Fast Forward Grants programme
Fast Forward Grants, the London ESF Global Grants Programme, provides grants up to £10,000 to small voluntary and community organisations, or other non-governmental organisations, to run projects which will help unemployed people move towards employment.
The grants are targeted at those who face the most difficulty in entering the labour market, particularly people with disabilities, lone parents, ex-offenders, black and ethnic minority groups and refugees.
Application is through a simple application form which must demonstrate that the project meets five eligibility criteria:
- the organisation is eligible
- the actions will help people towards employment
- the people helped are unemployed and facing significant difficulties
- the expenditure meets a few simple rules
- a supporting statement is provided
Part of the application form will be scored with higher priority given to projects delivering skills training.
When a grant award is approved by the partnership, full funding is provided, no match funding being required or allowed, and grants are paid at the start of the project not in arrears.
Funding in 2006-07 was provided by the London Development Agency and the London borough of Hammersmith & Fulham and the London borough of Bromley.
The Fast Forward Grants Programme is managed and supported by GLE, under contract to the Government Office for London. Occasional publications and notices of events are also posted on this site.
Click here for the list of organisations which received the grants in the 2007 - 2008 programme.
Click here to see summaries of the projects.
To view photographs from the May celebration event click here
The 2007-08 funding round is now finished.
Information on next year’s Fast Forward Grants programme is not confirmed at this time. Please check back at a later date for more information of the next funding round.