The Executive Mayor's Employment Fund (MEF) is a £500,000 investment to tackle Croydon’s employment and skills challenges by supporting voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations and specialist delivery partners

MEF will commission a suite of employment-related services that support residents to enter, re-enter or progress in work, education or training.

Services should provide a structured offer that combines personalised employability support with access to training, work-related activity, employer engagement and in-work support, so that participants are not only helped into opportunities but are also supported to sustain and progress.

It will be procured as a single programme structured into five pathways or lots, covering youth provision, care-experienced young people, residents experiencing or at risk of homelessness, veterans, and a small grants and community events strand designed to strengthen engagement and progression routes.