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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIP The EQUAL Programme
The Aim To research and develop services
that provide pathways to social inclusion through the strategic development of social enterprise, and encompassing the value of the lived experience, in the rural context of Powys.
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIP Rural Context of PowysPowys is approximately 125 miles (200k) x 50
miles (80k). The total population is just 128,000 people making it one of the most sparsely populated regions in the UK.
The major employers are Powys County Council and Powys Local Health Board
The majority of businesses are small or micro businesses
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIP Objectives
To develop and research initiatives that explore the potential benefits for rural communities to create opportunities for socially inclusive employment through :
i. Social Enterpriseii. Integrated approaches to service
deliveryiii. The value of the lived experience
within the planning, management and running of services and
enterprises
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIP The Problem
While there are excellent examples of social enterprise within Powys, there is no strategic policy in Powys, or in Wales, for examining its potential for social inclusion
· Voluntary organisations, dependent on grant aid, find it difficult to provide a consistency of service to address persistent barriers to equality of opportunity, and social inclusion
· User and carer involvement and participation strategies are sometimes tokenistic and marginalised
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERS Hypothesis
Social Enterprise can provide a vehicle for the development of services for individuals, families and communities
A more integrated approach to service delivery can overcome problems associated with economies of scale
Valuing the ‘lived experience’ of people who have learnt from personal experiences of disadvantage adds value to the development, running, and staffing of social enterprise
Rural communities have assets that include the natural environment, facilities and people skills
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIP Social Enterprise
To carry out an action research programme that examines inclusive employment practices within different models and approaches to the development of social enterprise
Including:
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIP Social Enterprise and Social Inclusion
Building Upon: Experience Within the Partnership The Development of New Services Other Existing Social Enterprises The Development of New Enterprises
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIP Service Development
To develop, in conjunction with Powys County Council and Local Health Board, services for individuals and families that address:
i. Responsible Employment Practices
ii. The needs of Families and Children at Risk
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIP Definition of Lived Experience
The Lived Experience is a stage beyond the democratic involvement and participation of people who have experienced stigma and/or discrimination.
It is a recognition of the value of particular skills that can enhance the development, management and delivery of services, enterprises, and other initiatives, through team and partnership working, on an equal basis. These skills are derived from an acknowledgement of personal and collective insights that have been gained directly from managing the disadvantages that led to the stigma and/or discrimination, or from supporting someone in a caring capacity. These skills can provide pathways for people, out of discrimination and disadvantage, that can be a role model for other people, that challenge both internal and external stigma.
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIP
The Partnership will explore the potential benefits of employing people with lived experience through:
Its own employment practice
Learning From Other Experience in Powys
Developing Best Practice in Employment
Promoting the Lived Experience
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIP Structure
The Development Partnership
The Executive
Cluster Groups
Lead Responsibilites
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PAVO
BBNPA
MP MIND
PRACTICAL CS
PDAC
ARCADY
PEARL TRUST
DISABILITY POWYS
CYMRYD RHAN
CAE POST
SPLETS
SIREN
PMHA
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIP Quality and Best Practice – Capacity Building
PAVO is an independent agency providing support to voluntary agencies and community groups by providing advice, information, support services and training.
PAVO is an advocate for the voluntary sector and assists with community development and regeneration strategies.
PAVO takes the lead within the DP for capacity building where they bring their considerable experience.
PAVO is also the Lead Agency for the DP.
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Quality and Best Practice – Research
Cae Post is a social enterprise that provides day support and work placements for people with learning disabilities within the context of a contract to deliver a re-cycling service for paper and plastics across Powys.
Cae Post are the lead agency in identifying and developing the resources to undertake the action research needs of the Partnership.
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Quality and Best Practice – Innovation
Siren are a social enterprise, or Intermediate Labour Market, that provides supported employment and training for people, who have a history of disadvantage and discrimination. They produce a range of high quality wood products that give the employees the opportunity to develop their work skills and to train in the field of their choice.
Siren are the lead agency in the development of innovative approaches within the work of the DP.
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Quality and Best Practice – Communications
The Perl Trust is a trust that has acquired a property in France that provides opportunities, for young people who have difficulties with drugs, alcohol or who have been through the court system, to work on the property in France.
The Perl Trust has the lead responsibility for Communications
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIP Learning – Transnational
Practical Care Solutions is a private company that provides consultancy services to residential care homes and supported housing schemes.
PCS is the lead agency for the Transnational Partnership
The main themes for transnational working are:
i. Research into different models of social enterprise
ii. Developing training tools through and for lived experience working
iii. Developing capacity for Partnership working
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIP Learning – Training
Mid Powys Mind provide a range of day and outreach services for people who experience mental distress. They aim to support people through confidence building, training and valued occupation along their chosen recovery pathway.
Mid Powys Mind are the lead agency in addressing the training needs of the DP, and for the programme of action research.
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIP Learning – Lived Experience
Powys Mental Health Alliance are a user-led agency that provides a framework for the involvement and participation of people who experience mental distress in the planning and development of services.
Powys Mental Health Alliance are the Lead Agency for developing the ideas and resources that are needed to understand and include people with a lived experience within the work of the DP.
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIP Policy and Mainstreaming – Policy
SPLETS is a local exchange trading system that has developed its own currency – beacons.
SPLETS has promoted environmental and community responses to local, national and international issues.
SPLETS is to take the lead in responding to the policy agenda raised by the work of the DP
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIP Policy and Mainstreaming – Mainstreaming
Disability Powys represents and provides services to support people with physical disabilities whose needs are often not catered for within the structures of wider society.
Disability Powys are the lead agency within the DP in mainstreaming the results of the work undertaken by the DP.
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIP Policy and Mainstreaming – Equal
Opportunities
The Brecon Beacons National Park Authority, BBNPA, are a Local Authority that are responsible for Planning and development within the National Park. This includes responsibility for housing, and access
BBNPA have Lead responsibility for Equal Opportunities
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIP Projects – Responsible Employment
Cymryd Rhan are a voluntary organisation than specialise in a range of domiciliary, day care and residential services for people with Learning Disabilities.
Cymryd Rhan will work with Powys County Council and Local Health Board to create jobs, within these organisations, and within the third sector for people who have been placed out of County or been in Care.
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIPProjects – Hidden Harm
Powys Drugs and Alcohol Centres (PDAC) provide a range of community services, including community detox and rehabilitation, for people recovering from alcohol and drug dependency
PDAC will provide the lead in the development of services that will examine the potential for social enterprise that address the needs of families and children whose lives have been affected by disadvantage and discrimination
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIPProjects – Community Regeneration Arcady are an embryonic social enterprise that
aims to include people from all sections of society within a community regeneration process that is aspirational for the people who take part and their communities
Arcady will take the lead in examining the potential for the development of services through social enterprise and community regeneration and ‘big ideas’
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIPStakeholders
Stakeholders who are key to the delivery of the programme have been invited to join the DP
Gofal Cymru Powys County Council Powys Local Health Board
Stakeholder we hope to work with in the future will be invited to join the programme at a later date, they include:
Ecodyfi Phoenix
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIPGofal Cymru
Gofal Cymru are a national charity in Wales providing a range of services for people who experience mental distress. In Powys, Gofal Cymru, provide a service, Working Futures, that supports people to overcome barriers to voluntary work, training, or returning to work.
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIPPowys County Council
Powys County Council are the principal Local Authority within the County and one of the largest employers. The Responsible Employment Project and the Hidden Harm Project have evolved out of discussions with the County Council about implementing a strategy that reflects their responsibilities for individual people and families.
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIPPowys Local Health Board
Powys Local Health Board (LHB) has responsibility for Primary and Secondary provision of health care within the County. The LHB have been developing a plan to employ people within their employment strategy, to create ‘champions’ within the work-force, and to create effective mechanisms for involving people who use their services and carers.
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIPECODYFI
Ecodyfi is a voluntary organisation working in one of the most rural communities on the borders of Powys and Gwynedd. They have supported the development of a number of social enterprises involving communities, including: renewable energy, waste, tourism, and transport.
We hope to work with Ecodyfi to address social inclusion within these enterprises.
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIPPhoenix
Phoenix is a voluntary sector organisation that has been working primarily in the reuse of furniture and other items.
They have started to develop a social enterprise that provides training a work opportunities for people who have been out of work for a long time.
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POWYS EQUALS PARTNERSHIP Contact Details
Derek Turner, Partnership Facilitator Powys Equals Partnership Old Town Hall Temple Street Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5DL Phone: 01597 824777 Email: [email protected]
