Local Government Elections and Structural Funds

There will be elections to Welsh Local Authorities on 5 May 2022. This will be preceded by a formal pre-election period for the Welsh Government, commencing on 14 April 2022, in […]

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UK Government Funds

UK Shared Prosperity Fund Prospectus Published The UK Government has published the full Prospectus and supporting documents for the Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF). The Prospectus builds on the pre-launch guidance […]

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Funding to support the rural economy 

A package of support for farmers, foresters, land managers and food businesses worth over £227 million over the next three financial years has been announced by Lesley Griiffiths MS, Minister for […]

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Regional Skills Partnership (RSP)

The CCRSP has been established to bring people together to promote strategic and collaborative decision making in relation to skills for the Cardiff Capital Region. Representatives from business, education and […]

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Ukraine – WEFO communication to beneficiaries

This communication is intended to provide WEFO beneficiaries with an update on the EU funding that could be available to support Ukrainians arriving in Wales. What flexibilities has the European […]

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IROHMS (Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Human-Machine Systems) – Please note this project has now closed.

We are internationally known for transformational research, strong industrial and public sector engagement, and for delivering sustainable solutions with impact. We focus our research on many sectors of strategic importance […]

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Social Model of Disability guidance for EU funded projects

WEFO recently published new guidance, the Social Model of Disability, for EU Structural funded projects on best practise when engaging and communicating with disabled people. The social model, developed by […]

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Publicity activities and project closure

This is a just a reminder for lead project partners to keep the WEFO communications team informed of your achievements, milestones, success stories and closure event plans in order for […]

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Rural Development Programme 2014 to 2020

Wales Rural Network are planning to return to normal with a bang with the first ‘physical’ conference since 2019. The 9th & 10th June 2022 will see an event like […]

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Regional performance

These are the latest available headline figures for the performance of the ESI funded operations within the SE Region.  If you would like more detail on the data please email […]

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CCR Update

Regional Skills Partnership (RSP) The CCR Skills Partnership have been working to develop a new regional 3-year Employment & Skills Plan which will be launched in the Autumn of 2022. […]

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Business Wales update

Information on all their Start up Support is available on Starting up and Business Planning | Business Wales (gov.wales) Barriers to Start Up grant The purpose of the grant is […]

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EESW announces new funding to run pilot projects in 2022

EESW is pleased to announce its success in receiving £492,350 from the UK Community Renewal Fund to run pilot projects in 2022. The projects will be run in six local […]

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Social Business Wales in the spotlight

The ERDF funded Social Business Wales have hit a major milestone in the success of their New Start programme where 200 social enterprises which have been incorporated since the programme […]

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ESF Priority 2: ION Leadership

Part-funded leadership programmes to support Welsh businesses Do you want to become an extraordinary leader? The ION leadership programme is designed to develop and enhance the leadership skills of owners, […]

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ESF Priority 2: METaL

The METaL project (Materials and Manufacturing Education Training and Learning) is an industry demand led project focused on technical training modules to address skills shortages and provide industry with the […]

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ESF Priority 2: Agile Nation 2

Case Study – Leabold Financial Management Leabold Financial Management, based in Abercynnon, signed up to Chwarae Teg’s fully funded Agile Nation2 Business Programme as it wanted to place staff development […]

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ESF Priority 2: Welsh Financial Sector Graduate Programme

Fast Track Data/AI Graduate Programme The Fast Track Data/AI Graduate Programme is a partnership between leading Welsh businesses and academics led by the Welsh Contact Centre Forum, made possible thanks […]

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ESF Priority 2: Advanced Media Production

Aberystwyth University’s Advanced Media Production course continues to go from strength to strength having been shortlisted for the Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year at 2021’s ‘THE Awards’, widely recognised […]

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Announcement of new PMC chair

WEFO are delighted to announce that Mike Hedges MS has taken over the role of Chair for the Wales Programme Monitoring Committee for European Structural and Investment programmes (2014-2020). Mike […]

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WEFO social media week

This year, to celebrate the achievements and success of the EU Structural Funds programmes in Wales, WEFO delivered a week long social media campaign. It highlighted the impressive performance of […]

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Publicity activities and project closure

WEFO would like to remind lead project partners to keep the WEFO communications team informed of your achievements, milestones, success stories and closure event plans in order for them to […]

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Regional Performance

These are the latest available headline figures for the performance of the ESI funded operations within the SE Region.  If you would like more detail on the data please email […]

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CCR update – December 2021

Challenge Fund The CCR Challenge Fund team have continued to support the Cardiff & Vale Health Board Tracheostomy Challenge which is well underway (phase two contracts awarded) with some excellent […]

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Employability and Skills Wales Convention 2021

On the 17th November, Learning & Work Cymru held their annual conference, via the Sligo platform. It was an interesting morning with two keynote speeches.  The first, from Vaughan Gething […]

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