UK Shared Prosperity Fund and No One Left Behind Phase 3 People and Skills Presentation

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The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is a key initiative of the UK Government's Levelling Up agenda, aiming to invest over £2.6 billion in local projects by March 2025. The fund focuses on communities, businesses, and particularly on people and skills development. The presentation outlines the objectives, funding allocations, and strategic priorities for Edinburgh, emphasizing the importance of stakeholder collaboration in shaping future services. Key topics include workforce demographics, claimant counts, investment plans, and the role of the UKSPF in supporting local economies. Participants are urged to contribute their expertise to identify areas for improvement and align resources effectively for maximum impact.

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  1. UK Shared Prosperity Fund and No One Left Behind Phase 3 People and Skills Presentation 7thJune 2022 1

  2. UK SPF (People and Skills) and NOLB Phase 3 Today s programme Introduction and housekeeping UK Shared Prosperity Fund (People and Skills) No One Left Behind Phase 3 Question and Answers Planning for the future Summary of next steps and timescales Finish by 11.30am 2

  3. What we want from today? We need your help, knowledge and expertise to identify where there are gaps and how we should shape future services 3

  4. Edinburghs Strategic Skills Pipeline (Updated May 2022) 4

  5. Edinburgh Claimant Count February 2022 Update In April 2022 the claimant count for Edinburgh was 10,425: a. 1,225 were 16-24 year olds b. 5,925 were 25-49 year olds c. 2,270 were 50 or older The overall claimant count in Edinburgh is now 33% higher than it was in February 2020. In March 2022 there were 13,274 working individuals claiming Universal Credit in Edinburgh Source:https://www.joinedupforjobs.org/uploads/store/mediaupload/364/file/3%20Edinburgh%20and%20 South%20East%20Scotland%20Regional%20Claimant%20Count%20March%202022.pdf 5

  6. UK Shared Prosperity Fund UKSPF is a central pillar of the UK Government's Levelling Up agenda and will commit over 2.6bn of funding for local investment by March 2025 Prospectus published in April 2022, setting out how UKSPF will invest in domestic priorities and target funding where it is needed most, focusing on: Communities and place Business support People and skills Multiply 6

  7. UK Shared Prosperity Fund 175M in core UKSPF activity funding 36.6M in Multiply funding Part must be spent on capital costs Edinburgh s allocation for the next three years: 2022/23 1,816,395 647,290 2023/24 3,106,992 746,873 2024/25 6,978,781 11,902,168 746,873 Total UK SPF Multiply 2,141,036 7

  8. UK Shared Prosperity Fund The process: Creation and submission of Investment Plan Match funding not required but encouraged Mixture of capital and revenue funding Requires sign off from Council before submission 8

  9. UK Shared Prosperity Fund People and Skills Objectives Reducing levels of economic inactivity through investment in bespoke intensive life and employment support tailored to local need. Supporting people furthest from the labour market to overcome barriers to work by providing cohesive, locally tailored support including access to basic skills. Skills to progress in work and to fund local skills needs. Boosting core skills and support adults to progress in work, by targeting adults with no or low level qualifications and skills in maths, and upskill the working population, yielding personal and societal economic impact, and by encouraging innovative approaches to reducing adult learning barriers 9

  10. UK Shared Prosperity Fund People and Skills Interventions S31: Employment support for economically inactive people: Intensive and wrap-around one-to-one support to move people closer towards mainstream provision and employment S32: Courses including basic skills (digital, English, maths (via Multiply) and ESOL), and life skills and career skills S33: Activities such as enrichment and volunteering to improve opportunities and promote wellbeing S34: Intervention to increase levels of digital inclusion S35: Support for employability programmes and advice places should have regards for the No One Left Behind agenda, the Young Person s Guarantee, Fair Start Scotland and Scottish employability pipeline. 10

  11. UK Shared Prosperity Fund People and Skills Interventions S36: Support for local areas to fund local skills needs S37: Green skills courses to ensure we have the skilled workforce to support the Just Transition to a net zero economy and climate resilience S38: Funding to support local digital skills. S39: Support for education and skills targeting vulnerable young people leaving school S40: Support for community learning and development S41: Funding to support new partnership and project-based entrepreneurial learning between business and education to develop a culture that celebrates entrepreneurship. 11

  12. UK Shared Prosperity Fund People and Skills Indicative Outcomes Economically inactive people engaging with keyworker support services Number of economically inactive people supported to engage with the benefits systems Number of socially excluded people accessing support Number of people supported to access basic skills Number of people accessing mental and physical health support leading to employment Number of people supported to engage in job-searching Number of people supported to gain employment Number of people supported to sustain employment 12

  13. UK Shared Prosperity Fund People and Skills Indicative Outputs Economically inactive individuals in receipt of benefits they are entitled to following support Increased active or sustained participants of UKSPF beneficiaries in community groups (and/or) increased employability through development of interpersonal skills Increased proportion of participants with basic skills (English, maths, digital and ESOL) Number of people in supported employment (and) number of people engaging with mainstream healthcare services Number of people sustaining engagement with keyworker support and additional services Number of people engaging in job searching following support Number of people in employment, including self-employment, following support Number of people sustaining employment for 6 months Increased employment, skills and/or UKSPF objectives incorporated into local area corporate governance 13

  14. No One Left Behind Scottish Government s strategy for employability transformation to ensure people are at the centre of the design and delivery of services. A strengthened partnership approach where the spheres of government work more collaboratively with third and private sector to identify local needs and make informed, evidence-based decisions, flexing these to meet emerging labour market demands. 14

  15. No One Left Behind - Timeline Phase 1 - No One Left Behind - Activity Agreements, Employer Recruitment Incentives and Parental Employability Support Fund Phase 2 April 2022 - End of Employability Fund and Community Jobs Scotland Phase 3 April 2023 - End of Fair Start Scotland 15

  16. Next Steps Work with stakeholders to develop Edinburgh s Investment Plan for UK Shared Prosperity Fund and prepare for No One Left Behind Phase 3. Committee Report to the Housing, Homelessness and Fair Work Committee to provide details of the proposed Edinburgh Investment Plan. Submission of Edinburgh s Investment Plan for approval to UK Government. June/July 2022 4 August 2022 August 2022 Anticipated date from UK Government for investment plan to be approved. October 2022 Intended end date of Fair Start Scotland delivery 31 March 2023 UK Shared Prosperity Funding period ends March 2025 16

  17. UK SPF (People and Skills) and NOLB Phase 3 Questions? 17

  18. UK SPF (People and Skills) and NOLB Phase 3 Group Discussion What are the gaps in Edinburgh s employability pipeline? What people and skills interventions should Edinburgh consider as a priority for UK SPF investment? What outputs and outcomes do we want to achieve? 18

  19. Questions?... Philip Ritchie : Contracts and Programme Manager Business Growth and Inclusion : City of Edinburgh Council Business Centre 1.4 : 4 East Market Street : Edinburgh EH8 8BG philip.ritchie@edinburgh.gov.uk : 0131 529 4273 19

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