In October, Big Lottery will publish a Call for Applications for two contracts: support for young people not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) support for young people at risk of becoming NEET OCVA are hosting two events for organisations interested in bidding for funds to work with disadvantaged young people in Oxfordshire. This first event is an open meeting for any organisations interested Oxfordshire’s BBO NEETs contracts. You'll be able to get information, and do partner finding and networking. Outline: John Bell (OCVA) will be focusing on the roles and responsibilities of organisations leading BBO partnerships, during the bidding process and once projects are under way. This is an opportunity for organisations to check their suitability as partnership leads, and also to look at what they should expect from their partners. Participants will want to download papers for this session. The papers are available on the OCVA website. Room: Seminar Room A Catering: Water, tea, coffee, biscuits (The second meeting will be on 29 September 2015 at 9.30-12.30, at OCVA in central Oxford – no parking. Please make a note of this date and time now, since interested parties will want to be at the second meeting as well as this first one.) Not sure if you could lead a bidding partnership? Contact us for informal advice: esf@ocva.org.uk Visit OCVA’s ESF pages http://ocva.org.uk/hub/esif/ for more information on the BBO programme, to register for email updates and to search for possible bidding partners. For details, link here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-better-opportunities-esfesif-oxfordshire-neets-contracts-kick-off-tickets-18187279643
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