European Social Fund in England
2007 - 2013
66,000 jobseekers will benefit from ESF cash
Jobseekers across the country will be able to access more specialised support from private providers from day one of their search for new work, thanks to the allocation of £79 million of European Social Fund money, Employment Minister Tony McNulty announced on 17 February 2009.
The extra money, first announced in December but allocated on 17 February, will go to help around 66,000 of those jobseekers who have significant barriers to getting back into work, and need extra support to find a new job.
Speaking at the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion’s Welfare to Work Conference in London, Tony McNulty said:
"This money will extend the specialised support offered by private providers to the newly unemployed.
"It will increase the number of places available allowing Jobcentre Plus to refer more people to these schemes as soon as they lose their jobs - bringing real, substantial help to people from day one.
"At the same time everyone who has been out of work for six months will be expected to take up this additional support."