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Welcome

Skills Funding Agency 3rd October 2014 Presented to ESF in Action Conference Mary Graves

Current projects

14 - 19 NEET

• Young people aged 14-19
• Either not in education, employment or training (NEET) or at

risk of becoming NEET

• Likely to face multiple barriers to participation and need a

different type of offer to engage them in learning and keep them engaged

• Individually tailored solutions leading to the onward

progression into education or employment with training.

14 - 19 NEET SW

Provider Contract value Contract end date BOURNEMOUTH CHURCHES HOUSING ASSOC LTD £790,264 31 July 2015 CITY COLLEGE PLYMOUTH £222,956 31 July 2015 PETROC £510,432 31 July 2015 PETROC £676,754 31 July 2015 PROSPECTS SERVICES £756,088 31 July 2015 SWINDON COLLEGE £898,752 31 July 2015 WESTON COLLEGE £633,260 31 July 2015

14 - 19 NEET Summary

• Generally successful - SW budget spend up to high 90s
• Considerable successes in terms of achievements for

individuals

• Tended to cover Local Authority areas which encouraged

good buy-in from local stakeholders

Community Grants

• Activities that help individuals in the hardest to reach

communities to enter the labour market

• Provide grants of up to £15,000 to allow small third sector
• rganisations to access ESF through simplified

arrangements

• Grant co-ordinating bodies administer Community Grants
• n a regional basis. They publicise the availability of grants

as well as providing support to successful applicants

Community Grants SW

Provider Contract value Contract end date THE LEARNING CURVE (VOLUNTARY SECTOR DEVELOPMENT) £1,000,000 31 July 2015

Community Grants Summary

• Most successful in terms of overall spend
• Simplest in terms of ESF administration requirements

Skills Support for Redundancy

• To ensure that capacity is in place to respond to

redundancies and the employment implications of local economic conditions

• Support newly unemployed individuals
• Providers deliver tailored skills activities

Skills Support for Redundancy SW

Provider Contract value Contract end date CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE £701,200 31 July 2015 LEARNDIRECT LIMITED £1,628,900 31 July 2015

Skills Support for Redundancy Summary

• Less successful in terms of overall spend
• Engages with businesses which has been difficult over this

programme due to the nature of the economy

• SW redundancies have tended to be micro organisations

rather than large scale - harder to respond to

Skills Support for the Unemployed

• Skills support to unemployed individuals on benefits who

are looking for work but face a skills barrier to entering work

• Training and skills which may include regulated units and

qualifications

• Training must respond to an individual’s skills needs
• Learners aged 19 or over, must be unemployed; in receipt
• f state benefits; looking for work, and require skills
• Training to help people enter work

Skills Support for the Unemployed SW

Provider Contract value Contract end date CAREERS SOUTH WEST LIMITED £1,550,000 31 July 2015 CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE £677,650 31 July 2015 LEARNDIRECT LIMITED £518,500 31 July 2015

Skills Support for the Unemployed Summary

• Worked well particularly where providers:
• Were embedded in the local infrastructure
• Had a track record of working with the client group

Skills Support for the Workforce

• To meet local skills needs identified by the Local Enterprise

Partnership

• Emphasis on individuals progressing to higher levels of

learning or to Apprenticeships

• There is a responsive element within the contract, to enable

providers to adapt provision to meet emerging skills needs, as identified by the Local Enterprise Partnership

• Supports employed individuals who work in small to

medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro sized

• rganisations.

Skills Support for the Workforce SW

Provider Contract value Contract end date SERCO LIMITED £5,339,554 31 July 2015 SOMERSET COUNTY COUNCIL £188,500 31 July 2015 Provider Contract value Contract end date WESTON COLLEGE £1,574,000 31 July 2015 WESTON COLLEGE £278,000 31 July 2015

Skills Support for the Workforce Summary

• Later start date so too soon to tell
• LRF element has been successful
• Demonstrated that working on a LEP-scale footprint can

work – LEP level management partnerships have developed

Workplace Learning

• To promote the in-work progression of employed individuals

with low skills levels

• Delivery of work related skills training
• Enabling individuals to improve their employment status

and to move on to undertake higher levels of training

• Particularly aimed at those vulnerable to future

unemployment

• 19 or over

Workplace Learning SW

Provider Contract value Contract end date PETROC £3,659,580 31 July 2015 PETROC £453,173 31 July 2015

Workplace Learning Summary

• A single contract for the whole of the South West co-

financing area proved challenging (with ESF rule of only

• ne layer of subcontracting)
• https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-esf-

programme-summaries

ESF 2014 - 20

Working with LEPs

• 1. ESF plans, specifications, procurement, reporting
• 2. FE Capital
• 3. Skills support, advice and guidance, including facilitating

relationships with providers

Issues to consider

• LLDD, age, gender, sector focus
• Rigid specifications vs flexibility to meet new and emerging

challenges

• How long should projects be procured for?
• How to manage impact rather than outcome
• Links to other programmes – ERDF, JCP, Big
• Election – how to add value to mainstream when

mainstream priorities change

• Opportunity to think differently

Issues to consider

• Potential providers - Register of Training Organisations
• Agency procurement will still be about education and skills
• Timescales

Area Teams

Deputy Director – Paul Lucken The East Hampshire, IOW and Dorset Team Fareham Office

Head of Employer and Delivery Services – Fiona Willmot 3 x Managers – Alan Jenkinson, Norma Landgraf, Caroline Pover 1 x Advisor – Lyndsey Hamper 1 x Administrator – Malcolm Wright

The Somerset, Devon and Cornwall Team Plymouth Office

Head of Employer and Delivery Services – Tony Skeel 3 x Managers – Richard Daulton, Alison Thorpe, Mary Graves 1 x Advisor – Debbie Young 1 x Administrator – Sadie Cox

Any questions?

mary.graves@sfa.bis.gov.uk