Presented at NCVO's 2015 Evolve Conference by: - Sue Ormiston, EU Programme Manager, Big Lottery Fund - Nick Dexter, Department for Communities and Local Government. How to access the European Structural and Investment Funds. https://www.ncvo.org.uk/training-and-events/evolve-conference

1. FACILITATOR:
SANDRA TURNER, EU AND INTERNATIONAL
MANAGER, NCVO
CHAIR:
ANITA PROSSER, CHAIR OF EUROPEAN FUNDING
NETWORK
SPEAKERS:
NICK DEXTER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT
FOR COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SUE ORMISTON, BIG LOTTERY FUND
S9: GETTING READY FOR £600 MILLION
INVESTMENT FROM THE EU

2. Overview - European Structural and
Investment Funds 2014-2020
Linked local
investments
European
Growth Programme
in England
€7.2bn (£5.2bn)
95% allocated
to LEP areas
ERDF (DCLG)
€3.6bn (£2.6bn)
EAFRD (Defra)
€215m
(£156m)
ESF (DWP)
€3.3bn
(£2.4bn)
YEI (DWP)
€159m
(£114m)

3. Priorities for ERDF spending in 2014-20
1. Research & Innovation – 21%
2. ICT - 3.4 %
3. SME Competitiveness - 40%
4. Low Carbon economy - 22%
• 95% of ERDF will be spent across 8 objectives
• 5% on Technical Assistance
• 80% of investments will support objectives 1 to 4
Financial Instruments (FIs) are business loans and equities finance
available under ERDF.
There are 4 FI models supporting objectives across 3 of the 8 priority areas: innovation,
SMEs and low carbon economy.
5. Environmental Protection - 3 %
6. Climate change adaptation -2 %
7. Sustainable transport in
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly – 1.6%
8. Social Inclusion – 1.4%
Technical Assistance – 5%

4. Priorities for ERDF spending in 2014-20
£2.6bn for 2014-20 Programme allocated to:
• SME competitiveness: £1,095m
• Low carbon approaches: £605m
• Research and innovation: £585m
• ICT and broadband: £103m
• Environmental protection: £81m
• Climate change adaptation: £52m
• Transport for Cornwall/IoS: £43m
• Social inclusion: £38m

5. Priorities for ERDF spending in 2014-20
SME competitiveness: £1,095m
• Access to finance through grants, loans and equity to help
businesses grow where some groups of Local Enterprise Partnership
areas are looking to build on current financial instruments to improve
access to finance for small businesses while others look to collaborate
to set up new financial instruments
• Business support including advice services for
entrepreneurship, commercialisation, and exports;
• Business support for new business start-ups;
• Premises for SMEs including managed workspaces and
business incubators where demand is shown to exceed supply.

6. Priorities for ERDF spending in 2014-20
Environmental protection: £81m
Coastal resilience (indicative 40%):
• managed realignment and mitigation of coastal squeeze
• shoreline re-nourishment, cliff and dune system stabilisation
• harbour, port and waterfront enhanced protection and adaptations not linked to transport
• improvements to coastal frontages and seawalls
• strengthening and extensions to estuary embankments
Fluvial risk management (indicative 30%):
• onsite or upstream attenuation and slowing the flow measures
• diversion channels
• raising strengthening and/or extending river walls and frontages
• fixed and temporary barriers and gates
• stepped back embankments
• resilience measures for business infrastructure, including for example dry or wet flood-proofing
• river restoration and improved conveyance measures
Surface water run-off and drainage systems (indicative 30%):
• integration, including retrofitting, of surface water and run off management measures into urban and
commercial redevelopments
• innovative measures in contexts where flood risk and land management relies on pumping and interrelates
with drainage

7. Priorities for ERDF spending in 2014-20
£2.6bn for 2014-20 Programme allocated to:
Environmental protection: £81m
• Investment in green and blue infrastructure such as green
corridors in urban areas and waterways
• Sustainable drainage to improve water quality and in some
cases local air quality.
• Provision of support and advice for businesses in the adoption
of innovative technologies and processes for the management and reuse
of energy, materials, water and waste (including recycling and recovery)
• Provision of support for the development, testing and
demonstration of innovative technologies to promote resource efficiency

8. Priorities for ERDF spending in 2014-20
Community-Led Local Development (CLLD): £38m
• Targeted on specific geographic areas of need and opportunity.
• Prioritising the needs of areas as identified by reference to the 20%
most deprived areas using the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD).
• Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, area 70% of resource available will
target the 30% most deprived areas according to the IMD. The
remaining 30% of resource may target areas outside of these where
they are adjacent
• Aim to overcome persistent barriers to growth and employment in
lagging areas or deprived communities, reduce the risk of poverty and
social exclusion, through improved access to economic growth and
development opportunities.

9. Better education, training
Social inclusion
Employment and Mobility
ESF spends against 3
thematic objectives
8
9
10
9
• TO 8 – Promoting sustainable
and quality employment and
supporting labour mobility –
917m ESF
• TO 9 – Promoting social
inclusion, combating poverty
and any discrimination - 751m
ESF
• TO 10 – Investing in
Education, training and
vocational training for skills
and lifelong learning – 1084m
ESF

10. Differences in focus between 2007-13
and 2014-20
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The 2014-2020 ERDF programme differs from previous programmes
because it has:
• A flexible, single programme across England – rather than 10 programmes
• A highly localised model built around functional geographies (LEP areas)
• Stronger focus on results rather than just spend
• Financial focus on top priorities – SMEs, innovation and low carbon economy
• More segmented menu of policy priorities such as environment, flood
prevention and broadband
• A stronger geographic agenda with an emphasis on cities and local
communities (e.g. Sustainable Urban Development)

11. 11
EU categories
of region
mapped
against LEP
areas in
England
2014-20

12. Governing ERDF in 2014-20
Growth Programme Board for England
(ERDF, ESF and part of EAFRD)
PROJECTS
• Single ERDF programme for
England – enables priorities and
funding to be flexed across the country
• Strong local growth delivery
network - translating local ambitions
into strong deliverable compliant
projects
• Working together with partners -
local LEP area ESIF sub-committees
provide advice/local intelligence on
local needs and opportunities and help
promote active participation
• Greater delegation of decision
making on projects in London
(through GLA) and to a lesser extent in
8 core cities (up to 10% of local ERDF
allocations)
Local Growth
Delivery Teams
covering LEP
areas
39 LEP area ESIF
sub- committees
DCLG as ERDF
Managing Authority
Single
programme
management
team
An aligned European Growth
Programme for England

13. LEP areas
How do we work with wider growth
initiatives ?
LEPs
EZ funding
European Structural and Investment Funds
Growing Places
Fund
Regional Growth
Fund
programmes
Coastal Communities
Fund
Strategic
Economic
Plan
Local Plans and
planning decisions
Further
Education
College
Investment
GROWTH
Jobs
Housing
Skills
Infrastructure
Regeneration
Transport
links
Local authority
assets and spending
Public private
partnerships
Private Sector
Investment
Growth
Deals
National policy initiatives and strategic drivers
Enterprise

14. Key Messages
• The Big Lottery Fund’s Opt in Offer
• The Application Process
• Role of the ESIF Committee
• Next Steps
• Questions and Answers
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INTRODUCTION
Photo:
Learning through Landscapes
NCVO member since 2000
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

15. OUR MISSION
Making a real
difference to
communities
and the lives of
people most in
need
ESF TO9
Promoting
social inclusion
and combating
poverty
OUTCOME 1
To maximise the
impact of
funding
OUTCOME 2
To improve access
to European Funds
by VCSE
organisations
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OVERALL VISION FOR
BUILDING BETTER OPPORTUNITIES
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

16. • Building Better Opportunities is now live
• 37 Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas are expected
to opt-in
• 71 projects in 25 LEP areas are now open for application
• £300m investment over 3 years to tackle poverty and
promote social inclusion
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KEY MESSAGES
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

17. Baker Tilly / Ecorys are offering support and advice
regarding monitoring, audit and reporting
requirements.
www.bboesfsupport.com
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SUPPORT TO APPLICANTS
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

18. 1. Supporting those furthest from the
labour market
2. Meet local needs and priorities
3. Actual costs
4. Grants, not contracts
5. Support available
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A SUMMARY
THE BIG LOTTERY OPT IN OFFER
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

19. 19
2-STAGE COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROCESS
APPLICATION PROCESS
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
Stage 1
Outline
Proposal
Stage 2
Detailed
Proposal

20. 20
BIG LOTTERY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
APPLICATION PROCESS
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
Stage 1
Outline
Proposal
Development
Funding
Lottery Money
Stage 2
Detailed
Proposal

21. • June / July 2015 – Stage 1 Application
• August / September 2015 – Stage 1 Assessment
• October 2015 – Stage 1 Decision Making
• November / December 2015 – Stage 2 Application
• January / February 2016 – Stage 2 Assessment
(there are multiple assessment
windows so this is the earliest)
• March 2016 – Stage 2 decisions & award
All dates are subject to minor change
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TRANCHE 1 KEY DATES
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

22. • October / November 2015 – Stage 1 Application
• December / January & February 2016 – Stage 1 Assessment
• March 2016 – Stage 1 Decision Making
• March / April 2016 – Stage 2 Application
• May / June 2016 – Stage 2 Assessment
(there are multiple assessment
windows so this is the earliest)
• July 2016 – Stage 2 decisions & award
All dates are subject to minor change
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TRANCHE 2 KEY DATES
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

23. 23
ROLE OF THE ESIF COMMITTEE
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
ESIF Committee
Advice on
strategic fit

24. 1. Assessment and decision making for Tranche 1 Applications
2. Development of Tranche 2 project outlines
3. BBO programme management and evaluation
24
NEXT STEPS
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

25. Feedback and Questions
25 www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

26. www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
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