Welcome to the Future Jobs Fund Seminar

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Welcome to the Future Jobs Fund Seminar

• Pam Gosal
• Economic Development Manager
• 22nd June 2009

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Milton Keynes Future Jobs Fund

• Our Journey so far.
• Background Future Jobs Fund
• Bidding for the Fund
• The Role of Government and Milton Keynes Council
  and Partners
• Time line
• Future Jobs Fund Overview and Local Context
  from
• Cllr Stephen Houghton Leader of Barnsley
  Council
• Questions

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Our journey so far
June 2009
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Future Jobs Fund
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Gap Analysis
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MKC Funded Project
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Developed 4 Action Plans
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December 2008
Identified 4 Main Areas to Address
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Developed Economic Task Group
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Economic Summit
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4 Main Areas
Supporting Businesses
Supporting People Communities
Developing Skills Employment Opportunities
Developing the MK Offer
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Some of the Projects Milton Keynes Council Funded

• Small Businesses rate Relief taken up scheme that
  has provided a total of 110,000 relief to 132
  local businesses
• MK Offer to attract visitor economy through
  effective marketing
• Creation of One Stop Shop advice website
  www.mkrecession-busters.info
• Phase 0 16 Projects 807,000
• Phase 1 1 Project 170,050
• Phase 2 7 Projects 505,176
• Still working on many more.

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What is the Future Jobs Fund?

• In the Budget 2009 the Government announced
  Future Jobs Fund (1 billion)
• Aims to create 150,000 jobs between October 2009
  and April 2011
• Builds on proposal made in the Tackling
  Worklessness review led by Cllr Stephen Houghton

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Bidding for Future Jobs Fund

• Who can Bid?
• Bids invited from anyone however strong
  preference for Partnership bids
• Led by Local Authority, sub-regional, city region
  and local partnerships, or national or local
  public third sector bodies
• What makes a successful bid?
• Create additional new jobs for long term
  unemployed people
• Benefit the local community and
• Create a significant proportion of jobs quickly
• Create a minimum of 30 jobs in total

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Minimum Criteria for Future Jobs Fund

• Jobs must be additional
• Each job created must last 6 months
• Provide work for 25 hours or more per week
• Pay at least national minimum wage
• 18 to 24 unemployed for around 12 months or are
  in unemployment hotspots
• Benefit local communities
• Average cost not to exceed 6,500 per job
• Value for money

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Secondary Criteria for Future Jobs Fund

• Number of jobs
• Costs i.e. per job, start up costs, ongoing
  costs.
• Speed of delivery
• Additional funding streams
• Supporting Future Jobs Fund employees
• Bid credibility

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Contribution to Future Jobs Fund

• Government Contribution
• 6,500 per job, can include admin and set up
  costs etc
• Milton Keynes Council (MKC) and Partners
  Contribution
• MKC to lead in this project
• MKC and Partners to co-ordinate a bid to the
  Future Jobs Fund on behalf of MK employers
• MKC to fund a training programme for all new
  employees no cost to employers
• Monitoring and reporting through the duration of
  the project

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How Milton Keynes Council and Partners will be
involved
Launch of Future Jobs Fund Seminar on the 22nd
June 09
Bids
Voluntary sector
Other
Public Sector
Business Sector
Collating bids
Submit Bid
Jobs created for Nov 09
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Milton Keynes Future Jobs Fund Time Line
Working on collating all bids into 1 bid proposal
for submission
Prepare for jobs
5 weeks

8th July 09 Bids collating discussion at Economic
Task Group
September 09 Results of success
24th July 09 1 Bid submission to government
22nd June 09 Future Jobs Fund Seminar
10th July 09 all bids by sector forwarded to Pam

3rd July 09 Deadline for bids
November 09 Create jobs
Sector heads to work on bids coming in assessing
against criteria and creditability of bid
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Who can help?

• For applications from Business
• Julie Murdoch via julie.murdoch_at_businesslinksoluti
  ons.co.uk or Grant Seeley via Grant.Seeley_at_hca.gsx
  .gov.uk
• For applications from Voluntary groups
• David Livermore via david.livermore_at_mkcvo.co.uk
  or Ruth Stone via ruth.stone_at_mkcvo.co.uk
• For applications from the Public sector
• Kellie Evans via recession.busters_at_milton-keynes.g
  ov.uk or Pam Gosal via pam.gosal_at_milton-keynes.gov
  .uk
• For applications and interest from providers of
  Training and New Skills
• Liz Gifford via liz.gifford_at_mkelp.co.uk or Colin
  Fox via colin.fox_at_mkelp.co.uk
• If you have a specific question that does not fit
  any of these categories please email
  pam.gosal_at_milton-keynes.gov.uk

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Recession Buster Website

• If you would like to take part in the bid, please
  view the application form at
• www.mkrecession-busters.info

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Future Jobs Fund Overview and Local Context

• Cllr Stephen Houghton
• Leader, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
• Chair, National Tackling Worklessness Review

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WORKLESSNESS TASKFORCE REPORT

• Key Recommendation - Helping people to find and
  stay in work should be a priority for Local Govt.
  and its partners
• Recommended a challenge fund for vulnerable
  economies
• Future jobs fund announced in advance of Govts
  official response
• Govts official response overwhelmingly positive

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FUTURE JOBS FUND - PRINCIPLES

• Aims to create 150,000 jobs for 18-24 year olds
  at a disadvantage in Labour market
• Bids from Councils, LSPs and Third Sector
  Partnership Bids encouraged led by Councils
• Criteria-
• Jobs will last for at least 6 months 25 hours
  or more per week to at least minimum wage
• Jobs for long term unemployed can include some
  older people
• Jobs are additional they would not otherwise
  exist
• The work will benefit local communities
• At least 100 additional jobs per bid created
• Recruitment via JC - First round jobs to start
  October 2009

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Future Jobs Fund the opportunity

• Learn from the past
• 1980s schemes
• 6 month revolving door
• Lack of training and jobs
• Cheap labour
• Lack of sustainability
• Public cynicism
• Must build in quality
• Must demonstrate a genuine purpose

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Barriers to address

• Whilst health and opportunity are important-
• Most people cite
• Lack of confidence
• Lack of skills
• Financial disincentives
• As reasons for not finding work.
• FJF must address these issues to have a chance of
  success.

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Barnsleys Overview

• Quality of experience
• Vocational training
• Benefit to the community
• Additionality
• At least 1 year
• Remuneration
• Job search CV and interviews

• Attractive and well regarded
• Range of opportunities
• Advert to employment in 12 weeks
• Ring fenced vacancies

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Barnsleys Overview

• Sell benefits
• Marketing
• Good experience and training
• CV builder and job search
• NVQ2
• Work with the Mainstream
• FND and Train to Gain
• Digital Region
• Enterprise Development
• Link to FE and HE

• Outcomes
• Segmentation personalisation
• Resource allocation to ensure appropriate support
• 60 into work

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The Barnsley Proposal

• Residents of Barnsley
• 18-24 u/e longer than 6 months
• Jobs minimum of 12 months
• Training to NVQ2 Literacy, Numeracy, IT
• No substitution for mainstream jobs
• Full agreement with TUs

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Barnsley Funding Profile

• Based on annual salary of 12,000 pa on costs
• FJF support of 6,500 per placement
• Use other funding streams, FND, Train to Gain,
  discussions ongoing with ERSA (Employment Related
  Services Assoc)
• Council match funding

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Barnsley Placement Proposals

• Neighbourhood Community Workers/ Urban Rangers
  5 local areas
• Neighbourhood Engagement Workers/ Surveyors 5
  local areas
• Digital Region Support Workers
• Barnsley Town Centre events, ambassadors,
  cultural activities
• Enterprise support, incl.Social Enterprise

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Barnsleys Delivery Partners

• JCP FND Contractor
• BMBC
• Range of opportunities
• PCT Hospital
• Keen to support with placements
• Private Sector
• 60 key accounts employ 9,000 people
• Opportunity Advisers
• Personal Key Worker support
• Trade Union Learning Reps