Cornwall Works

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Cornwall Works

• Progress Report
• West Cornwall Update

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Cornwall Works Targets

• 1 Increase in the employment rates of lone
  parents, people with disabilities and people aged
  50 and over
• 250 people receiving incapacity benefits for 2
  years or more into work of over 16 hours for at
  least 13 weeks (stretch)
• 25 increase in numbers of young people leaving
  care in work, training or education
• 1.6 reduction in the overall claim rate in NRF
  priority neighbourhoods by March 2008

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Multi-agency Local Service Delivery
Sustainable Reduction In Worklessness
Economic Growth
Evaluation and Dissemination
Employer Support
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West Cornwall Update

• You Said
• OK to develop NATs
• Debt a really big problem

• We Have
• Team delivering from January 07 all people now
  in place
• Money management advisers from CAB

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West Cornwall Update

• You Said
• Need more co-ordination and info on projects and
  services
• Resources/ funding are constraining

• We Have
• Appointed Cornwall Works West Cornwall
  Partnership Facilitator
• Developing website as a key resource tool for
  partners
• Developed enabling fund and small grants

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West Cornwall Update

• You said
• Need to raise aspirations and expectations
• Need more and better post employment support

• We have
• Developed Toolkit activity to support this
• On Your Doorstep
• Cornwall Works for Young Enterprise
• NATs resource
• Team Leader Training

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West Cornwall Update

• You said
• Need more joined up approaches with agencies and
  business
• More support for people with Learning Disabilities

• We have
• Engaged Jobcentre Plus
• Linked with Housing Organisations and Health
• Business League
• Butt Bins
• Exploring links with Employer Sign-Up

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Healthy Boxes
Tasters/ On Your Doorstep
NAT TRENEERE
Individual Enabling Fund
Debt/ Financial Literacy
EMPLOYMENT
POST
Employment Engagement
CORNWALL WORKS
NAT Redruth North
Kick Off
NAT St Clare
Fifteen At Large
Employment Engagement
Team Leader Training
S/E SUPPORT
SUPPORT
NAT Pengegon P-an-T
Young Enterprise
Butt Bins
Opportunities Work
Wage Subsidy
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Questions

• How can you engage with Cornwall Works and
  specifically with NATs
• How can we develop more preventative approaches
• How can we best deploy the West Cornwall
  Partnership Facilitator to have biggest impact
• What else would you like to see on Cornwall Works
  website