Alastair Rhind

New Anglia EU Programmes Manager

3rd June 2015

ESIF Social Inclusion priorities

and the Big Lottery

BBO programme

Aims of the Day

1. To provide greater detail into local thinking over the type of activities that we will ask the Big Lottery to fund in New Anglia through the ESF ‘opt-in’

2. To introduce some of the evidence behind this thinking

3. To discuss the intended delivery geography

4. To seek feedback and input from the sector on the plans

5. To help you develop more meaningful consortia around the priorities

EU Growth Programme2014-2020

• Made up of 3 Structural and Investment Funds:• European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)• European Social Fund (ESF)• (part of) European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development

(EAFRD)• National Programmes worth £5.5bn for delivering national and

local priorities set within EU Cohesion Policy and Europe 2020 (sustainable and inclusive growth)

• LEP area (notional) allocations (£94m in New Anglia)• Individual Operational Programmes, though with greater

alignment• LEP area ESIF Strategies

ESF 2014-20

Focus on improving inclusivity, employment prospects and education opportunities through:

• Investment in education, skills and lifelong learning• Promoting employment and labour mobility• Tackling social inclusion and poverty

Allocation in New Anglia: £40.5mMatched funding needed 50%Most activity to be delivered through national co-

financing ‘opt-ins’ – SFA and Big Lottery

ESF Opt-Ins

• Skills Funding Agency (skills and employability):– Procurement framework– National match funding

• Big Lottery Fund (social inclusion):– Grants with lottery match– Ambition to target voluntary sector– CAS and VN funded to lead on voluntary

sector engagement

Big Lottery ESF Opt-In

• Known as Building Better Opportunities

• c. £250m lottery funding matching £250m ESF nationally

• New Anglia ‘opt-in’ of £7.44m ESF (£15m total over 6 years)

• First three years = (£7.44m total)

• Projects to run on a lead partner model

• Expectation that partnerships (‘consortia’) will form to deliver around the themes

• Focus on delivery through the voluntary sector

• BUT, target and output driven

• Approximately 1,800 participants supported in New Anglia (min.) over first three years of programme

Health Warnings!

1. Information presented today is subject to change and final agreement with BIG.

2. We will be unable to share the exact project outlines until these are formally published by BIG.

3. Project Outlines will invite creativity and innovation in project design

Summary of Timetable

• First tranche of BBO activity is expected to be launched around now.

• In New Anglia, we are in the second tranche

• Project Outlines expected to be published in October

• 2 stage application process taking approximately 8 months

• Projects expected to start around June 2016 and last for 3 years

Social Inclusion Working Group

Formed to analyse the evidence and shape the priorities for delivery.

Membership:

• Community Action Norfolk• Community Action Suffolk• Voluntary Norfolk• Norfolk County Council• Suffolk County Council• New Anglia LEP

Anticipated BBO projects in New Anglia

Likely to be 3 projects supported

General principles covering all projects:

1. Geography: coverage across Norfolk and Suffolk 2. Targeted at those furthest from the labour market (unemployed at point of

contact)3. Project consortia to include a majority of local VCS delivery partners4. Projects to consider incorporating support for provision of financial and digital

(IT) support to support and prepare participants for the continued roll out of Universal Credits

5. Projects to deliver minimum contracted targets but also offer a range of other ‘softer’ outcomes

6. Seek to achieve a balance of male and female beneficiaries (despite previous ESF programmes failing to achieve gender balance)

7. Avoid duplication and ensure additionality and complementarity8. Successful consortia to undertake to work closely together in ensuring that

beneficiaries receive the best overall solution for their needs

Geography

• This is an opportunity for the VCS to scale up to deliver across New Anglia, and previous BBO events have indicated an appetite for this

• BUT, allowing for projects to propose spatial targeting where there is evidence to do so;

• AND, enabling partner organisations to focus on their service areas if they are location-specific (and supported by evidence of need)

• Seeking proportional coverage of rural vs. urban provision

• Therefore important that consortia have the breadth of partners to meet demands of the wider geography

We want to further test this today with you in the workshop sessions

1 – Support for the long-term unemployed and economically inactive facing complex and multiple barriers

1. Unemployment levels in New Anglia are lower than the national average2. However, around 5.2% (41,000) people are classified unemployed3. Over 20% (209,000) of the working age population is classified economically

inactive. This is higher than the regional average4. Of those economically inactive, around 32% are understood to want to work5. Unemployment levels are higher in urban areas (7.6%) than rural areas (3.9%)6. Economically inactive rates are higher in rural areas (21%) than urban areas

(18%)7. More men are unemployed than women but more women are economically

inactive 8. Around ½ of JSA claimants are aged 25-49, with around ¼ aged 18-24 and 50-649. Fewer people with mental or physical disabilities, learning problems and other

disorders are in employment in New Anglia than the regional average10. DWP report that the claimant rates amongst those 50+ are not decreasing as

quickly as for other age groups11. Unemployment rates amongst ethnic minority groups (9.3%) are higher than the

remainder of the population (5.2%)

1 – Support for the long-term unemployed and economically inactive facing complex and multiple barriers

Intervention that supports long-term unemployed or economically inactive or WorkProgramme returners furthest from the labour market to overcome complex ormultiple barriers to progress into, or closer, to employment, self- employment,training, education, volunteering or another tangible positive outcome.

Beneficiaries will be identified by one or more of the following characteristics:

• Over 24 and under 65 years of age• Work Programme Returners and those not engaging with mainstream provision• Out of work for 2 years or more• Eligible for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Support Group

participation and ESA Claimants• Facing complex multiple barriers to work as a result of background or status, i.e.

ethnicity, lone parents, mental health, homelessness, English as a second language etc.

Projects will provide bespoke, intensive personalised support options and seek toengage with local employers in designing delivery. Referrals will come from LA’s,JCP and other providers.

2 – Support for Young people (16-24) with complex needs who are NEET or unable to enter the labour market

• The rate of youth unemployment in New Anglia is higher than the national and regional averages

• Over 6% of 16-18 years olds are considered to be NEET – one of the highest rates for rural areas of England

• Over ⅓ of 16-18 year old NEETs are from a vulnerable group (e.g. BME, teen parent, youth offender, learning disability/ disorder)

• There are nearly 4,000 18-24 year olds claiming JSA in New Anglia, 24% of whom have been claiming for 6 months + and 11% for a year or more.

• There are over 500 18-24 year olds eligible for ESA Work-Related Activity (WRAG), of whom 68% have some form of mental or behavioural disorder.

• Around 66% of JSA claimants aged 18-24 are male, but equal numbers of male and female claimants make up the ESA WRAG

• Of those young people who graduate, around 40% enter non-graduate level jobs, reducing opportunities for non-graduates

2 – Support for Young people (16-24) with complex needs who are NEET or unable to enter the labour market

Intervention that supports investment in preventative and remedial actions thatsupport young people at a distance from work, education or training to make asuccessful transition into, or closer, to employment, self-employment,apprenticeship, training, education, volunteering or another tangible positiveoutcome.

Young people to be supported will be NEET or at risk of becoming NEET andfacing multiple or complex barriers to economic participation, including:

• Moderate/severe special educational need or disability;• Mental Health;• Substance misuse;• Anti-social behaviour or criminal activities

Priority for 16-17 year olds = re-engage with education or work-based trainingPriority for 18-24 year olds = enter sustainable employment

Projects will need to operate in an already crowded market place focusing onclients who tend to fall in the gaps between other provision.

3 – Support for Families blighted by long-term unemployment problems and intergenerational worklessness

• Government have set targets to work with around 1,900 additional Troubled Families per year in Norfolk and Suffolk

• Troubled families are typically defined as those that have complex issues and cause problems to the community around them, putting high costs on the public sector, often characterised by intergenerational worklessness,

• Only a small proportion of those families have experienced continuous employment outcomes as a result of the support (Norfolk 2.6%, Suffolk 5.9%)

• There are around 50,000 children living in low-income families

• Children in single parent families are twice as likely to live in relative poverty.

• Research shows that 40% of single parent families are behind with their bills

• Around 1.5% of 16-64 year olds claim lone parent benefit

• The 2011 census showed an 11% rise in the number of carers since 2001

• Half of working age carers live in a household where no-one is in paid work

3 – Support for Families blighted by long-term unemployment problems and intergenerational worklessness

Intervention that supports actions to break the intergenerational cycle ofworklessness within families by investing in personalised and specialistemployment support which is integrated within, complementary to, or designed asa wrap around to the Troubled Families programme and targeted at adults withinthe family unit who are unemployed, including long term unemployed or NEET.

Support will be given to help family members experiencing complex or multiplebarriers move towards employment or self-employment, addressing the rootcauses of poverty and social exclusion and promoting greater independence. Barriers may arise as a result of being a young lone parent, rural isolation,childcare difficulties and other caring responsibilities, domestic violence,homelessness or suffering from addictions, mental or physical disability or thosewith English as a second language. This project is set in the context of the family unit (as supposed to targetingindividuals in the other projects).

For discussion today

1. Are partners comfortable with the proposed geography and scale of projects?

2. Have we got the general principles and target groups right?

3. Is there any other evidence that partners can help with in defining the need?

4. What have we missed to help our discussions with BIG?

New Anglia Website

• Information resource for partners• Direct links to Government information• ESIF Strategy• Contact details

http://www.newanglia.co.uk/our-programmes/europe/

Contact

Alastair Rhind

EU Programmes Manager

alastair.rhind@newanglia.co.uk

01603 510080

EU Investment Strategy available at:

www.newanglia.co.uk