Slough awarded more than £480k from Government’s Controlling Migration Fund
Slough Borough Council has been awarded £483,568 for two projects to help new migrant communities in Slough.
The funding comes from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government for council projects across the UK, which helps to ease pressures of local services resulting from recent migration.
The latest announcement awards councils across England a further £28 million bringing the
total funding from the government’s Controlling Migration Fund to over £100 million.
Nearly £170,000 has been awarded to a customised learning programme called Migration Achieves.
The programme will be delivered from a variety of easily accessible locations, to newly arrived communities to facilitate their arrival, settlement and subsequent integration into the town.
This includes a welcome programme to offer advice and support to new migrants around becoming economically and socially active, as well as English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses.
Chalvey 360 is an intensive multi-agency approach which will support the Roma community to tackle a wide variety of concerns that disproportionately impact on local services and communities. It has been awarded £313,900.
It will enable the Roma community, and particularly Roma children, to adopt accepted societal and legislative norms while maintaining their unique cultural characteristics.
The project will also support all local residents to understand each other and increase community cohesion.
Slough is one of 123 projects across England to be awarded with this funding.
Communities Minister Lord Bourne said: “Whether it’s tackling rogue landlords who exploit vulnerable migrants, helping new arrivals learn English or supporting care leavers to access education, the Controlling Migration Fund is delivering results across the country and providing services for the benefit of all.
“Each community is unique in the challenges it faces, but the projects we’ve funded have shown that positive change is possible when people come together and think innovatively about how to support the whole community.”
Cllr Martin Carter, cabinet member for inclusive growth and skills, said: “I am delighted Slough has been awarded this much needed money to help with the Chalvey 360 and Migration Achieves projects.
“Slough has a great track record of welcoming new communities, and we are very proud of the vibrancy and diversity of our town. However, we appreciate that embedding new communities with existing ones can sometimes come with challenges, which is why projects like Chalvey 360 are vital in helping communities to integrate.
“We are also pleased to have additional support for welcoming new communities as well as extra ESOL classes.”
The funding comes from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government for council projects across the UK, which helps to ease pressures of local services resulting from recent migration.
The latest announcement awards councils across England a further £28 million bringing the
total funding from the government’s Controlling Migration Fund to over £100 million.
Nearly £170,000 has been awarded to a customised learning programme called Migration Achieves.
The programme will be delivered from a variety of easily accessible locations, to newly arrived communities to facilitate their arrival, settlement and subsequent integration into the town.
This includes a welcome programme to offer advice and support to new migrants around becoming economically and socially active, as well as English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses.
Chalvey 360 is an intensive multi-agency approach which will support the Roma community to tackle a wide variety of concerns that disproportionately impact on local services and communities. It has been awarded £313,900.
It will enable the Roma community, and particularly Roma children, to adopt accepted societal and legislative norms while maintaining their unique cultural characteristics.
The project will also support all local residents to understand each other and increase community cohesion.
Slough is one of 123 projects across England to be awarded with this funding.
Communities Minister Lord Bourne said: “Whether it’s tackling rogue landlords who exploit vulnerable migrants, helping new arrivals learn English or supporting care leavers to access education, the Controlling Migration Fund is delivering results across the country and providing services for the benefit of all.
“Each community is unique in the challenges it faces, but the projects we’ve funded have shown that positive change is possible when people come together and think innovatively about how to support the whole community.”
Cllr Martin Carter, cabinet member for inclusive growth and skills, said: “I am delighted Slough has been awarded this much needed money to help with the Chalvey 360 and Migration Achieves projects.
“Slough has a great track record of welcoming new communities, and we are very proud of the vibrancy and diversity of our town. However, we appreciate that embedding new communities with existing ones can sometimes come with challenges, which is why projects like Chalvey 360 are vital in helping communities to integrate.
“We are also pleased to have additional support for welcoming new communities as well as extra ESOL classes.”
