Addressing local priorities through

Community Led Local

Development

30 September 2015Bede Tower, Sunderland

Introduction and objectives

Charlotte BurnhamHead of Scrutiny and Area ArrangementsE: charlotte.burnham@sunderland.gov.uk

T: 0191 561 1147

Objectives

• Continue to inform and raise awareness of the ESIF programme

• Specific focus today on ‘Community Led Local Development’

• Identify opportunities for VCSE, public and private organisations in Sunderland to get involved

• Develop options for partnership-working and developing a proposal for Sunderland

Agenda

10:00 – Introduction and objectives of the session

10:10 – Overview of the Community Led Local Development process

10:25 – Emerging trends and priorities for action

10:40 – Introduction to the workshops

11:40 – Feedback and next steps

12:00 – Lunch and networking

Overview of the Community Led

Local Development process

James GarlandSenior Funding & Commercial OfficerE: james.garland@sunderland.gov.uk

T: 0191 561 1158

ESIF Programme Structure

What is CLLD?

Key components

•Targeted activities to support bottom-up social inclusion

•Resource should be targeted at the 20% most deprived areas

•Driven by local needs and potential to unlock opportunities, growth and jobs

•Innovative local strategies developed and led by LAGs

•Focus upon areas of between 10,000-150,000 people

•Minimum value of £2.16m (€3m) public funding per CLLD area – this includes European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), European Social Fund (ESF) and other public match funding

Sunderland has 70 Lower Super Output Areas in the top 20% most deprived in England. This equates to 37% of the city’s total population.

Policy Priorities

CLLD requirements

•Two stage competitive application process• Full application to access preparatory costs• Invitation to submit a second full application for

approved CLLD strategy (implementation stage)•Demonstrate added value, rationale and need•Clear evidence of baselines, demand, engagement and capacity•Identify Local Action Group to design and implement CLLD strategy and action plan, including outputs•Financial plan to identify level of ERDF, ESF and match•Identify lead partner in administrative and financial matters (Accountable body)

What will CLLD support? (1)

ERDF objective: ‘To build capacity within communities as a

foundation for economic growth in deprived areas’

ERDF priorities / activities:•Promotion of entrepreneurship and self-employment•Small scale business infrastructure provision•Community infrastructure and capacity building that seeks to mobilise resources and assets to improve economic performance •Poor linkages / jobs-skills mismatch between areas of deprivation and areas of higher economic growth

What will CLLD support? (2)ESF objective: ‘To deliver additional localised support to people

in particularly deprived areas, so that they can move towards or

into employment’.

ESF priorities / activities:•Tackling multiple deprivation and work related barriers•Addressing persistent unemployment, economic inactivity and poverty•Promoting entrepreneurship and access to local services and amenities•Facilitating community participation and engagement to address specific issues

Indicative timelineMilestones

6 Oct 15 Call for Proposals launched by DCLG

30 Nov 15 Deadline for full applications (Preparatory stage)

Jan-Feb 16 Approval of Preparatory stage funding

Jun 16 Draft Local Development Strategies (LDS) submitted, LAG formed

Aug 16 Approval of LDS and invitation to submit Full Application for Implementation stage

Sep 16 Full Application submitted, Funding Agreement issued by Managing Authority

Oct-Dec 16 Start of Implementation stage

Emerging trends and

priorities for actionJon Beaney

Associate Lead for Organisational StrategyE: jon.beaney@sunderland.gov.uk

T: 0191 561 1132

Four Issues to Consider

Entrepreneurship

Reliance on public sector and large scale manufacturing

Improving the enterprise culture with higher numbers of small and medium sized

business start-ups, survivals and expansions

STEM “Drip Chart” to be provided by Kelly

Jobs/Skills Mismatch

STEM and jobs - now and in the future

Acquiring the right skills to ensure the city’s labour force is able to meet the existing

demand for jobs and attract a wider range of employers

Low skills relative to GB

Distance from the Labour

Market

Enabling those furthest away from the local labour market

to get closer to and into work, and those in work to be more productive and progress their

careers

Community infrastructure and capacity building that seeks to

mobilise resources and assets to improve economic performance, including facilitating community participation and engagement

to address specific issues

Research and Intelligence - SourcesDepartment for Communities and Local Government:https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-communities-and-local-governmentDepartment for Transport: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transportDepartment for Work and Pensions: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/Experian: http://www.experian.co.uk/marketing-services/products/mosaic-uk.htmlGovernment Data: http://data.gov.uk/Government Statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/Health Profiles: http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/view.aspx?RID=116449Nomis: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/Nomis – Sunderland Profile: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/1946157068/report.aspxONS: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/index.htmlPublic Crime Figures: http://www.police.uk/northumbria/A1/TWRI: http://www.twri.org.uk/LMI: http://www.labourmarketnortheast.co.uk

Entrepreneurship Jobs/Skills Mismatch

Distance from the Labour

Market

Community Infrastructure

Introduction to the workshops

Trish CornishVoluntary Community Action Sunderland

E: trish@vcas.org.ukT: 0191 565 1566

Workshop questions•Is there broad support for a CLLD approach?

•How will CLLD add value and not duplicate what we already

have?

•What priorities do we want CLLD to focus on?

•Which organisations want to be involved in the design,

development or management of CLLD?

•Which organisations want to be involved in delivering CLLD

priorities?

•Who do you want the accountable body to be?

Feedback and next steps

Gillian McDonoughVoluntary Community Action Sunderland

E: gillian@vcas.org.ukT: 0191 565 1566