit unemployed (including long-term unemployed) job seekers and economically inactive individuals, both male and female adults. |
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| Learn2Earn | Dedicated to supporting those within the area of need who are economically inactive or unemployed and those recently made redundant. |
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| Step Up to Sustainable Employment+ | Long term unemployed (active job seekers), Economically inactive including carers, lone parents, stay at home parents and early school leavers. |
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| WWW.WORK.3 | Support adults who have neurodivergent conditions (for example autism, ADHD, ADD, OCD, Tourette’s Syndrome, Dyslexia. Dyspraxia), and who are economically inactive, to access employment, education, training. |
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| Training For Employment | Long-term unemployed and people who have been economically inactive in the labour market for some time. People with barriers for example caring responsibilities, no/low qualifications and health issues that impact on their ability to secure and retain employment. |
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| Reaching Further | Participants aged 16-30-years who are unemployed (including long-term unemployed) and economically-inactive. |
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| The PATHWAYS Project | Women aged 16-64 classified as unemployed or economically inactive but will look to specifically target the following subsets within this grouping:- Lone parents, Older women, Migrant and minority ethic women, Women returners and Women from areas of high deprivation. |
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| Skills North West Project | Reach participants most removed from the labour market, traditionally excluded and isolated and caught in a historic cycle of worklessness/poverty. |
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| Target and recruit unemployed women, economically inactive women, lone parents who are unemployed/economically inactive, people who have additional barriers to getting into work, women returners who are seeking to re-enter employment and women from BAME backgrounds who face additional barriers. |
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| Path 2 Employment | Long-termed unemployed and economically inactive clients and those who are the hardest to reach and furthest from the labour market. |
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| Belfast Works (BW) | To support participants’ personal and employability skills development and job search, with the aim of moving them into employment, education, or training. |
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