Purpose

A decision
was made to Submit  2 bids  in response to a call issued by  West Yorkshire Combined Authority
seeking bids from either a lead provider and/or delivery partners
who are looking to work in partnership to deliver support for
people and skills across West Yorkshire. 
 The UKSPF People
and Skills Pillar is designed to boost core skills and support
adults to progress in work, by targeting adults with no or
low-level qualifications and skills in maths, and upskilling the
working population, supporting disadvantaged people to access the
skills they need to progress in life and into work, supporting
local areas to fund local skills needs and supplement local adult
skills provision and reducing levels of economic inactivity and
moving those furthest from the labour market closer to
employment.
The West
Yorkshire Combined Authority, following stakeholder consultation,
allocated over £16m of UKSPF of its funding to this priority.
Funding will be allocated 
via  a  open call where
organisations are invited to submit bids for the funding . This is
a competitive call.
The
priorities of the fund align with the priorities detailed in the
Kirklees Employment and Skills plan 
2022 to 2025 Aspire , Achieve and include .
It was decided to approve
2  bids for submission to this fund
:
 
1.    
 Response to Call area 1 
: Work and Health Kirklees will act as 
lead provider and delivery partner 
2.    
Response to Call
area  3 
:  Youth Unemployment :   Lead by Leeds City Council , Kirklees
working with Calderdale and Kirklees Careers
Ltd Council  will act as delivery
partner under this call.
 
Alternative was to not submit
bids  and risk  UKSPF funds from Pillar 3 not being available in
Kirklees to support our ambitions. 
 
Submission of the bid does not
mean  success in obtaining
funding  - 
this is a competitive call  with a
response  expected end of Feb
2024.
 
Bids were due to be
submitted  12th January
2024  however a deadline was issued
until  19th  January 
2024
 
 

Content

 

1)    
That authority be given to submit a bid to WYCA to
access funding under USPF pillar3, in line with the Council’s
Financial Procedure Rules.

2)   
That, subject to the bid being successful, the
Strategic Director of Growth and Regeneration be authorised to sign
the grant agreement.