1. Youth Engagement Fund Development of a Delivery Model for Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield Encouraging young people to develop emotional, social, and careers resilience Event for Potential Delivery Partners Wednesday 24 September 2014

2. Welcome and Agenda
9.00 Welcome and Introductions 9.05 Context and Programme Objectives 9.15 Social Investors 9.25 Local Authority Role 9.35 Proposal Overview Delivery Roles 9.45 Review of delivery model Refreshments YEF – How It Works (recap) Innovation – Devolved Youth Contract examples Expression of Interest/Next Steps Questions and Answers – Discussion/Networking time

3. YEF Headlines NEW model – involvement of social investors
£16m (nationally) over 3 years to tackle attainment gap and reduce NEET
Pays for positive education and employment outcomes achieved by projects that support disadvantaged year olds
Delivery bodies have freedom to deliver in the most innovative way possible to achieve best outcomes
Awarding between 4 and 10 contracts
Delivery starts Spring 2015

4. YEF Government Funding
YEF is funded by
YEF is supported by
Contracting organisation

5. YEF Key Objectives (Government)
Deliver support to help disadvantaged year olds (or who are at risk of disadvantage) to enable them to participate and succeed in education or training, improving their employability
Enable schools, academies, LAs, colleges and others to use resources more effectively to support yp and reduce NEET
Test how the SIB model involving social investors can drive improved outcomes, benefit savings and fiscal/social benefits
Support development of social investment market and build capacity of social sector organisations

6. Initial application to DWP
Submitted 14 August by Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield Councils for the three localities
Common theme - developing emotional, social and careers resilience, and delivery model ‘Get Up and Go’
Application for £2m per year across the 3 authorities
Local Contributions
Looking to reach 6,000 young people across the 3 authorities, over 3 years
Invitation to tender published 2 October 2014 with submission by 28 November 2014.

7. Social Investors Who are social investors? What are they looking for?
Social Investment Banks, Foundations, Charitable and Philanthropic Trusts
The provision of finance to achieve a combination of economic and social goals
What are they looking for?
Well defined and time bound interventions
Robust data reporting and MI
Ability to deliver outcomes based contracts
Can demonstrate sustainability and long term impact
How will the governance of the programme work?
Requires investment to be raised from socially motivated investors to pay for interventions to improve social outcomes
Providers will be directly accountable to the social investors
Who are social investors?
Social investors are a source of social investment funding which may come from social investment banks, foundations, charitable and philanthropic trusts. These organisations are socially minded and enables intervention implementation risks to be translated to the investors – if the intervention works, the generated savings will be translated into payments to investors.
Social investment means the provision of finance to achieve a combination of economic and social goals. So we know that SIBs are an innovative way of attracting new investment that benefits individuals and communities.
What are they looking for?
In our model we are looking for multiple investors to broaden the expertise and increase the benefits of partnership working. Details on these discussions are commercially sensitive at this stage but discussions are advanced.
- Well defined and time bound interventions
- Robust data reporting and MI – experience of robust performance management. Social investors will base decisions on data
- Ability to deliver outcomes against PbR models and outcomes based contracts
- Demonstrate sustainability and long term impact
How will the governance of the programme work?
We are wanting social investors to invest on our Social Impact Bond or SIB. This basically is a contract with the public sector (in this case the DWP from the YEF fund) where it commits to pay for improved social outcomes. The SIB requires investment to be raised from socially motivated investors to pay for interventions to improve social outcomes, If the social outcomes improve, investors will receive payments from the DWP. These payments repay the initial investment plus a financial return.
Our Social Impact Bond model (the flow of investment to achieve outcomes) sits within an overall Social Investment Partnership – you - the providers are key within this as you will be delivering interventions to achieve outcomes. Pivotal to this is the governance arrangements. This very different from traditional LA/Provider commissioner/contract management relationships. In this SIB model providers would be directly accountable to the social investors. They will be the ones taking a financial risk on you as providers to ensure you deliver the outcomes which hopefully ensures they see a social and financial return on any investment they put in. Our role as LA’s is to assist the partnership to work for the benefit of our citizens. As providers you would not have a direct contract management relationship with the LA’s.

8. Social Investors (Continued)
What attracts social investors to SIBs?
Local interest
A social issue
Learning & Innovation
Engagement
Intervention
So why is social investment important to us…?
What attracts social investors to SIBs?
Local interest – some are keen to support their local communities (i.e community foundations)
Social issue – all investors are committee to improving outcomes for vulnerable young people
Learning & Innovation – Most investors want to support the development or branch their current portfolio
Engagement – some like to be involved in business case development
Intervention – scaling up promising approaches, which have potential to transform outcome and reshape service delivery
They apply ‘investment approach’ to delivering improved social outcomes (e.g. rigour, focus, data analysis)
For us as commissioners it;
- Fills financing gap for innovation and growth, increasing impact.
- Strengthens governance and accountability
- Brings in new groups of supporters, and their skills and experience

9. Local Authority Role (1)
Traditionally…
Bid preparation
Commissioning of delivery
Target setting
Funding distribution
Contract and performance management
Evaluation
Central government/
Other funding sources
Bids
Reports
Grant funding £
Evaluation
Local authority
Funding
Contracts
Outcomes
Expenditure £
Delivery Partner
Delivery Partner
Delivery Partner
Delivery Partner

10. Local Authority Role (2)
Evolving role in a social investment context…
Local agenda-setting with partners
Brokering local contributions
Ensuring a flow of referrals to the programme
Data sharing and integration with existing services
Development of local delivery capacity
Realisation of local benefits
Identifying future social investment opportunities (where the local authority may be the commissioner).

11. YEF Proposal overview Key aims
Starting early (age 14/15)
Continued support
Providing challenge and opportunities for personal growth
Developing ‘can do’ attitudes
Tapering support
Innovation and creativity
‘Get Up and Go’ delivery model - a 3 stage process
Sign Up – initial commitment to the programme
Wise Up – personal development and growth of skills
Step Up – personal/educational achievements
Young people we are looking to work with
Target groups including:
- Offending/at risk of offending
- Persistent absentees
- Children looked after/care leavers
In general those with emotional/behavioural issues or anxiety/depression
Key outcomes
Improved attitude/attendance/behaviour
First entry level qualifications
First level 1 and 2 qualifications
First employment with learning
Sustained employment
Delivery period – 3 to 24 months
Integration with other services/programmes

12. Delivery Roles Key worker partners Specialist providers
- Initial assessment and progression planning
- Providing targeted support which enables young people to achieve agreed outcomes
- 1:1 interventions and group work
Specialist providers
Specialist services and interventions
Group programmes
Flexibility to form partnerships

13. Review of the Delivery Model
Strengths
What are the benefits of the model proposed?
Weaknesses
Are there any gaps in the proposed model?
Are there any issues that will prevent the model having the required impact on outcomes for young people?
Opportunities
What can the model deliver that isn’t available currently?
What specialist provision should be included?
What kinds of innovative delivery are possible?
Threats
What could prevent the model working locally?

14. Youth Engagement Fund – How it Works
Social Investors
£ +% interest return
on investment
Board reports
£ Set-up costs
and ongoing
investment
Local Contributors/ Stakeholders
e.g. schools, LA
Realised benefits
£ Outcome payments
Programme management
£ Local contributions
Outcomes achieved
and claimed
Tracked progress
and outcomes
£ Delivery contracts
Targets/Performance
DWP
Referrals/
Support systems
Delivery Partners
Target outcomes
improved attitude, behaviour and attendance
First Entry Level qualification
First Level1/2 qualification
First employment with learning
Sustained employment
Engage/support/
challenge
Young People Aged in
‘Target Groups’
Young offenders
Persistent absentees
Looked after
Offsite learners…
Key worker partners
Specialist
providers
Key worker partners
Specialist
providers
Specialist
providers
Progress achieved/
Distance travelled
Initial assessment
Goal setting
Personal programmes
Tracking progress/outcomes
Taster sessions
Group/team
sessions
Specialist interventions
SED 9/9/14

15. Youth Engagement Fund – How it Works
Social Investors
£ +% interest return
on investment
Board reports
£ Set-up costs
and ongoing
investment
Local Contributors/ Stakeholders
e.g. schools, LA
Realised benefits
£ Outcome payments
Programme management
£ Local contributions
Outcomes achieved
and claimed
Tracked progress
and outcomes
£ Delivery contracts
Targets/Performance
DWP
Referrals/
Support systems
Delivery Partners
Target outcomes
improved attitude, behaviour and attendance
First Entry Level qualification
First Level1/2 qualification
First employment with learning
Sustained employment
Engage/support/
challenge
Young People Aged in
‘Target Groups’
Young offenders
Persistent absentees
Looked after
Offsite learners…
Key worker partners
Specialist
providers
Key worker partners
Specialist
providers
Specialist
providers
Progress achieved/
Distance travelled
Initial assessment
Goal setting
Personal programmes
Tracking progress/outcomes
Taster sessions
Group/team
sessions
Specialist interventions
SED 9/9/14

16. Innovation – Youth Contract Examples
‘Herd Farm Residential’ – Leeds Youth Offer and Education Business Partnership (European and World Global Best Award winner for ‘Partnerships Which Build Learning Communities’)
Award-winning Young Futures Fund projects in Bradford, e.g. BCB Radio working with young people to make programmes about music and sport
Learning Partnerships ‘East Barnby Residential’

17. East Barnby Residential

18. East Barnby Residential (2)

19. Next Steps
Identification of possible delivery partners: Key worker partners and specialist providers
Local authorities are going to undertake an exercise to identify potential delivery partners using an Expression of Interest Questionnaire. The form will be made available via Young Lives Leeds, Young Lives Bradford and Nova (Wakefield)
Organisations can also contact their local authority representatives for copies of the EOI questionnaire
After reviewing expressions of interest, local authorities will propose delivery partners to the investors
Investors will undertake their own process to select from the proposed delivery partners
There may be further opportunities to be part of the programme as it develops.
EOI form will be ed out following the event. EOI will look at past experience and proposed delivery, financial checks will also be undertaken.

20. Questions and Contact Details
Leeds Mary Brittle Sheila Duxbury Bradford Kathryn Loftus Matt Findull Wakefield Andrea Weir Kay Shaw