Transcript Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership

Building a Better
Future
for Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly
Judith Hann
(Employment and Skills Manager, Cornwall Council)
Why?
Ambition
“By 2020, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly’s GDP
per head will be above the 75% average for
the European Union. By 2020 we will have
exceeded the expected growth, in terms of
GVA of the overall Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
economy by an additional £338 million; per
person employed this will be an additional
£1,450 per annum.”
What?
Overall Strategy
Why?
Employment, Skills & Social Inclusion Issues
• Employment/ Unemployment
– Headline not bad, still real pockets of long term
(age, related to ill health/disability, offenders,
youth issues)
– Still sectoral dependencies in ‘stagnant sectors’ and
low wage levels
• Living in Cornwall (Inclusion)
– Higher costs, lower wages, high debt, health
• Skills
– Improving picture but still ‘top and tail’ issues (and
resulting GVA)
The journey so far
Employment
& Skills
Strategy
ESB
Workshop
Development
of 17
procurements
(incl Evidence
Base)
EU SIF
Strategy
Priorities
ESB
Working
Groups
Trello
Conversation
12 Outline
Programmes
Local
Implementation Plan
ITI
Board
That’s all very well….
• But what does it actually mean?
• 6 key programme areas:
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Employability
Young People First
Inclusion
Social Innovation
Access to Skills
Skills Market Development
– Community Led Local Development
• 3 match funding organisations (Opt Ins)
– Skills Funding Agency, Dept for Work and Pensions;
Big Lottery
The Employability Programme (€30m ESF)
Purpose:
• To support a flow of unemployed / inactive people
(from Engagement; IAG; Delivery of soft skills and some
vocational; signpost & referral into work; support in work for 6
months with continued support across that period for employers
and employees)
– Flexible Enabling Fund €6.25m (DWP)
– Engagement & Activity for the Unemployed/Inactive
€12.5m (DWP)
– Works Hub (employer, individual and partner advice)
€2.5m (DWP)
The Young People First Programme (€12.6m ESF)
Purpose:
• To identify, engage and support Young People (under 25)
who are NEET or at risk of NEET through experiential
development and by managing the various transitions
into employment or skills development
– Young People First (Engagement, Support and Aspirations
Programme) €3.75m (Big Lottery)
– Skills Development for Young People €1.875m (SFA)
– Enhancing the National Careers Service €2.25m (SFA)
• Priority Groups likely to include:
Care leavers; Young People with LLDD; Young Carers; YP with
Mental Health /Health Issues; YP on edge of crime; YP with
multiple barriers
The Inclusion Programme (€48m ESF)
Purpose:
• To target specific intervention work at priority groups,
using evidential base and new approaches to engage,
build trust and confidence, deliver soft and basic skills
to enable them to progress into the Employability
Programme
– Pathways to Employment Programme for Priority Groups
€18.75m (Big Lottery)
– Upskilling the VCSE and increasing volunteering
opportunities €2.5m (Big Lottery)
• Priority Groups likely to include: Long term
unemployed; the ‘inactive’; Offenders; Adults with
LLDD; ‘Troubled Families’
The Social Innovation Programme (€10m ESF)
Purpose:
• To develop systemic solutions to our long standing
challenges such as transport; debt; food poverty; illhealth & care; household & community energy.
– Future Peninsula:
• Feasibility Studies (evidence based research) into key
issues
• Solution testing and implementation
• Anticipated total value €6.25m (Big Lottery)
• Likely to start on the debt; food wealth; and health
issues.
The Access to Skills Programme (€25.6m ESF)
Purpose:
• Deliver comprehensive skills development to encourage progression
through the workforce
– Supported Pathways to Progressive Employment (includes
enhanced IAG & learner support funding) €9.75m (SFA)
– Family & Community Basic Skills €1.25m (SFA)
– Higher Skills:
• Increasing Access to Higher Skills €1.875m
• Specialist Skills Development for the Future Economy €3.125m
– Isles of Scilly Skills Programme €0.625m
The Skills Market Development Programme
(€24m ESF)
Purpose:
• To align the provision of education, skills and training to the needs
of employers, sectors and the economy. Will include the
development of new delivery models/approaches; supporting the
delivery of mainstream qualifications (including Apprenticeships);
developing new curriculum capacity etc.
– Employer-Led Skills
infrastructure, comms
€6.875 (SFA)
– Employer Led-Skills
€3.125m
– Employer-Led Skills
for the Economy (includes fund
and delivery to sectors/collectives)
– Innovation in Higher Level Skills
for Companies €3.75m
So what happens now?
• Operational Programme sign off
• Local Implementation Plan
• Finalising of the ‘Opt Ins’ agreements
– Match funding and mechanisms
• Procurement process and docs designed
– To be agreed by ITI Board
• Commissioning starts
– (poss Mar – Jun 15?)
• Delivery starts
– (poss very late 2015/early 2016?)
What can you do?
• Get involved through the Cornwall
Voluntary Sector Forum activity
– Programme Development Fund from Big Lottery
– New website being established
– Training and development available
• Start thinking about how you want to get
involved
– Making alliances / partnerships
• Build your evidence to show the difference
that what you want to do will bring
Thank you
Judith Hann
(Employment and Skills Manager, Cornwall Council)
[email protected]