Post on 21-Jan-2016
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Bath & North East Somerset
Work and wellbeing
John Wilkinson, Acting Director Regeneration, Skills and Employment
18th September 2013
Making Bath & North East Somerset an even better place to live, work & visit
Context
National
•Marmot review
Local
•Health and wellbeing strategy
•Economic strategy and core strategy
•Enterprise Area
Making Bath & North East Somerset an even better place to live, work & visit
Marmot review
• ‘People with higher socio economic position in society have a greater array of life chances and more opportunities to lead a flourishing life. They also have better health. The two are linked’
• ‘People with university degrees have better health and live longer lives than those without’
Making Bath & North East Somerset an even better place to live, work & visit
B&NES figures• 8,000 claiming out of work benefits, of
which:• 6,000 claiming for more than 2 years• 4,800 on incapacity benefit (E&SA)
• Mainly male• 30% aged 50-59• Many inactive since late 1990s• Often related to mental health
• 830 lone parents on income support
Making Bath & North East Somerset an even better place to live, work & visit
Making Bath & North East Somerset an even better place to live, work & visit
Life Course
Making Bath & North East Somerset an even better place to live, work & visit
Making Bath & North East Somerset an even better place to live, work & visit
A few Marmot review recommendations…• Provide easily accessible support and advice for
16-25 year olds• Provide work based learning, including apprentices• Prioritise active labour market programmes• Promote equality guidance and stress management
guidelines to employers• Promote flexible retirement• Encourage flexible employment
Making Bath & North East Somerset an even better place to live, work & visit
Some current B&NES work…(there are lots of others too)• Worklessness programme• B&NES Council policy on apprentices, work
placements, interns• S106 agreements/Social Value Act• Learning & Skills Partnership• Project search• Affordable housing delivery• Connecting families• Work with CURO
Quick case study: Bath City Riverside
Enterprise Area
4,200 Homes £38m in NHB over 20yrs
9,200 Jobs £400m uplift in GVA pa
New Commercial Floor Space under City Deal
Business Rate Uplift
£4.2m pa uplift£70.6m over 25yrs
Outcome
Making Bath & North East Somerset an even better place to live, work & visit
Some questions…
• What should the B&NES economic strategy measure as success? Moving from economic growth to wellbeing…
• What is ‘fair employment’ and ‘good work’?• How would we promote ‘wellbeing’ in the
Enterprise Zone?• What best practise is out there?