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06 | Inform Winter 2017 Inform Winter 2017 | 07 Improve your job prospects with ASPIRE ASPIRE is the Council-led Employability Programme supporting people into paid employment. If you are unemployed or working less than 16 hours per week, ASPIRE can offer you a free personalised support programme including: • NVQ Level 1 Qualifications • First Aid Certificates • CSR Card/Forklift Licence Training Supporting local business andemployment Business Start Up Programme Enterprise Northern Ireland has recently been awarded the contract to deliver the Northern Ireland Business Start Up Programme on behalf of the 11 Councils in Northern Ireland for the next three and a half years. The programme will be delivered through the network of Local Enterprise Agencies. For further information please visit goforitni.com or telephone 0800 027 0639 . Northern Ireland ERDF Investment for Growth and Jobs Programme A total of 500 businesses throughout the district will be offered free business support through two new programmes, running until the end of July 2021, funded collectively by Invest Northern Ireland, the European Regional Development Fund under the Investment for Growth and Jobs (2014-2020) Programme and Fermanagh and Omagh District Council. The Kick Start Programme offers a range of workshops and mentoring support in key business topics. The programme, which is delivered by Enterprise Northern Ireland in partnership with Omagh Enterprise Company Ltd and Fermanagh Enterprise, is now open to businesses who wish to apply. The Advancing Business Growth Programme , delivered by Global Education Limited (GEL) NI, will also offer a range of business support and is open to businesses in operation for a minimum of two years and with turnover of over £50,000. For further information please contact the Economic Development team on 0300 303 1777. Support for construction related activities The delivery mechanism for Priority 6 of the Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme (NIRDP) 2014-2020 in the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area is the Fermanagh and Omagh Local Action Group (LAG) Ltd. The LAG will be inviting applications in early 2018 for capital funding in support of job creation for construction related activities and/or equipment, under the Rural Business Investment Scheme. Information workshops about the scheme will take place in the new year, details of which will be advertised closer to the time. Please note, all statutory approvals for the proposed project must be in place at the point of application. For further information about the Programme please contact Fermanagh and Omagh Local Action Group (LAG) Ltd on 028 8225 0202 . This project is part funded through the Northern Ireland European Social Fund Programme 2014- 2020 and the Department for the Economy • Work Placements • Classroom Support Package • ICT Qualifications • Health andWellbeing • Employability Boosters: CV Development, Interview Skills, Job & Application Support. Contact ASPIRE Omagh: 028 8224 6535 ASPIRE Fermanagh: 028 6632 6478 Local Development Plan The new Local Development Plan, which is currently under development, will set out the strategy for the future use of land and sustainable development until 2030 across the Council area. Work is progressing on the draft Local Development Plan Strategy following publication of the Preferred Options Paper in October 2016. The Department for Infrastructure now recognises the original timeline for agreeing a new Local Development Plan is not achievable. Accordingly, the Council will be revising the Local Development Plan timetable in the context of the Department’s position to more accurately reflect the timescale for publication of the Local Development Plan Strategy. The indicative timetable is available on the Council’s website. Enniskillen Public Realm A significant milestone has been reached in the Enniskillen Public Realm scheme with the appointment of Doran Consulting Ltd, as the Project Manager of the Integrated Consultancy Team (ICT) whose responsibility is to bring the scheme through all stages from inception to completion. The Council has established a Project Steering Group comprising the Enniskillen District Electoral Area (DEA) Councillors, Debbie Coyle, Keith Elliott, Robert Irvine, Tommy Maguire, Patricia Rogers and Howard Thornton and six representatives of the local business community Roci Allen, Joe Kelly, Nuala Lilley, Noelle McAloon, Jonathan Poots and Jonathan Styles. The Council appreciates the willingness of these business representatives to participate in the Steering Group and would also wish to acknowledge the wider support from their nominating organisations - Enniskillen BID and Enniskillen Business Partnership. The first phase of work for the ICT will be completing a variety of surveys and assessments to inform the final preferred design option, preparing a communications and consultation strategy and developing a delivery plan for the overall project. It is anticipated that the first stage of consultation will commence in November and arrangements for this will be communicated on the Council’s website and social media channels and in local press. The Enniskillen Public Realm project is funded by the Department for Communities and Fermanagh and Omagh District Council.