European Social Fund in England

On-line publicity resources

A number of on-line resources will be added to this site in 2008 - for use by Government Offices, Co-financing Organisations, ESF (and match) providers and others publicising ESF activities. These include key messages and guidance on producing participant case studies.

• Key messages and key facts about the 2007-2013 ESF programme and new projects should be used, as appropriate, by the Managing Authority, Co-financing Organisations, projects and partners in their information and publicity materials including press notices.
• Guidance on producing ESF case studies is available for use by providers and sub-contractors running projects, Co-financing Organisations and others publicising ESF outcomes and achievements.

ESF Regional Publicity Network

The aim of the ESF publicity network is to raise the profile of ESF investment in jobs and skills; share best practice and consistency across regions; and ensure regulatory requirements on publicity are understood and implemented.

Its membership includes representatives from: all Co-financing Organisations, DWP and Learning and Skills Council (LSC) national ESF teams, Government Offices, the London Development Agency, the Government of Gibraltar, Devolved administrations, Communities and Local Government (ERDF programme) and the European Commission's Representation in the UK.

The presentations from the fourth network meeting, which took place in Bristol on 23 and 24 March 2010, are available below.

• ESF Publicity Evaluation
• Seetec - Provider Presentation
• Top Tips for Awards Presentations
• Learning & Skills PR Toolkit
• Media Relations and the Use of a Regional Brand
• Real Ideas Organisation - Provider Presentation
• Publicising ESF in 2010 and beyond

The presentations from the third network meeting, which took place in London on 18 and 19 May 2009, are available below.

• Tribal: ESF-Works. This presentation has been broken down into smaller files to make it quicker to download:
  Tribal: ESF-Works, Part 1
  Tribal: ESF-Works, Part 2
  Tribal: ESF-Works, Part 3
• Akademi – Provider presentation. This presentation has been broken down into smaller files to make it quicker to download:
  Akademi, Part 1
  Akademi, Part 2
• Broomleigh – Provider presentation
• Women Like Us – Provider presentation

The presentations from the second meeting of the network, which took place in Sheffield on 11 November 2008, are available below.

• Convergence ESF Branding: Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Convergence Partnership Office
• Publicising the Structural Funds in Merseyside – ‘The objective one programme - eu&merseyside’

The presentations from the first meeting of the network, which took place in Sheffield on 10 and 11 March 2008, are available below.

• Beyond Press Releases, Working with Television: Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Convergence Partnership Office
• Network Meeting - Day One
• Network Meeting - Day Two

A catalogue of publicity and promotional materials provides details of some publicity resources that are currently available. As supplies are limited they are available only to Government Offices, Co-financing Organisations and other members of the ESF Regional Publicity Network.

Examples of some regional ESF publicity booklets are available in the 'ESF in Action - case studies' section of this website.