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Councillor Eion Watts

Councillor Eion Watts. Leader of Bolsover District Council National Chair of the Industrial Communities Alliance AND Vice Chair of Bolsover Partnership. HELP TO WORK PLUS CONFERENCE. ADDED VALUE OF PARTNERSHIP WORKING. HELP TO WORK PLUS CONFERENCE. Background Member of BDC since 1987

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Councillor Eion Watts

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  1. Councillor Eion Watts Leader of Bolsover District Council National Chair of the Industrial Communities Alliance AND Vice Chair of Bolsover Partnership

  2. HELP TO WORK PLUS CONFERENCE ADDED VALUE OF PARTNERSHIP WORKING

  3. HELP TO WORK PLUS CONFERENCE Background • Member of BDC since 1987 • Leader of the Council since May 2003 • Responsibilities include Policy, Strategy and Finance • Industrial Communities Alliance National Chair • Keen advocate of Partnership Working at District, County, Regional, National and International levels

  4. HELP TO WORK PLUS CONFERENCE The Industrial Communities Alliance (ICA) • Representing 60 local authorities in the industrial areas of England, Scotland and Wales • Promoting economic, social and environmental renewal • Lobbying body • Core focus on jobs

  5. HELP TO WORK PLUS CONFERENCE Unemployment Locally

  6. HELP TO WORK PLUS CONFERENCE Impact of Welfare Reform • Designed to reduce the number on IB or ESA by 1 million people • Around 300,000 are likely to move onto JSA • Around 600,000 are likely to lose benefit altogether • Combined with Universal Credit, there is massive pressure to reduce the benefits bill

  7. HELP TO WORK PLUS CONFERENCE Jobs • Restructures in the welfare system do not create more jobs; can only be achieved by creating the economic conditions that provide enough jobs to go round • The ICA tries to provide the part of the jigsaw that creates jobs and opportunities • Lobby for policies to get UK economy moving • Only through partnership working on a UK-wide basis can the ICA promote the interests of our areas and lobby effectively in Westminster and Brussels

  8. HELP TO WORK PLUS CONFERENCE BDC and Partnership Working • BDC worked in partnership for many years - Dedicated Partnership Team • Various external funding streams awarded based upon deprivation levels in our local communities following the industrial decline of mining and industry • Single Regeneration Budget (SRB), Neighbourhood Renewal Funding (NRF) and Working Neighbourhoods Funding (WNF)

  9. HELP TO WORK PLUS CONFERENCE • Working Neighbourhoods Funding 2008 to present day (£7,066,100) • Significant difference in the way these monies were awarded to the area: - Direct to the Local Authority (as opposed to the LSP) • Council decision on where and how this allocation would be spent

  10. HELP TO WORK PLUS CONFERENCE • Due to the excellent outcomes, relationships and trust built with all sectors of the community the Council took the decision to agree a “two pronged” approach in utilising the funding…….

  11. HELP TO WORK PLUS CONFERENCE • £3m WNF passed to Bolsover Partnership (LSP) to commission initiatives that focussed on preventingworklessness • The remaining £4m+ to be utilised to focus on addressing the (then) National Indicator 153 “to reduce the number of people claiming benefits in the worst performing areas”

  12. HELP TO WORK PLUS CONFERENCE • Bolsover “commission” activity as opposed to operating a “bidding” regime • Activity is commissioned based upon evidence of need being identified • Priority setting and action planning by partners to ensure interventions can be targeted to the right communities and to address need

  13. HELP TO WORK PLUS CONFERENCE WNF funded project example: Intermediate Labour Market Programme 40 employment positions in Horticulture over 6 month period with training 40% went onto secure further employment Current BDC Project example: In-house Traineeship/Apprenticeship Programme aimed at Young People

  14. HELP TO WORK PLUS CONFERENCE Sheffield City Region (SCR) project example: Talent Match Working across the SCR to develop a Talent Match proposal to the BIG Lottery Close partnership working with neighbouring authorities to achieve economies of scale and joined up working

  15. HELP TO WORK PLUS CONFERENCE Key Messages for the Future

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