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
Section 2
LAST UPDATED: MAY 2017
Section 3
LAST UPDATED: MAY 2017
Getting started v6 (PDF, 200 KB)
Section 4
LAST UPDATED: MAY 2017
Payments, monitoring and financial claims v7 (PDF, 413 KB)
LAST UPDATED: MARCH 2019
Annex A: Your payment schedule v9 (XLSX, 105 KB)
LAST UPDATED: MAY 2017
Annex B: Progress project report v6 (DOCX, 84 KB)
LAST UPDATED: JUNE 2017
Annex C: Progress project report - COR/2/1 v7 (DOCX, 78 KB)
LAST UPDATED: JANUARY 2019
Annex D: Changes to your project form v7.1 (DOCX, 76.7 KB)
Section 5
LAST UPDATED: MAY 2017
Targets and project outcomes v6 (PDF, 810 KB)
LAST UPDATED: MAY 2017
Annex E: Target and project outcome schedule v6 (XSLX, 180 KB)
LAST UPDATED: MAY 2017
Annex F: Target and project outcome schedule - COR/2/1 v6 (XSLX, 172 KB)
Section 6
LAST UPDATED: NOVEMBER 2018
Participants v10 (PDF, 277 KB)
LAST UPDATED: MAY 2017
Annex G: Participant file template v7 (DOCX, 114 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: MAY 2018
Annex I: Participant progress form v7 (DOCX, 81 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: MARCH 2019
Annex L: Participant monitoring spreadsheet v10 (XSLX, 58.3 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: OCTOBER 2017
Annex O: Financial monitoring spreadsheet v8 (XLSX, 3.7 MB)
LAST UPDATED: MAY 2018
Annex S: Calculator for existing staff v3 (XLSX, 161 KB)
LAST UPDATED: MAY 2018
Annex T: Calculator for new staff v1 (XLSX, 149 KB)
LAST UPDATED: MAY 2018
Hourly rate guidance v1 (PDF, 399 KB)
Section 9
LAST UPDATED: JANUARY 2019
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)
Essential updates
LAST UPDATED: February 2019
- Essential update February 2019
- Essential update January 2019
- Essential update January 2019 - Rebrand
- Essential update Irrecoverable VAT
- Essential update November 2018
- Essential update September 2018
- Essential update November 2017
- Essential update October 2017
GDPR notices
- DWP action notes
- Materials update
- Data controller changes, May 2018
- Changes to data fields, May 2018
- GDPR transition plan, April 2018
- GDPR essential update, April 2018
Hourly rates
- Essential update June 2018 1
- Essential update June 2018 2
- Essential update May 2018 2
- Essential update May 2018 1
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.