Gordon Keenan, Head of Funding & Partnerships Lessons from The Economic Crisis Monday 29th Nov 2010...

Gordon Keenan, Head of Funding & Partnerships

Lessons fromThe Economic Crisis

Monday 29th Nov 2010Gordon Keenan

National Housing Federation


The Future Jobs Fund – Launched Sept 2009

Key Elements

• No additional matching investment required

• No accredited or associated training required

• Small element of work search and CV update support

• Funding NOT available to Private sector / for profit organisations


The Future Jobs Fund – Positives • A relatively fast moving scheme from conception through

to delivery• Easy for 3rd sector & Local Authorities to get involved • Very well resourced in terms of salary & admin costs

£13k equivalent subsidy to recruit for one post for one year• Encouraged a number of agencies not previously engaged

to become involved – notably the NHF and hundreds of HAs

• Evidence suggests that FJF did have an impact on job decline for under 25's


The Future Jobs Fund – Negatives• Arguably too much cash for too little commitment• 6 months not long enough as a sustainable jobs target • 12 months a more reasonable & sustainable jobs target• Overly Public sector led with very little thought for Private sector engagement • Limited room for innovation • Lack of clear linkage with other programmes eg. UK Carbon reduction & Energy Efficiency targets


The Groundwork/NHF FJF contract

Consists of funding to deliver 6350 jobs over a period of 18 months from October 2009 through to March

2011

• Total Value of FJF contract £41 million approx

• Approximately 1/3 of these posts allocated specifically to HAs through the NHF.

• Value of NHF Share of FJF = £12.4 million

• Copy of Press Release

Microsoft Office Word 97 - 2003 Document


NHF & Future Jobs Fund contracts - more details: Phase 1 from Oct 09-June 10 – 2384 posts • Phase 2 & 3 from July 10 to March 11 – 4116 posts Following the General election the NHF in association with 3SC has been successful in negotiating an additional FJF contract from DWP• 2000 additional FJF posts of which 500 exclusive to NHF members & partners • Total value £13 million. NHF & member share £3.25 million


• NHF & Future Jobs Fund – more details• We achieved 99.2% of target delivery in Phase 1 • To date we have already achieved 96% in Phase 2• A small but significant proportion of residents were

and are continuing to be retained post their FJF

employed period• HA’s engaged in the national FJF programme also

incorporated a holistic package of other support incl

opening of Credit union accounts;


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Access and knowledge

Workless households are concentrated in social housing

• 55% of households of working age living in social housing are workless

• Only 32% of social housing tenants were in paid work in 2006

• DWP research showed tenants benefit from social housing – stability, sympathetic housing management and affordable rents

Why Worklessness mattersto Housing Associations


Low percentage of social renters in work


Access and knowledgeTrusting relationships with hard to reach peopleLocal premises and services – rooted in the communityExisting communication structures Shared, long term commitment High profile – government want to see want to see more joined up approach

• Does generate local jobs• Could create a higher proportion of

apprenticeships• We are Social Enterprises• We are seen as Community Anchors• We do not leave the area when the

funding has gone• Our commitment is for the long term

The Independent Housing Sector


RSL’s sit at the Heart of our Communities • RSL's Don't just build Homes, they build Neighbourhoods & Communities

• HA’s are Economic Hubs & Employment Generators

• HA’s are closely engaged in the growth sectors of the

Future; notably the Green & Low Carbon Economy

• HA’s are financially driven but are more client orientated than other private recipients of Public Funds.


Housing

Income Health

Job

Education

Building Communities that work...




Access and knowledgeTrusting relationships with hard to reach peopleLocal premises and services – rooted in the communityExisting communication structures Shared, long term commitment High profile – government want to see want to see more joined up approachusing associations cite lack of long term doing more Strong government support for housing associations and employment service providers to do more together but only 1/10 projects delivered in partnership with Jobcentre Plus

• Access and knowledge

• Trusting relationships with hard to reach people

• Local premises and services – rooted in the community

• Existing communication structures

• Shared, long term commitment

• High profile – government want to see want to see more joined up approach

• Housing associations delivering FJF in the SW

Why housing associations are key to tackling worklessness

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aIssociations cite lack of long term doing more Strong government support for housing associations and employment

service providers to do more together but only 1/10 projects delivered in partnership with Jobcentre Plus

The Future Jobs Fund 2009-2011 & The Work Programme 2011 and forwards:- Interesting comparison between a) the providers selected by Govt for the Future Jobs

Fund (FJF) FJF Provider lists

Almost All Public and Third/Voluntary Sector.

b) The providers selected for the Single Work Programme Provider list –Almost entirely Private sector

with a few Socially minded Prime contractors!!

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Gordon KeenanHead of Funding & Partnerships

National Housing FederationEmail: [email protected]

Direct line: 020 7067 1142Mobile: 07917 593 404

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