What can you find on ESF-Works?
How do I get my project visited?
Finding your way round the site
What is ESF?
The European Social Fund (ESF) was set up to improve employment opportunities in the European Union and so help raise living standards. It aims to help people fulfill their potential by giving them better skills and better job prospects.
ESF is investing £2.3 billion in employment and skills projects across England between 2007 and 2013. The funding is focused on two key priorities: extending employment opportunities to unemployed and disadvantaged people; and developing a skilled and adaptable workforce.
See: www.esf.gov.uk for more information.
What can you find on ESF-Works?
Visitors to the site can browse a database of projects being delivered in the English regions. Up-to-date information will be provided via interviews with ministers, policy-makers, managers and participants. Extra resources – research reports, learning materials, video footage of participants – can be found in the library, which illustrates the achievements of the 2000–2006 Equal programme in Great Britain.
What is Equal-Works?
Equal-Works.com is a searchable web site holding a huge bank of inspirational materials from the 2000–2006 ESF Equal Programme in Great Britain. This site preserves the valuable work that was delivered through the Equal programme, helping policy makers and practitioners understand what worked and what can be re-used.
See: www.equal-works.com.
How do I get my project visited?
Please e-mail your regional coordinator. Click for details.
Finding your way round the site
Select a location and a section
Use the menu bar at the top of the page to select a section (Themes, Regions, Innovation, etc.). If you need to check where you are on the site, you can always look at the 'breadcrumb trail' (the line just below the menu bar which looks like this: Home > Help).
Home
Wherever you are on the site, you can return to the home page by selecting the Home button on the top menu bar. Alternatively, select the ESF-Works logo at the top left of the screen, or select Home on the 'breadcrumb trail'.
Play and download videos
You need Adobe Flash Player to play videos on this web site. We recommend you use the latest version of the Flash Player. You can download it from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/.
We have also provided alternative formats of the videos for you to download and play in your own time on your computer or mobile device. To download a file, right click on the relevant format (e.g. right click on ‘3GP’ for a file compatible for a mobile device), then select ‘Save as’. The download should start automatically.
