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Overview of local need and gaps in activity in the Walsall priority wards

Overview of local need and gaps in activity in the Walsall priority wards. Scott Degville Principal Regeneration Officer Economic Regeneration. NESP Wards. 6 in Walsall Blakenall Darlaston South Birchills Leamore St Matthews Palfrey Pleck. Blakenall.

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Overview of local need and gaps in activity in the Walsall priority wards

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  1. Overview of local need and gaps in activity in the Walsall priority wards Scott Degville Principal Regeneration Officer Economic Regeneration

  2. NESP Wards • 6 in Walsall • Blakenall • Darlaston South • Birchills Leamore • St Matthews • Palfrey • Pleck

  3. Blakenall • Highest claimant rate of all of the City Strategy priority wards (33% of working age population) • Highest ward level of worklessness in Walsall • 25% of the ward is covered by New Deal for Communities • Predominantly people from white ethnic background (93.4% population), mainly residential area • Key issues are: • 3rd generation of claimants - lack of expectation, reluctant to travel and desire to work • High levels of benefit claimants - lone parents, incapacity benefit • Educational Attainment - high NEET numbers, low or no qualifications (54% working age with no qualifications - only 5.4% have level 4 NVQ or higher- lowest in City Strategy Wards) • Teenage pregnancy rates highest in Borough • Some good existing interventions: • Work on the Horizon One Stop Shop • NEET projects • Walsall Housing Group Construction Skills Centre

  4. Darlaston South • Ward level of worklessness at 26.6% of population • 88.4% white population, 8.6% Asian, highest proportion of those of retirement age at 18.2 % of population • Key issues are: • 3rd generation of claimants - lack of expectation and desire to work, • Benefits claims - lone parents, incapacity benefit claimants, largest increase in total number of claimants (225 increase between 11/02 and 11/06), higher % of JSA and higher number of DWP claimants than the rest of Walsall • Educational Attainment – NEET, low or no qualifications (50% working age with no qualifications), need for ESOL provision • low self-employment rate (4% compared with Walsall 6% and England 8%) • Some good existing interventions: • New Darlaston One Stop Shop • Darlaston Surestart • new redevelopment in Moxley area

  5. Birchills Leamore • Ward level of worklessness at 26.8% of population • 16.9% Asian ethnic background - higher than many Walsall Wards • Key issues are: • 3rd generation of claimants - lack of expectation and desire to work • Benefit claims - lone parents, incapacity benefit claimants, high JSA rate • Educational Attainment - NEET, low or no qualifications (nearly 54% of working age with no qualifications, only 6% NVQ level 4+), need for ESOL provision • Some good existing interventions: • work with NEETs • Provision of Community Bus link to businesses on Green Lane

  6. St Matthews • Ward level of worklessness at 31.3% (second highest in Walsall) • Highest working age population in Walsall with 21.3% Asian • Key issues are: • 3rd generation of claimants - lack of expectation and desire to work • Benefit Claims - lone parents, incapacity benefit claimants, JSA claimant rate double Walsall rate • Educational Attainment – high NEET numbers, low or no qualifications, need for ESOL provision • Some good existing interventions: • Retail Academy – linking local people to new ASDA jobs

  7. Palfrey • Ward level of worklessness at 24.1% • Palfrey has lowest number of claimants of Walsall’s priority wards but is rising • Higher proportion of under 30s at 49% than other wards, high proportion of Asian residents - 42.3% • Key issues are: • 3rd generation of claimants - lack of expectation and desire to work • Benefit Claims - incapacity benefit claimants • Educational Attainment – high NEET numbers, low or no qualifications high, need for ESOL provision • Some good existing interventions: • Retail Academy – linking local people to new ASDA jobs

  8. Pleck • Ward level of worklessness at 27.9% • Pleck has 59.6% working age population • High proportion of Asian residents - 34.2% • Significant pockets of industrial activity • Key issues are: • 3rd generation of claimants - lack of expectation and desire to work • Benefit Claims - incapacity benefit claimants • Educational Attainment – high NEET numbers, low or no qualifications high, need for ESOL provision • Some good existing interventions: • Retail Academy – linking local people to new ASDA jobs

  9. Summary • Local Management Group set up to monitor and deliver against Worklessness targets including City Strategy targets • Link to Local Neighbourhood Partnerships (LNP’s) but not managing process • Significant gaps to address but some good areas of best practice in individual wards and across the Borough

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