European Social Fund – Community Grants Contract – London South
The ESF Community Grants are funded by the European Social Fund.
Applications are now closed as we have fully allocated the Grants.
Find the list of successful ESF Community Grants recipients here.
Only applications that evidence a strong prior achievement in progression into Employment will be submitted to the Panel.
The London South (LS) Grant Applicants must deliver their activities and target residents from within any of the Local Authorities listed below:
- Croydon
- Kingston upon Thames
- Merton
- Richmond upon Thames
- Sutton
The LLC Community Grants Strategy for London South is available to download below:
LLC COMMUNITY GRANTS STRATEGY LONDON SOUTH 2019
Contact Us:
To find out more and to discuss your Application, please contact us via the following details:
Tel: 0208 774 4040
Email: community.grants@londonlc.org.uk
Zaia Merabet, is the lead of the Community Grants Contracts. She is dedicated to supporting and guiding each Grants Applicants from the Application to the End of the Delivery. Zaia has been involved within the Voluntary and Community Sector for many years and takes this role to heart as she is committed in helping third sector or small organisations change local people’s life.
She is always available to answer Grant Recipients queries over the phone, email and via Teams/Zoom. She implements processes and activities, such as Telekits, to help ease the completion of the formalities and help Grant Recipients meet the contract requirements. She believes in a one-to-one approach, and a forward and transparent attitude towards Grant Recipients. She encourages Grant Recipients to share good practice, help each other, and be involved with the decision process as a Panel Member. All relevant documents, guidance, updates, Q&As are regularly shared with Grants Recipients via email, and easily accessible to Grant Recipients via a robust online Portal. She delivers group sessions online such as On Boarding meetings, Refresher sessions and others.
One of the results of the Intense one-to-one Support is that some current Grant Recipients who never worked on an ESF Contract before the ESF Community Grants are now applying for a second contract following their successful achievement.