ESF Tees Valley ESOL

This Invitation to Tender (ITT) is for Priority Axis 1 and its Investment Priorities (IP), where the need has been identified both in the LEP area and European Structural and Investment Fund Strategies.

The Priority Axis 1 supports activity to increase participation in the labour market and thereby improve social inclusion and mobility. The objectives of Priority Axis 1 covered in this specification are:

• To improve the employability of long-term unemployed people, so that they can compete effectively in the labour market. • To provide individuals from groups which face particular labour market disadvantage with additional support so that they can compete effectively in the labour market. • To encourage inactive people to participate in the labour market and to improve their employability. • To address the basic skills needs of unemployed and inactive people so that they can compete effectively in the labour market. • To provide support for women at a disadvantage in the labour market, and particularly those who are currently inactive, to contribute to our efforts to reduce the gender employment gap. • To support people with multiple and complex barriers to participation to address these underlying issues and to move closer to or into the labour market. • To support prisoners in custody and on release, and those without work who are serving sentences in the community, to improve their employability. • To engage marginalised individuals and support them to re-engage with education, training, or in employment. • To support young lone parents to overcome the barriers they face in participating in the labour market (including childcare). • To support people with multiple and complex barriers to participation to address these underlying issues and to move closer to or into the labour market.