ECONOMY & SKILLS
PROGRESS REPORT FOR 2008- 09
(April 2009)
PROGRESS INDICATOR:
= Good progress towards achieving the target Nominated Board Member:
Nick Boulter
= Trend generally satisfactory
= Concern about progress
Sustainable Community Strategy outcome statement:
The maximum number of individuals will acquire employability skills
OUTCOME MEASURE: ACTION: BY WHO: BY WHEN: INDICATOR DETAILS:
[LEAD & Including:
1. Measure (where
PARTNERS] specified)
2. Remedial action where
there is concern about
progress
Develop programme for delivering Leads: 2009 9 Learners to date.
an integrated programme of Suffolk ACRE The start was
employability skills (exploring what delayed by 2
employability skills are perceived to Other partners: months as they
be lacking, from which groups/ Business Forum were awaiting a
sector applicants in particular, and CDRP manager.
how to address this). SCC – Community
Concentrate in specific geographic Learning and Skills
areas noted for deprivation issues. Development
Otley College
Understand need better by LSC
improved information sharing. E.g JCP
what is the current take-up of ITeC
activity by district area?
Roll programme out into other areas 2010
of need within the Suffolk Coastal
district.
Sustainable Community Strategy Outcome statement:
Better links between businesses, employers, education providers and young people to raise awareness of opportunities available and
raise aspirations of young people.
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Pilot ‘employer forum’ (specific Leads: 2009 Slight delay in
industry sector) with students and Education Business starting.
education providers involved. Partnership Engineering forum
Working with the EBP ‘Lines of put back for a
Learning’ programme and adding Others: better fit with
value through partner engagement. Business Forum partner activity.
Additional events combining sector Leads:
awareness and student learning. EBP
Others: Business
Forum, Otley
College, LSC SCDC
SCC
Enterprise Project with sixth form Leads:
(Providing Enterprise awareness Business Link,
session in a sixth form in the Suffolk SCDC SCC High
Coastal district). School
Pilot programme of Entrepreneurial/ Lead:
Employment Skills and work EBP (Helen Scott
experience opportunities agreed for Davies)
introduction in 2009 (exploring more
effective vocational guidance in Others: SCDC,
schools). Working to add value to Business Forum,
exiting models through partnership LSC, Suffolk ACRE,
working and direct involvement of SCTV
young people via Young People’s
Working Group. Links to ‘Informing NB: This project will
Choices’ and ‘futures4me’ be in collaboration
programmes. with the LSP Young
Peoples Group
Programme team identified,
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committed and curriculum prepared.
Young people from relevant
schools, parishes/market towns and
other parts of community identified,
agreed, informed and targeted.
Toolkit and information pack for
students on apprenticeships (where
to find them, what you will need to
supply, how to write a formal letter,
how to put together a CV, how to
market your skills etc)
Second employer forum (different As above 2010
sector) provided
Revised, enhanced programme
effectively delivered. Key target
outcomes largely achieved.
Extensive sharing of programme
successes within local
political/community arenas.
Appropriate celebration locally of
young people’s achievements.
Third employer forum As above 2011
Revised, enhanced programme
effectively delivered. Key target
outcomes largely achieved.
Extensive sharing of programme
successes within local
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political/community arenas.
Appropriate celebration locally of
young people’s achievements.
Establish a formal partnership network Set up meetings to establish how Lead: 2009
to ensure that the maximum number of we can work together in partnership. SCC - Community
adults are able to receive appropriate Learning and Skills
learning opportunities Agree an effective information- Development
sharing and learner referral system Other Partners:
to identify basic skills needs and fill Relevant Business
the gap. Forum members
LSC
EBP
Network established to achieve 2010
regular information-sharing
Network continues to achieve 2011
regular information-sharing
Sustainable Community Strategy Outcome:
Explore, increase and improve access to routes out of poverty for adults
Develop ways to work with hard-to- Lead: 2009 Suffolk ACRE’S
reach adults to enable them to: Suffolk ACRE Employment and
a. access support available to Training Manager
them Others: didn’t come into
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b. gain confidence and Business Forum post until January
employability skills (see JCP 09 which caused
outcome 1) SCDC some delay in
c. work to improve access to (links to migrant getting the
training, employment and workers, refugees, employability skills
asylum seekers work in
services (see outcome 5) Felixstowe looking at project started.
ESOL, employability and However, we are
community development confident that all
(thematic work). They targets will be
are only working with 10 achieved on time.
people currently as it is a
pilot. (ACRE/ LSC)
*Provide a programme of second- *SCC – Community
chance education for local Learning and Skills
residents, with appropriate Development
progression routes
Work with UCS and partners to Lead:
achieve a LEAP centre in Leiston to LSC
address local skills needs. Others:
UCS, SCDC
Develop project for three market Lead: Post advertised –
towns in the North of the district to SCDC, Suffolk but project funding
improve prosperity, improve access ACRE, package not
to business support, improve complete yet.
business-to-business connectivity, Others:
improve business-to-community Community
connectivity (e.g. knowledge Development
transfer, intellectual investment in Working Group
community), improved wealth
creation and retention in the local
economy (e.g. working to ‘leaky
bucket’ principles, using local
multiplier effect etc)
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Submit bid to NDA Socio-Economic
Fund
Identify and Bid for additional match
funding.
Projects continue (subject to 2010
funding)
Market Towns project winds up as 2011
market towns decide on which path
to take. Self-supporting after this.
Sustainable Community Strategy Outcome:
Addressing rural transport issues through lobbying relevant agencies at local, sub-regional and regional levels and implementing
solutions where possible.
Lobby relevant agencies and All 2009 & But more
organisations re: improving ongoing information needed
transport links to improve access to through to for further action
employment, skills and services. 2011 and meaning.
Add value to existing schemes such Lead: Programme likely to
as Kick-Start through additional Suffolk ACRE end in the next
vehicles, training and marketing. week.
Others Revenue/funding
NB This project will be developed SCC problems. A letter
in partnership with the Access to SCDC has been written to
Services group JCP all of the direct
leads. This
programme has
been successful
though.
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