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ESF open call: Fuller Working Lives announced

This call seeks to support employees tackle their health and wellbeing issues and seeks to encourage the older workforce to stay in employment for a fuller working life.

The objectives of this call are to:

• address the basic skills needs of employed people, particularly in SMEs and micro businesses.
• increase the skills levels of employed people from the existing level to the next level up, to encourage progression in employment.
• increase the number of people with technical and job specific skills, particularly at level 3 and above and into higher and advanced level apprenticeships, to support business growth.
• increase the skills levels of employed women to encourage progression in employment and help address the gender employment and wage gap.

Want to find out more about the call and the local context, network with other organisations interested in this call and get support with your application?  Check out the Events page for details of the workshops being organised for October 2019.

For more information about the call and to download the call specification, visit the website.

Closing date for applications is December 10th 2019.

Article uploaded 18/9/19