1. Alastair Rhind New Anglia EU Programmes Manager 3rd June 2015
ESIF Social Inclusion priorities
and the Big Lottery
BBO programme
Alastair Rhind
New Anglia EU Programmes Manager
3rd June 2015

2. Aims of the Day
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’
To introduce some of the evidence behind this thinking
To discuss the intended delivery geography
To seek feedback and input from the sector on the plans
To help you develop more meaningful consortia around the priorities

3. EU Growth Programme
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

4. ESF
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: £40.5m
Matched funding needed 50%
Most activity to be delivered through national co-financing ‘opt-ins’ – SFA and Big Lottery

5. Skills Funding Agency (skills and employability):
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

6. 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

7. Health Warnings!
Information presented today is subject to change and final agreement with BIG.
We will be unable to share the exact project outlines until these are formally published by BIG.
Project Outlines will invite creativity and innovation in project design

8. 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

9. 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

10. Anticipated BBO projects in New Anglia
Likely to be 3 projects supported
General principles covering all projects:
Geography: coverage across Norfolk and Suffolk
Targeted at those furthest from the labour market (unemployed at point of contact)
Project consortia to include a majority of local VCS delivery partners
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
Projects to deliver minimum contracted targets but also offer a range of other ‘softer’ outcomes
Seek to achieve a balance of male and female beneficiaries (despite previous ESF programmes failing to achieve gender balance)
Avoid duplication and ensure additionality and complementarity
Successful consortia to undertake to work closely together in ensuring that beneficiaries receive the best overall solution for their needs

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

12. 1 – Support for the long-term unemployed and economically inactive facing complex and multiple barriers
Unemployment levels in New Anglia are lower than the national average
However, around 5.2% (41,000) people are classified unemployed
Over 20% (209,000) of the working age population is classified economically inactive. This is higher than the regional average
Of those economically inactive, around 32% are understood to want to work
Unemployment levels are higher in urban areas (7.6%) than rural areas (3.9%)
Economically inactive rates are higher in rural areas (21%) than urban areas (18%)
More men are unemployed than women but more women are economically inactive
Around ½ of JSA claimants are aged 25-49, with around ¼ aged and 50-64
Fewer people with mental or physical disabilities, learning problems and other disorders are in employment in New Anglia than the regional average
DWP report that the claimant rates amongst those 50+ are not decreasing as quickly as for other age groups
Unemployment rates amongst ethnic minority groups (9.3%) are higher than the remainder of the population (5.2%)

13. 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 Work
Programme returners furthest from the labour market to overcome complex or
multiple 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 to
engage with local employers in designing delivery. Referrals will come from LA’s,
JCP and other providers.

14. 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 years olds are considered to be NEET – one of the highest rates for rural areas of England
Over ⅓ of year old NEETs are from a vulnerable group (e.g. BME, teen parent, youth offender, learning disability/ disorder)
There are nearly 4, 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 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 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

15. 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 that
support young people at a distance from work, education or training to make a
successful transition into, or closer, to employment, self-employment,
apprenticeship, training, education, volunteering or another tangible positive
outcome.
Young people to be supported will be NEET or at risk of becoming NEET and
facing 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 year olds = re-engage with education or work-based training
Priority for year olds = enter sustainable employment
Projects will need to operate in an already crowded market place focusing on
clients who tend to fall in the gaps between other provision.

16. 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 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

17. 3 – Support for Families blighted by long-term unemployment problems and intergenerational worklessness
Intervention that supports actions to break the intergenerational cycle of worklessness within families by investing in personalised and specialist employment support which is integrated within, complementary to, or designed as a wrap around to the Troubled Families programme and targeted at adults within the family unit who are unemployed, including long term unemployed or NEET. Support will be given to help family members experiencing complex or multiple barriers move towards employment or self-employment, addressing the root causes 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 those with English as a second language. This project is set in the context of the family unit (as supposed to targeting individuals in the other projects).

18. For discussion today
Are partners comfortable with the proposed geography and scale of projects?
Have we got the general principles and target groups right?
Is there any other evidence that partners can help with in defining the need?
What have we missed to help our discussions with BIG?

19. New Anglia Website Information resource for partners
Direct links to Government information
ESIF Strategy
Contact details

20. Contact
Alastair Rhind EU Programmes Manager EU Investment Strategy available at: