Thematic Action Plan

REGIONAL SOCIAL STRATEGY : Thematic Action Plan Monitoring Year 1 Actions - (by March 2005) Action Apply a Sustainable SO1 Development Toolkit to ensure a balance between economic, social and environmental policy objectives to help address income inequalities Outcome Improved policy integration to promote sustainable development and reduced income inequalities Milestone Lead organisation Q Use of toolkit to assess all EERA (Laurna Q1 major public sector policies Compton) and projects for impact on inequalities Q2 Q3 Q4 Risk Progress Against Risk Appendix 1 Progress to Date SO2 community and social Support the development of enterprises across the region Community and social Social Enterprise Action enterprises able to access Plan Written appropriate sources of finance and business support to help them develop and grow; enhanced employment opportunities for people facing barriers to employment SEEE incorporated and viewed as the strategic body for delivering the Action Plan in EoE EEDA (Dave Parratt) Q1 IIC funding approved in early Sept 04 for Social Enterprise East of England (SEEE) to lead development of regional social enterprise strategy and action plan. Due for completion by March 2004. Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Co-ordinate cross-government approach to children and young the Green Paper, Every Child Matters (ECM) More holistic service delivery Individual authorities in response to the needs of analyse their activity with children and young people respect to ECM and identify common issues, blockages and opportunities GO-East/EERA (Sue Lowe/Laurna Compton) SEEE applying for incorporation using a cooperative model. County based sub-regional social enterprise networks being supported through IIC and action 3 of SSEER EQUAL funding as delivery bodies for SEEE. SO3 people's issues in response to Q1 Considerable work with regional stakeholders Group supported by GO-East Q2 Q3 Q4 Increased access to quality childcare and support for all parents, linked to ECM A review document and gap analysis Regional Sure Start Team with GO-East Q1 (Sue Lowe) Children's Centre plans are being rolled out in the reigon. Work is also cintinuing to prepare 200508 Children's Fund plans with programmes in the region and with local authorities to support delivery of the wider Sure Start agenda. Support the development of early years programmes and interventions based on regional good practice, e.g. Sure Start SO4 Contribute to the local skills for Improved level of adult life targets by delivering a range literacy, language and of literacy, language and numeracy in the region numeracy programmes across the region, as identified in the FRESA and local Learning and Skills Council's literacy and numeracy plans Q2 Q3 Q4 Overall poor skills level reduced by: 800,000 by 2004 (11.4%) LSCs Q1 Contribute to the local skills for Improved level of adult life targets by delivering a range literacy, language and of literacy, language and numeracy in the region numeracy programmes across the region, as identified in the FRESA and local Learning and Skills Council's literacy and numeracy plans Overall poor skills level reduced by: 800,000 by 2004 (11.4%) Q2 Q3 Q4 For the period April 2001-July 2003 the number of achievers is 38,000 against the 2004 milestone of 80,000. The data for July 2003-August 2004 will be available in Nov. 2004. Establish a regional Forum to Reduced inequalities and promote active Ageing as a overall improved inclusion of mechanism for reducing the risk older people SO5 of social exclusion of older people (1) Preliminary partnership development work (2) Regional Forum for Ageing established taking account of future sustainability needs (1)Multi-agency steering group led by Age Concern Eastern Region (2)Multi-agency steering group led by Age Concern Eastern Region Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Take forward ageing priorities identified in the FRESA Increased labour market participation Priority areas for action agreed with stakeholders Multi-agency group led by Jobcentre Plus (Neil Wood) Q1 Q2 Transnational bid to Brussels for E3.5 million was declined on the grounds that Brussels did not recognise EEDA as a government body. Currently appealing decision. If funding not secured through Europe, group will need to Currently appealing decision. If funding not secured consider the feasibility of progressing the through Europe, group will need to consider the feasibility of progressing the project Q3 project. Priority areas of action agreed with stakeholders. Q4 Support Crime & Disorder Partnerships and Drug Action Teams (DATs) in priority areas and disseminate good practice. Reduced crime and reoffending Regional conference dissemination programme GO-East (Sue Lowe) Q1 A series of networking and training events have been offered to CDRPs and Dats between AprilSept covering subjects such as domestic violence, anti-social behaviour, burglary reduction and prolific offenders. Two editions of 'Outlook', the CS&RU newslett, have been widely circulated across the region. Q2 Q3 Q4 SO6 professionals involved in urban Improved skills among regeneration and urban design and regeneration through development professionals a Regional Centre of Excellence. Develop the skills of RCE established EEDA (Dave Parratt) Q1 Develop the skills of Improved skills among professionals involved in urban regeneration and urban design and regeneration through development professionals a Regional Centre of Excellence. RCE established Q2 Low risk Q3 Q4 Promote policies aimed at SO7 providing opportunities for the closer location of homes, jobs and services and better accessibility through public transport, cycling and walking with in the Regional Transport Strategy Reduced need to travel and enhanced access to local jobs and services Publication of RPG14 EERA (Laurna Compton) Business plan prepared. Business case considered by RCE Advisory Group in Sept 2004. To be considered by EEDA Board in Oct. 2004. Agree Business Plan by end 2004 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Implement the action plan Social enterprises and developed from research on excluded individuals have community development finance access to advice and financial services Evaluation of best practice EEDA (Dave Parratt) in addressing social inclusion. Disseminate information on appropriate sources of finances through mainstream business, voluntary sector and social enterprise support agencies and networks Q1 Q2 Steering Group from CDFI research ('Lend Me Your Fears') taking forward regional conference on community development finance in association with the CDFA. Event date planned for 1st Dec. in Ely. Aimed at policy-makers, Loc. Auths and potential clients. Conference will lead to action plan for implementing strategic level recommendations Q3 Q4 SO8 increasing community Develop a framework for participation within multi-agency partnerships Greater community participation Framework developed and COVER (Sally Dyson) piloted Q1 Research completed which looked at development of COMPACTs across the region and the extent to which COMPACTs are influencing other areas of work, specifically LSPs. Developing case studies on quality compact working in the region. Q2 Q3 Q4 Year 2 Actions (by March 2006) Action Encourage local authorities in SO1 the EoE to use their new community leadership powers to promote the development of local policies and initiatives to tackle social exclusion Outcome Increased understanding of local social exclusion problems and follow through to service delivery Milestone Survey of local authority action plans to deal with social exclusion Lead Organisation Q EERA (Laurna Q1 Compton) Risk Progress Against Risk Progress to Date Q2 Q3 Q4 SO2 to identify opportunities for EERA (Laurna Review the evidence of low pay Reduced percentage of low- (1)Determining agreed paid workers in the region priorities for regional action Compton) regional action on low pay (2)Survey of migrant worker employment in the EoE EEDA (Dave Parratt) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 London Metropolitan University (Working Lives Institute) appointed to carry out research on migrant workers. Completion by March 2005. Q2 Q3 Q4 Supporting schools in signing up Increased educational to and achieving the National attainment and improved Healthy Schools Standard in all health participation SO3 schools with 20% free school meals (501 schools) Stepped targets over 3 years to 2006 Accredited Local Healthy School Partnership (Val Moore) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Dissemination of national evalutation in the region: Local NHSS partnerships briefed, May 04. Briefing being sent to various audiences early Oct. 04 Presentations to Directors of Public Health Sept. 04. Meeting with SHA children leads arranged. Develop a regional response to the national evaluation of National Healthy School Standard Increased educational attainment and improved health participation Regional Priorities for action HDA (Val Moore) Q2 Q3 Q4 Promote the development of Sexual Health & Relationship Education (SRE) linked to the Healthy Schools standards Reduced teenage conceptions and achieve improved quality of life for teenage parents Percentage reduction in incidence of teenage pregnancy HDA/DfES & accredited Local Healthy School Partnerships (Val Moore) Q1 Regional review of all local teenage pregnancy performance over 2003-04 and plans for 2004-05 was completed on time, and feedback provided to local partnerships. Q2 Q3 Q4 Review youth work Personal & Social Development Programmes in the light of evidence emerging from the Youth Development pilots and explore implications for the EoE Examples of 'What works' supports improvement of youth work in the Eastern region linked with ECM Evidence review and dissemination to voluntary and statutory youth services GO-East to facilitate professional networks with LAYSER and VYSER (Sue Lowe) Q1 This is a Year 2 Action Point and has not yet been scoped. The Youth Development Pilots have only been up and running since Spring 2004. Q2 Q3 Q4 Develop a regional youth work unit for the statutory and voluntary youth sector Sustained youth work provision integrated into the development of services re: ECM Improved networking in short term, regional unit scoped and developed in medium term EERA to support work with local authorities and involve LAYSER & VYSER (Laurna Compton)] Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 SO4 literacy, language and numeracy provision for excluded groups to excluded groups Develop ways of delivering Greater range of appropriate Audit of provision mapping DfES (Andrea Mearing) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Establish a regional forum to Reduced inequalities and promote active ageing as a overall improved inclusion of mechanism for reducing the risk older people of social exclusion of older SO5 people Clear priorities for regional action including Forum's advocacy and scrutiny role in relation to social exclusion issues Regional Forum on Ageing with leadership as agreed by its Q1 members Project funding required for 4 years from end Bid to EEDA IIC in preparation. HAD and EERA underwriting cost of launch event in October Launch of Regional Forum (now called FUTURE EAST) on 5th October 04. Q2 2004 to sustain work Q3 Q4 Take forward ageing priorities identified in the FRESA Increased labour market participation Multi-agency group Work with international led by Jobcentre partners to stimulate Q1 Plus (Neil Wood) demand from employers and seek to match it with a skilled workforce Q2 Q3 Q4 Promote the findings of the HDA national pre-retirement pilots and encourage effective local action based on this evidence More informed and supported choices about retirement amongst 50+ age group (1)Regional conference on (1)HDA (Val Moore) retirement choices (2)Clear priorities for delivery of pre-retirement advice to those at risk of (2)HDA (Val Moore) social exclusion Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Establish case for continuation of 3-year Q2 HAD due to merge with NICE during 2005-06 commitment to this area of work Sept-Nov 04: HAD expertise provided to Reg. Health Strategy launch and workinggroups on Adults and Older people. Q3 Q4 SO6 housing and other priorities Supporting delivery of affordable Meeting needs identified in the Regional Housing relating to social inclusion Strategy identified in the Regional Housing Strategy, specifically: Meeting the Decent Homes Standard and those relating to the needs of: refugees, BME communities, homeless people and those in need of support As identified in RHS Regional Housing Board Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Commission research into the housing needs of: Refugees; Migrant Workers in the region Increased understanding of the issues and opportunities and priorities for action Research report EERA (Laurna Compton) Q1 Refugee housing needs: invitation to tender issued. Closes 21st October, 2004. Q2 Q3 Q4 To actively promote the development of strategic networks of greenspace that benefit physical and mental wellbeing, particularly in areas of deprivation, by providing for more contact with nature for all across the Sustainable Communities Plan Growth Areas High quality networks of greenspace for local communities that meet English Nature's accessible natural greenspace standards English Nature Production of a (David Knight) greenspace master plan for one Growth Area (area to be decided) Q1 Overarching partnership needs to e formed. A steering group to be formed to oversee bid Q2 to ODPM. The London-Stansted Cambridge-Peterborough growth area was chosen with the Peterborough sub-region identified as the focus for the masterplan preparation. Overarching partnership needs to be formed with steering group to be formed to oversee bid to the ODPM. Wider partnership still to be finalised. Approaches to be made to GO, EERA, EEDA, Sport, English Heritage, Community groups, health, transport and education sectors Q3 Q4 Delivery of the priorities identified in the implementation of the Regional Resettlement Strategy - Effective re-integration of Publication of a Strategy ex-offenders into the for the Resettlement of community - Offenders in the East of Reduction in re-offending England rates GO-East (Sue Lowe) Q1 Delivery of the priorities identified in the implementation of the Regional Resettlement Strategy - Effective re-integration of Publication of a Strategy ex-offenders into the for the Resettlement of community - Offenders in the East of Reduction in re-offending England rates Q2 Q3 Q4 Consultation draft published. Consultation closes 1st Nov. 2004. Develop a Co-ordinated, crossGovernment approach to tackling inequalities More co-ordinated, coherent Government Office Action GO-East (Gina Radford) regional government Plan approach to tackling health inequalities Q1 The draft Government Office Action Plan, Equitable East, has been completed and is now waiting to go to the GO-Board for approval. Q2 Q3 Q4 Develop a Regional Public Health Strategy Reduction in health inequalities in the region EERA (Gina Priorities identified for tackling health inequalities Radford, DoH) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Encourage local authorities to co- More community-focused Ensure next round of Local operate across administrative service planning and delivery Transport Plans reflect boundaries to deliver transport RPG sub-regions SO7 solutions that will support social inclusion EERA/GO-East (Laurna Compton/Sue Lowe) Q1 Preliminary meetings held with local authorities to advance on latest guidance including crossboundary working. Q2 Q3 Q4 Develop communications plan to More informed debate, SO8 support asylum seeker and discussion and decision refugee integration making Communications Plan EERA (Laurna Compton) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Year 3 Actions (by March 2007) Action Supporting people into employment through training and SO1 other initiatives Outcome To increase the job entry rate of disadvantaged people, particularly lone parents and people with disabilities and ill health Milestone An increase in the numbers of disadvantaged people obtaining and retaining employment by making best use of the New Deals and other relevant programmes Lead Organisation Q Jobcentre Plus with EEDA (Neil Q1 Wood/Dave Parratt) Risk Progress Against Risk Progress to Date Incomplete data on disadvantaged groups due to data on some customer groups not being easily available. Consequently, activity Working with partners to identify sources of data Q2 to target priority groups potentially unfocused. where missing. Mapping complete for lone parents, sick and disabled, older workers, residents of high unemployment wards, ethnic minorities, refugees, partners of claimants, homeless people. Incomplete for low and no basic skills, substance abusers and ex-offenders. Q3 Q4 Increase take-up of welfare benefits by supporting the provision of information and advice, including legal help Increase in household Increased take-up of income of those in low benefits income/unwaged households Legal Service Commision(LSC) with Citizens Advice (East Region) in partnership with accredited local advice providers Maximise benefits of public sector employment and procurement practices Socially responsible employment and procurement practices across public sector organisations in the region DH/NHS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 SO4 Contribute to the local Skills for Improved level of adult Life targets by delivering a range literacy, language and of literacy, language and numeracy in the region numeracy programmes across the region, as identified in the FRESA and local Learning and Skills Council's literacy and numeracy delivery plans Pilot project to evaluate the benefits of corporate social responsibilities in the relevant parts of the NHS Overall poor skills level reduced by: 160,000 by 2007 (22.9%) Local LSCs Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Boost Skills for Life learning Increased demand for opportunities to excluded groups learning from people from excluded groups 200,000 (+66.6%) additional learning opportunities Local LSCs Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Develop awareness and training for frontline staff to enable them to identify adults with literacy, language and numeracy needs and offer guidance and provisions Greater involvement of agencies to support increased take up of provision, which will also impact on attainment and participation levels 2000 (+100%) trained frontline staff LSCs + Regional Teacher Training Project(managed by Assoc. of Colleges in Eastern Region) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Multi-agency group To review outcome of implementation and wider let by Jobcentre Q1 Plus (Neil Wood) application Q2 Q3 Q4 EERA/Go-East GO-East assessment of (Laurna local Transport Plans Compton/Sue Lowe) SO5 Take forward ageing priorities identified in the FRESA Increased labour market Support local authorities in assessing the impact on social inclusion of Local Transport SO7 Plans Adoption of best practice Q1 Preliminary meetings held with local authorities to advise on latest guidance including accessibility planning. Q2 Q3 Q4 REGIONAL SOCIAL STRATEGY: Inter-Agency Action Plan Monitoring Year 2 Action (by March 2006) Action Improved coordination to make best use of external funding Outcome Reduced duplication,increas ed impact in disadvantaged communities Improved quality and effectiveness of programmes designed to empower communities Milestone EoE Funder's Forum to influence mainstream and regional funding Lead Organisation Q EERA (working Q1 with EoE Funder's Q2 Forum) Q3 Q4 Q1 Risk Progress against Risk Evaluate and apply lessons from NR areas, NDC, Neighbourhood Management (1) Map sources Go-East of evidence/good practice across the region (2) dissemination of national evaluation of NR programmes Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Promote social impact assessment methods which involve communities in project planning Improved Focused understanding of learning event the potential impact of programmes on those who are disadvantaged EERA (with EEDA/HAD Promote social impact assessment methods which involve communities in project planning Capture, share and develop the learning from Local PSA initiatives Improved Focused understanding of learning event the potential impact of programmes on those who are disadvantaged EERA (with EEDA/HAD Improve the quality Seminar and and effectiveness scoping paper of local PSA initiatives in responding to local needs GO-East/EERA Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Year 3 Actions (by March 2007) Action Robust evaluation to be incorporated into all major programmes Outcome More systematic approach to capturing and disseminating learning Milestone Lead Organisation Q publicly available EERA (with EEDA) Q1 evaluations on major Q2 programmes (eg Investing in Q3 Communities) followed by dissemination Q4 events Risk Progress Against Risk Progress to Date Regional website is now live, with searchable database of "shared practice" (not yet fully assessed as 'good'). This goes byond NDC/NR areas. 24 case studies currently. Dissemination is ongoing. Currently developing a training/development programme for the GO and other regional agency staff to embed neighbourhood renewal skills. Aiming to start delivering a menu of options from office-based learning to practical/interactive sessions such as project visits - by January 2005. IDeA (the Improvement & Development Agency) is now taking this forward, via dissemination of good practice at a series of forthcoming events in the region. Progress to Date