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LSC North East

On Monday 3 March, Peter Smith (Government Office North East - pictured right) presented Chris Roberts (Regional Director, North East Learning and Skills Council - left) with a plaque recognising the LSC's status as an ESF Co-financing Organisation in the North East.

ESF Co-financing Organisations across the country are receiving ESF plaques to help publicise their status

What is ESF?
The European Social Fund (ESF) is funding from the European Union designed to improve the skills of the workforce and help people who are having difficulty finding work.   

This money is distributed by the Government Office for the North East (GONE) to the co-financing organisations in the region:
Learning and Skills Council; and
JobCentre Plus.
These organisations set out their respective priorities and invite providers to bid for project funding to deliver activities that will help them to achieve their priorities.
ESF funding is awarded for time-limited projects through an open and competitive tendering (OCT) process. Once contracts have been awarded the co-financing organisation (CFO) works with the providers concerned to ensure they are delivering to agreed targets.

If you are in urgent need of any information relating to ESF, please contact Heather Mills, External Contracts Manager, on 0845 019 4181 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it