Some ways your organisation might be able to participate in the Convergence programmes include: -
1 Apply for an ESF Community Grant to deliver a project to raise the skills, knowledge and employability of the hardest to reach groups and individuals. Applications for the next round of Community Grants are expected to open in Summer 2011. Click here for more.
2 Get an organisational health check or training through the Capacity Building Works programme. Click here for more.
3 Get Superfast broadband to develop innovative ways of communicating with your users. Click here to find out more.
4 Attend one of Partner to Succeed’s Collaboration Clubs to learn about working in partnership with other organisations. Click here for more.
5 Get Convergence-funded training for volunteers through Volunteer Cornwall. Click here for more.
6 Use CN4C’s ERDF Convergence-funded voluntary sector and social enterprise hub at The Elms, for example for meetings and back office support. Click here for more.
7 Become a subcontractor and deliver work for a prime contractor, for example the joint Cornwall Council/ Learning Partnership for Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly programme for people Not In Education, Employment or Training. Click here for more.
USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS
These are general contacts for Convergence, which your organisation and its users might find useful: -
- Convergence Partnership Office free helpline: 0800 028 0120
- Business Link for business support: 0845 600 9966
- Cornwall Works for help into work and training: 01872 355 015
- Next Step for adult learners: 01566 771130
