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Guide to delivering European funding (England only)

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We are currently reviewing our guidance and it's version control. Some recent changes are yet to be added to the guidance, but have been communicated through email updates to the lead organisation. Please be sure to read these updates below and apply them in conjunction with the Guide to delivering European funding.

We apologise for any inconvenience, but hope that this process will be beneficial in the long term.

Section 1

LAST UPDATED: SEPTEMBER 2018

Orientation v7 (PDF, 117 KB)

Section 2

LAST UPDATED: MAY 2017

Introduction v6 (PDF, 274 KB)

Section 3

LAST UPDATED: MAY 2017

Getting started v6 (PDF, 200 KB)

Section 4

LAST UPDATED: OCTOBER 2019

Payments, claims and monitoring v8 (PDF, 413 KB)

LAST UPDATED: MARCH 2019

Annex A: Your payment schedule v9 (XLSX, 105 KB)

LAST UPDATED: OCTOBER 2019

Annex B: Progress project report v7 (DOCX, 84 KB)

LAST UPDATED: JANUARY 2019

Annex D: Changes to your project form v7.1 (DOCX, 76.7 KB)

LAST UPDATED: OCTOBER 2019

Annex U: Staff list v1 (XLSX, 313 KB)

LAST UPDATED: OCTOBER 2019

Annex V: Partner list v1 (XLSX, 89 KB)

Section 5

LAST UPDATED: MAY 2017

Targets and project outcomes v6 (PDF, 810 KB)

LAST UPDATED: MAY 2019

Annex E: Target and project outcome schedule is no longer available online, please contact your funding officer for the latest version

LAST UPDATED: MAY 2019

Annex F: Target and project outcome schedule (Cor/2/1 only) is no longer available online, please contact your funding officer for the latest version

Section 6

LAST UPDATED: JULY 2019

Participants v11 (PDF, 412 KB)

LAST UPDATED: NOVEMBER 2019

Annex G: Participant file template v8 (DOCX, 122 KB)

LAST UPDATED: FEBRUARY 2019

Annex H: Participant entry form v11.1 (DOCX, 93 KB)

Annex H: Participant entry form black and white v11.1 (DOCX, 88 KB)

LAST UPDATED: NOVEMBER 2019

Annex I: Participant progress form v8 (DOCX, 115 KB)

LAST UPDATED: FEBRUARY 2019

Annex J: Participant exit form v8 (DOCX, 68 KB)

Annex J: Participant exit form black and white v8.1 (DOCX, 68 KB)

If you are a London area project see below Section 12, for your London specific information and exit form.

LAST UPDATED: JULY 2019

Annex L: Participant monitoring spreadsheet v12 (XSLX, 26.9 MB)

Updates in version 9 - Annex L Participant monitoring spreadsheet (DOCX 46KB)

LAST UPDATED: OCTOBER 2017

Annex L: Data schema (XSLX, 86 KB)

LAST UPDATED: DECEMBER 2018

Annex M: Participant definitions and data fields v8 (DOCX, 161 KB)

LAST UPDATED: FEBRUARY 2019

Annex R: Participant exit form - COR/2/1 v3.1 (DOCX, 70 KB)

Annex R: Participant exit form black and white - COR/2/1 v3.1 (DOCX, 68 KB)

Section 7

LAST UPDATED: MAY 2017

Partners and procurement v6 (PDF, 278 KB)

Section 8

LAST UPDATED: JANUARY 2019

Costs and expenditure v9.2 (PDF, 377 KB)

LAST UPDATED: FEBRUARY 2019

Annex N: Participant expenses, allowances and incentives form v8.1 (DOCX, 76 KB)

Annex N: Participant expenses, allowances and incentives form black and white v8.1 (DOCX, 68 KB)

LAST UPDATED: MAY 2019

Annex O: Financial monitoring spreadsheet v10 (XLSX, 4.2 MB)

LAST UPDATED: JULY 2019

Annex T: Hourly Rate Calculator v2.0 (XLSX, 115KB)

LAST UPDATED: JUNE 2019

Hourly rate guidance v2 (PDF, 399 KB)

Section 9

LAST UPDATED: JANUARY 2019

Publicity v13 (PDF, 361 KB)

Section 10

LAST UPDATED: MAY 2017

Cross-cutting themes v6 (PDF, 172 KB)

Section 11

LAST UPDATED: MAY 2017

Evidence and retention v6 (PDF, 256 KB)

Section 12

LAST UPDATED: MAY 2017

Projects based in London v6 (PDF, 252 KB)

LAST UPDATED: FEBRUARY 2019

Annex P: Participant exit form (London only) v8.1 (DOCX, 74 KB)

Annex P: Participant exit form black and white (London only) v8.1 (DOCX, 72 KB)

Section 13

LAST UPDATED: MAY 2017

Glossary of terms v6 (PDF, 169 KB)

Section 14

LAST UPDATED: AUGUST 2019

Grant closure V1 (217, KB)

Essential updates

LAST UPDATED: OCTOBER 2019

GDPR notices

Hourly rates

Throughout the Building Better Opportunities programme, we have published questions asked by the general public and their answers. These have now been archived but are available for public viewing. Please contact esf@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk or call 0345 4 10 20 30.