Building Better Opportunities: Tyne and Wear

HARNESSING THE SECTOR OFFER

What this event is about• Explaining the Big Red Ladder consortium • Outlining the current guidance from NELEP about the BBO project in Tyne and Wear• Gauging interest in potential partnerships• Discussing possible methodologies

Big Red Ladder…?• A consortium of VCSE organisations• Locality• MHM• NESEP• Scottish Social Enterprise Academy• Your Back Yard• …and more

• Built upon shared values

• Facilitating a holistic methodology

• Focused upon best possible outcomes for participants

• Leaving a legacy of delivery and support capacity in the sector

Building Better Opportunities AKA Big Lottery Opt-in• Joint programme between Big Lottery Fund and ESF

• Pre-matched and paid upfront (in tranches)

• Intended amongst other things to facilitate the inclusion of smaller organisations by lightening the cashflow load and providing support for complex EU compliance and monitoring issues

• Programmes in all three NELEP areas (Co Durham, Tyne & Wear and Northumberland) with equivalents in other LEP areas

• Stage one applications now open, deadline August 3rd 2015 at noon.

Tyne and Wear Project outline as per NELEP guidance

- The project title is “Multiple Barriers to Employment”

- £7.2 Million available – bidder must apply/account for the full amount

- Project to start March 2016, project must be closed by August 2019 (December 2019 latest). They do say there may be scope for extension once projects are underway however

- Stage one application deadline: 3rd August

( Full guidance for the Northumberland programme is here )

Project Aims• The intent of the project in Tyne and Wear is to help people • from the most disadvantaged groups in Tyne and Wear…• …who are furthest from the job market…• …and who experience significant barriers to work.

•The funding within the project is weighted across three themes: ◦ Multiple barriers to employment (80%)◦ Financial Inclusion (10%)◦ Digital Inclusion (10%)

• In the stage one application, the provider must clearly define a detailed approach to each theme and demonstrate how participants can be directed to the most appropriate provision

Activities undertaken in the project• Very wide remit, as long as the right people are reached and helped in the right ways.

• In other words, the specific activities are determined by the applicants

• “Innovative delivery models” are encouraged: we think small organisations will offer the most innovation

• The LEP’s project guidance does provide a list of possible activities

Participants • Participants in the project are identified in the full guidance, but broadly speaking they comprise those most disadvantaged and furthest from the labour market:

• “All participants must be unemployed or economically inactive as defined in our programme guide. The project will have a specific focus on those out of work and people who are most at risk of social exclusion. This includes, but is not limited to: • people in households where no one works • long term unemployed people• young people not in employment, education or training• disabled people• ethnic minority groups • offenders (not in custody) and ex offenders• people aged over 50; • people with multiple disadvantages (for example, education, health, employment, social support, housing and

local environment)”

Outputs and ResultsThe NELEP outline defines the minimum results required as an outcome of their project as follows:

• 1,740 people are engaged in activities to improve their work readiness

• 226 people enrolled on the project move into education or training on leaving

• 226 people move into employment, including self-employment, on leaving

• 235 people who were economically inactive when joining the project move into

• Employment (including self-employment) or job-search on leaving

• 145 people who need access to childcare receive childcare support

Are you in?• Fill in the expression of interest found on the NESEP web site (http://www.nesep.co.uk)

• Email it to bob@nesep.co.uk