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businesses to trade, e.g., traditional delivery via direct retail is restricted. Key Programme area
sectors such as tourism are worse hit. Many businesses must learn to trade in different ways, e.g.,
increasing their digital offer and individuals have to respond to these offers.
C-Care aims to deliver an ambitious targeted programme of support and strategic planning in the
next stage of pandemic response, bringing together best practice from across the FCE Programme
area to inform and drive new, bespoke project interventions, and to ensure they have maximum
impact on the need for an inclusive recovery which preserves and creates employment and
opportunity for all.
The project includes delivery of initiatives put in place to help businesses and individuals during the
Covid-19 pandemic and will build on these to design and deliver a new range of schemes on both
sides of the Channel including:
• Training programmes in Finistère and the New Anglia area to help individuals gain new
knowledge and skills with a view to transitioning into self-employment or starting a business.
• Creating a community hub in Plymouth and running a training programme in Finistère to help
people to gain new digital skills.
• Providing people with equipment needed to undertake an apprenticeship in Norfolk and
providing businesses with additional ICT equipment to enable them to host an apprenticeship
placement.
• Developing a new training programme aimed at people seeking a career in the hospitality
sector in Northern France to develop the necessary skills for employment.
• Running a ‘green recovery’ voucher scheme in Kent to help small businesses to adopt more
sustainable practices as they seek to recover and grow.
• A new business support programme in Plymouth to enable companies to adapt their business
models to the needs of the changing business environment.
• Developing a new model for business resilience and adaptability that will be testing with
businesses on both sides of the Channel.
• Voucher schemes in Kent and Norfolk to enable small businesses to enhance their digital
capabilities and find new ways to connect to customers.
• A Covid-secure accredited training module for the home improvement and maintenance
sector in Kent.
• Feasibility studies and blueprints to plan for future business and community activity in town
centres in the France Channel England area.
• A new coordinated approach to tackling food poverty in Finistère.
• A promotional campaign to boost the hospitality and leisure sector in Pas de Calais.
• Tools and models for businesses on both sides of the Channel to help them recover and grow
sustainably and become more resilient to future economic challenges.
• Producing a range of tools and models that can be used by other organisations and areas to
provide similar support to businesses and individuals and alleviate the worst effects of the
pandemic.
The project will deliver the following cross-border work packages aimed at supporting individuals at
risk of exclusion and businesses at risk of closure to reverse some of the negative impacts of the
pandemic.