1. Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Growth Programme
Jo Banks
Policy Manager
Louise Danks
Digital Content Officer
Louise Danks and I work in the ERDF Convergence Communications team. Our team is subject to funding through the European Programme and our role is to support the delivery of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Growth Programme.
We also have responsibility for starting to communicate about the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Growth Programme for ALL structural funds.
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly ITI Support Team

2. Building on Convergence
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly qualify for additional funding as our economic performance is below 75% of the European Union average.
The Growth Programme will see 600m Euros of investment for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
There are a number of different types of funding available:
Firstly, the European Regional Development Fund allocation of the Programme - 450m Euros
The objective of this funding is to build on the Convergence Programme that is just ending to deliver smart, sustainable and inclusive growth to generate high-value jobs.
Priorities include:
Research and Innovation
Supporting a shift to a low carbon economy
Sustainable transport
And business support
ERDF: € 450m

3. Building on Convergence
Secondly there is the European Social Fund, investment for skills and training – which is worth about 150m Euros.
The objective of this investment is to continue to provide additional skills, training and inclusion support. The aim of the European Social Fund is to:
increase labour market participation
promote social inclusion
develop the skills of the potential and existing workforce.
ESF: € 150m

4. More detail about the Growth Programme and the structural funds can be found on our website. This is where you will find links to the live ‘calls’ – that is, information about all the funding opportunities that are available across C&IoS.
It should be noted that the opportunities come in two different forms:
An opportunity for organisations to submit their projects for consideration to deliver required services
An opportunity for individuals, yourself, those you may work with, to access those projects

5. How it works… The process for responding to open ‘calls’
There are also opportunities for registered providers to deliver services through:
DWP
SFA
And other opportunities with the Big Lottery
On the Growth Programme website you will find this flow chart to explain the call process in more detail.
When a business or business support group responds to a call they complete an outline application. The relevant Government Department appraises the application and the local decision making Board (ITI Board in our case) provides information on its strategic fit against the local strategy.
Successful applicants are then invited to submit a full application.

6. The timetable of call release dates
When it is happening…
The timetable of call release dates
If you’re interested in future calls and when they are anticipated to go live, there is a call timetable on our website.
We will update this at least quarterly, so its worth checking it on a regular basis.

7. Finding out more… Website www.erdfconvergence.org.uk/growth-programme
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