NEW EAST MANCHESTER

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NEW EAST MANCHESTER New East Manchester
Economic Programme Community Engagement Including
Introduction to NEM Economic Programmes Key
Projects
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New East Manchester regenerating on an
unprecedented scale
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New East Manchester Ltd

• New East Manchester Ltd is a partnership
  initiative between Manchester City Council, the
  national housing and regeneration agency Homes
  Communities Agency, North West Development
  Agency and the communities of east Manchester
• Encompassing more than 1,900ha extending from
  the edge of Manchester City Centre to the
  eastern boundary of the city, east Manchester
  presents an opportunity for investment and
  regeneration on a scale unprecedented in an
  English city

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NEM Location and Community Services
Across the different neighbourhoods a
variety of Council service engage with the
community on a daily basis. Youth intervention,
Ward support, Social program, Community safety,
Marketing, Schools and Education, Environmental,
Physical Development, and Economic programmes
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East Manchester Characteristics

• Traditional manufacturing base 60 employment
  loss 1975 - 85
• 13 population loss in the 1990s
• Collapse in housing market
• 20 vacant properties, negative equity
• In the top 1 of the most deprived area
  (index of multiple deprivation)
• Low skills base, high crime/ poor health/ poor
  community and retail facilities
• Fragile economic base
• 52 households receive benefits
• 14.2 unemployment
• Poor infrastructure and environment

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NEM Key Targets 2008 - 2018

• 9,200 new homes to be built or on site by
  2013, increasing to 15,000 by 2018 and 24,000 to
  be completed by 2025
• A further 7,000 homes improved by 2013
• An additional 700,000 sq m new business
  development by 2018
• 4,000 residents to be supported into
  employment by 2013 and a further 3,500 by 2018
• Proportion of pupils gaining 5 GCSEs A - C
  to surpass Greater Manchester average by 2011
  and the national average by 2013
• Significant improvements to environmental
  quality to continue including 50,000 trees
  planted by 2018

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Area Statistics
Total Population 63,560 Working age
population 40,380 Total Benefit claimants
13,330 ( 33) JSA 2,388
(5.9) IB 6,930 (17.2) Lone
parents 2,786
(6.9) Business base 1,614
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NEM Economic Programme

• Establishes core principles and key
  objectives
• Revitalising the economy,
• Increasing local employment
• Improving retail provision,
• Improving education
• Ten projects meeting the residents and
  investors needs
• Requirement to regularly formally review projects
  against mainstream offer

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Economic Programme Targets (July 07 to March
2010)

• 4,292 Engaged and undertaking employment
  support
• 1,670 Vocational training
• 1,733 Jobs secured
• 230 Individuals referred to North West
  Start up Service
• 550 Businesses supported
• Joint targets can only be achieved via the
  established partnership with
• Job Centre Plus, Work Solutions, Enhanced Job
  brokerage ,
• Stepping Stones, Connexions, Learning Skills
  Council (LSC), and MCC
• all members of the current Worklessness group.

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NEM Economic Development Review Structure
NEM BOARD
ECONOMIC PROGRAMME BOARD
SRF DELIVERY GROUP (DPSB)
BUSINESS SUPPORT GROUP
WORKLESSNESS SUB GROUP
PROJECT STEERING GROUPS
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Economic Programme

• Skills for Life including services
• Home Tuition Project
• Community based ESOL classes
• Dyslexia Outreach Project
• Financial Inclusion
• Money Mentors
• Financial Literacy
• Volunteer Money Champions
• Links to employment support projects and a
  making a financial case for work
• Experience - Volunteer Development
• Community based volunteer brokerage
  service for residents
• and voluntary sector

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Business (SME) Support

• Business advisers
• Consultation re physical development, property
  database
• Enterprise facilitation i.e. one to one pre-pre
  start, removing barriers, confidence building,
  initial business planning for NEM residents
• Access to local supply chain
• Schools curriculum development Enterprise
  Week
• Business network
• Specialist support
• Selling on the Web
• Meet the Buyer
• Marketing/sales

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Employment and Training

• Rapid Response Project
• Employers in specific sectors bespoke
  solutions
• Individual grants for residents to gain
  skills to secure
• employment (panel decision)
• Funding for specific pre-recruitment
  campaigns
• Additional support for Tesco LEP
• JobCity (jobs fairs)
• Learning 4U
• Regeneration Apprentices Project
• 17 have undertaken the programme
• Level 2 and Level 3 Working in the
  Community Qualifications
• Foundation Degree in Neighbourhood
  Renewal

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Enhanced Job Brokerage

• Matching people to opportunities
• Targeting JSA and all benefit claimants,
  providing a service to complement main stream
  services
• Account management of employers locally,
  including pre recruitment and a job match
  services, for all sectors including Construction
• Post employment support
• A mechanism to measure and reporting of job
  creation and employment safe guarded across the
  area
• Access to all training opportunities and services
  for residents including mainstream
• A services that is adaptable to meet inward
  investors needs

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The Client Journey
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Construction Skills Centre

• Partnership NEM, The Manchester College
  (formerly MANCAT),
• and Manchester Solutions
• Construction 16 week
• training programmes covering
• - Plastering
• - Multi-skilling kitchens, bathrooms
• - Ground works
• - Joinery
• - CSCS cards
• Employment support /placements and jobs via
  Enhanced Job
• Brokerage Team

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Construction Skills Centre

Three main routes into the centre via an initial
one to one interview
Route A - Trade testing for people with past
experience to ensure their skills are up to
date Route B - Some experience of the
construction industry seeking employment and
motivated aptitude tests and skills
assessment Route C - Little experience or
knowledge of sector poor literacy/ numeracy or
practical aptitude further away from the
labour market attitudes / barriers
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What Next .

• NEM Strategic Framework sets out, the forward
  area planning until 2018
• Together
• We can bring forward new ideas and
  innovative approaches
• Work with us to plan for provision into 2009
  and beyond
• Access a service, too lighten your work
  load, but ensure delivery in partnership

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New East Manchester Economic Programmes Team
contact details
m.cunliffe_at_manchester.gov.uk - Employment and
Training Manager n.Hunte_at_manchester.gov.uk
- Construction Strategy Coordinator