Fast Forward Grants publications
Report on the London ESF Global Grants Programme Fast Forward Grants
In 2003 over 300 local community, voluntary, or non-governmental groups in 31 London boroughs received over £2.7m in grants from the Fast Forward Grants programme. Grants are awarded annually by the London ESF Global Grants Programme, managed by GLE, for projects that help the most disadvantaged unemployed people to move towards employment, developing skills and confidence for the next steps into jobs or training.
This report provides a brief description of all funded projects and considers how effective the programme has been in achieving its objectives. It also seeks to identify strengths and weaknesses in the approach taken to Global Grants in London.
Download 2006-07 report
Download 2003-04 report
Download 2002-03 report
For a hard copy of the report email mail@gle.co.uk
March 2003 - Global Grants Conference Report
Small community organisations can find European funding difficult to access: administrative and management arrangements can be demanding and difficult for very small groups to deal with – yet these are often the organisations best placed to support difficult to reach and excluded people.
This is a report on GLE’s Global Grants conference organised to allow intermediary bodies, projects who have gained funding, government offices, local authorities and the voluntary sector to look at the ways in which these programmes have developed, at their successes and weaknesses and at progress so far.