To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning to list the organisations that received funding from the Collaboration and Innovation Fund, which is due to run out in March 2015.

Funding of £9.23 million has been allocated to 24 organisations under the Collaboration and Innovation Fund to support young people aged 16 to 24 who are not in education, employment or training (NEET).

These organisations are as follows:

Action for Children Services Ltd

Artillery Youth Centre

Barnardos NI

Belfast Metropolitan College

Bryson Charitable Group

Customized Training Services

Derry City Council

Extern Organisation Ltd

Fast Track into Information Technology

GEMS NI Ltd

Include Youth

MACS Supporting Young People

NIACRO

NOW Lto

Start 360

South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust

South Eastern Regional College

South West College

Southern Regional College

Sport Changes Life Foundation

The Appleby Trust

The Prince’s Trust

Training for Women Network Ltd

Youth Action NI

While funding under the Collaboration and Innovation Fund will cease at the end of March 2015, my department will continue to support young people not in education, employment or training through the new European Social Fund (ESF) Programme commencing in April 2015. Through ESF funding and the contribution from my department which equates to 65%, over £13.5 million will be made available to support this group of young people from April 2015 to March 2018, under the first call for funding. With the required 35% match funding, this will bring the total funding for this group of young people to almost £21 million over the three year period.