Information about the Talk English Community Fund May 2015.

Information about the Talk English Community Fund

May 2015

English Language Competition

‘to discover innovative ways of delivering community-based English language programmes that will help to integrate participants into their local communities’

DCLG, 2013

Project beneficiaries

• have little or no English language

• unable to access mainstream ESOL support, as delivered via the Skills Funding Agency

• live in areas with high demand for ESOL

• are aged 19+

Bradford

Oldham

Pendle

Manchester

BurnleyKirklees

Hyndburn

Blackburnwith Darwen

Rochdale

Consortium and Areas

The figures

England & Wales Original Areas

Population 54 million 2.2 million

Cannot speak English well

725,639 1.3% 13,804 2.6%

Cannot speak English

137,511 0.3% 62,236 0.6%

The figures

Office of National Statistics, 2011 Census: Proficiency in English, local authorities in England and Wales, accessed February 2014 at www.ons.gov.uk

Courses

• For beginners• Take place in community settings• Taught by volunteers who are recruited and

trained through the project

Learners on a Talk English

Course

210

courses

Taught by

500 volunteers

Engaging

3000learners

Friends

• 1:1 or small group support for people learning English• Attend activities together• Volunteers are trained and recruited through the

project

Supporting people to

improve their English

400 volunteers

Supporting

1300learners

Activities

• Informal activities where people

can practise speaking English• And learn or do something fun or different at

the same time

Create and Talk English at Manchester Art

Gallery

500

activities

4600

attendances

Engaging an additional

1400learners

Here

• Raise ESOL awareness

• Improve communication with people with

low levels of English

• Encourage learners to try out their English in real-life situations

Staff in a Talk English Here

training session

100 organisation

s

Training

950staff

Website

• Online learning activities• Resources for volunteers and partner

organisations• More information about Talk English Here

www.talk-english.co.uk

70 staff

375 volunteers

800learners

The Community Fund• Applied and secured additional funding to continue and

extend the project from July 2015 – March 2016

• Included a bid for £175,000 to roll out the project in new

areas and reach 2000 additional learners

• Organisations expected to ‘top-up’ funding, for

example:

- allocate staffing / project support ‘in kind’

- draw down community learning funding for training of volunteers

New areas identified

Salford

Trafford

RossendalePreston

Liverpool

Bolton

Leeds

Wakefield

Calderdale

Stockport

Bury

Knowsley

Blackpool

Overall outputs & outcomes

£175,000

Train

160volunteer

ESOL teachers

At least

80Activities

supported by Friends

Provide

80Talk English

Courses

Engage

1,200PE/ E1 ESOL

learners

Engage

800ESOL learners

Reach

2000learners in

total

Package outputs & outcomes

£10,900

Train

10volunteer

ESOL teachers

At least

5Activities

supported by Friends

Provide

5Talk English

Courses

Engage

75PE/ E1 ESOL

learners

Engage

50ESOL learners

Reach

125learners in

total

In summary• £175,000 in total to engage 2000 learners

• Broken down into 16 packages of £10,900 to engage 125

learners

• Organisations or consortiums can apply to deliver more

than one package

• Organisations must be established and located in one of

the areas identified or provide evidence of needs

• Demonstrate you have capacity to deliver the project

Recruiting volunteers

• Recruit suitable volunteers who are able to

demonstrate appropriate skills, attitude and

behaviour

• Teachers need L2 in spoken English and L1

in written English

• Friends need L1 in spoken English and E3 in

writing

• Check suitability (application, meeting,

reference)

Training for volunteers

Expected to provide training for all volunteers.

Materials will be available via the website.

Volunteer Teachers

•Essential- 15 GLH of training

•Desirable- Level 3 Award in Education &

Training (48GLH) for those without qualifications

Volunteer Friends

•Essential- 5 GLH of training

Talk English Courses• Taught by 2 volunteers

• Aimed at Pre-entry – Entry 1

• Courses must be at least 24 GLH, preferably longer

• To count, learners must attend at least a third of the course (8 hours)

• Outcomes are based on 15 learners per course- if this is not achievable, plan more courses

• Completed screeners, enrolment forms and registers are required as evidence

• Data from forms and registers to be reported to DCLG via Manchester

Talk English Activities• Supported by volunteers

• Can be accessed by learners from Pre-entry – Entry 2/3

• Activities must be at least 1 hour, preferably longer

• Learners count after attending once, but should be encouraged to attend more

• Completed short enrolment forms and activity attendance lists are required as evidence

• Data from forms and attendance lists to be reported to DCLG via Manchester

Types of Activities

Planning

Each partner is expected to complete and submit

a standardised plan detailing:-Spending profile

-Target profile

-Action plan

-Details of key staff and partners

-Course and activity log (to be updated monthly)

-Training plan for volunteers

-Risk log

N.B. The first instalment of funding will depend on a completed plan.

Staffing considerations

Project planning and delivery, including:

-recruitment, training and support of volunteers

-building partnerships

-course and activity planning, publicity and monitoring

-recruiting and retaining learners

-data collection, recording and reporting

-quality assurance and evaluation tasks

-financial planning and budget monitoring

-legislation- health and safety, safeguarding etc

Data• Each partner is expected collect,

record and return data to Manchester using project forms about:

- Learners- Courses and activities- Volunteers

• Negotiating amount of learner data required and frequency of data returns (currently monthly) with the DCLG

Quality & evaluation• Ensure data is collected fully and reported according to

requirements

• Internally validate enrolment forms, registers and attendance

lists

• Provide enrolment forms, registers and attendance lists for

verification upon request

• Provide support and feedback to volunteers

• Provide information about next steps to learners and volunteers

• Collect and share evidence of courses and activities (e.g.

photos, videos, news stories, learner work, case studies of

volunteers and learners)

• Participate and contribute to evaluative activities as required

Publicity• Make use of Twitter and

Facebook to share things

about the project

• Contribute to the News

page on the website

• Ensure publicity features

required logos (preferably

using publicity templates

provided)

Key datesWednesday 17th June 2015

Deadline for submission of Online Application Form

18th – 30th June 2015 Appraisal and selection of applications; negotiations, delivery plan and funding contract with successful organisations

July 2015 (dates TBC) Training and planning workshops for delivery organisations

Monday 3rd August 2015Projects start- all commissioned activity must take place between 3rd August 2015 and 25th March 2016 inclusiveInitial payment of funding awarded subject to plans (34%)

Monday 9th November 2015

2nd payment of funding awarded subject to performance (33%)

Monday 11th January 2015 Final payment of funding awarded subject to performance (33%)

Friday 25th March 2016 Projects end

Applying• Online application form

- Details and description of

organisation or consortium

- Need for ESOL

- Experience of delivering similar

project

- How many ‘packages’ you

want to bid for

- Progression, quality and

proposed staffinghttps://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/talkenglishcommunityfund2015-2016https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/talkenglishcommunityfund2015-2016

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