Coast to Coast - Issues and Needs

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1 Deprivatin: Businesses: - Issues and Needs This area has significant deprivatin as evidenced by the Index f Multiple Deprivatin There has already been a lt f investment in this area als targeted arund IMD issues, s it is imprtant this time t lk at new ways f engaging with peple and reaching thse wh may nt have been helped befre It is a real challenge t mve frm being self emplyed t taking n emplyees Self emplyment is ften lw paid and precarius Wrk with existing businesses t create mre and better paid jbs Access t finance that is simple t d Business supprt prgrammes that fit arund the day jb Financial supprt fr businesses taking n emplyees cmmensurate with real csts Financial supprt fr initial business set-up csts (website, IT etc Cash flw supprt and supprt t deal with red tape, in rder t be able act quickly t take up market and business pprtunities Supprt fr vluntary/cmmunity grups as lcal businesses/need t perate in a business like way Engage micr businesses r clusters f these, where supprt shuld include mentring Empty shps in twn centres reducing twn centre vitality Jbs & Emplyment Issues arund lng term sustainability f prjects and helping peple int emplyment wh have never been emplyed Issues f part time, seasnal and casual jbs, tgether with mre zer hurs wrking Impact f changes in natinal renewable energy plicy which has been predicted t hit emplyment in the lcal renewables sectr Previus jb creatin prjects have nt created sustainable jbs A need t wrk with all emplyers nt just thse in high grwth businesses and sectrs Develping care and befriending services fr the elderly which will als help tackle islatin Matching CLLD prgramme activity with lcal expectatin and thse f emplyers A need t tackle barriers t transprt t access emplyment Skills and training Debt is a majr issue and impacts n peple s ability t think beynd day t day issues twards wrk r training. The impact f the intrductin f Universal Credit culd make this wrse Mney management cannt be discnnected frm its rt cause which is lw incmes There are sme very lw levels f skills with a high number f peple leaving schl withut qualificatins (?) Access t digital resurces and skills is needed mre widely in rder t supprt peple needing t d things nline (eg Universal Credit) and develp their skills and capacity fr this 1

2 A need t develp strng cmmunicatin skills and shared learning activities in rder t fster cmmunity and emplyability develpment Sme peple in the CLLD areas d have skills and aspiratins but lack pprtunities Vlunteering des nt necessarily lead t paid emplyment and there can be a risk that paid jbs are lst t vlunteers A need t engage in a sensitive and targeted apprach t building skills, cnfidence and helping peple becme mre emplyable. Supprt has t be n the grund and ne t ne hand hlding A need fr lcal cmmunity champins t crdinate vluntary supprt and help empwer cmmunities Yung Peple Other Very limited jb pprtunities lcally and very lw cnfidence in yung peple t want t g fr higher skilled jbs The reality f needing t wrk fr a living may nt be realised by yung peple Access t affrdable transprt A need fr mre jined up thinking e.g. between public sectr, businesses and rganisatins prviding services Supprt must be accessible t cre IMD LSOA residents, many with cmplex needs Supprt must be fine grained, targeted, cmmunity based and delivered lcally Supprt must recgnise the gegraphic differences e.g. Cambrne, Pl, Redruth and Illgan each have their wn character SWOT Strengths Strng heritage ffer thrugh Crnish Mining Wrld Heritage Sites which culd act as a vehicle fr engaging with peple in the CLLD areas Significant marine renewables activity with ptential fr skills and emplyment All three Innvatin Centres in Crnwall are in the Area Sme significant investments thrugh Objective 1 and Cnvergence Prgrammes ntably the Higher Educatin prvisin with facilities in Falmuth-Penryn and Trur, and thrugh bth Crnwall Cllege and Trur Penwith Cllege Lcal ecnmic grups develping initiatives and activities that CLLD residents and business culd link t e.g. Ttally Trur (BID), Falmuth Castal Cmmunities Team Ptential t link t neighburhd planning activities e.g. Trur and Weaknesses Lw paid and seasnal emplyment and increase in zer hurs cntracts Lw husehld incmes and debt Lw skills levels, limited jb pprtunities Limited jb pprtunities fr thse that d have sme skills and qualificatins Generatins f unemplyment in IMD areas with scial barriers t vercme Cncentratins f lw cst husing in sme areas rather than mixed cmmunities Transprt netwrks and investment in public transprt 2

3 Kenwyn, Illgan, Falmuth FE prvisin thrugh the main campus f Crnwall Cllege in Cambrne and Trur-Penwith Cllege campus in Trur Crnwall's cmmunity and vluntary sectr supprting vlunteering as a transitin t emplyment The area is lcated at the heart f Crnwall, therefre cnnected t all f Crnwall Opprtunities Encurage cmmunity venues t lk at their service delivery/prvider ptins Wrk thrugh GP surgeries and wrk with families Small scale wrkspaces and cmmunity business pprtunities n husing estates Digital skills develpment and access t digital resurces (hardware and sftware) within the cmmunity Family inclusive activities engage with children t engage with parents/carers Shared learning linked t ther learning and knwledge Wrk with self emplyed t develp their business viability and incme generatin Making mre use f lcal assets and resurces Ptential fr develpment in sectrs such as digital businesses, creative industries, envirnmental technlgies, health and wellbeing, as well as thse already recgnised such as turism and fd and drink Building n the psitive message frm mining legacy-innvatin, heritage, engineering skills and cnnecting with the diaspra. Prmting hrticulture as a rute t emplyment and well being Ageing ppulatin means that there is a need fr mre emplyment in the care sectr. Intensifying activity in twn centres and high streets, flats ver shps, small business lets. Mre jb prgressin frm Falmuth University and ther Tertiary Institutins int the creative, marine, and renewables sectrs (and thers) Threats Impact f welfare refrms n peple s incmes and cash flw, with knck n cnsequences n ther aspects f their lives, likely t particularly hit peple in the CLLD cre areas Peple wh are nt in the system (eg with benefits/universal Credit) culd be in danger f nt being ffered supprt and help Given issues f lng term unemplyment ver generatins, there is a threat that this will cntinue withut sme interventins Insufficient prgressin frm the Innvatin Centres with a lack f medium sized business units t grw int, ptentially stifling jb pprtunities that CLLD area residents culd aspire t Ptential widening f scial divisins as areas imprve but benefits are unevenly spread amng residents Impact f nging austerity measures and recessin n cmmunity services and infrastructure 3

4 Linking int initiatives such Yuthy in Illgan Link with the HEFCE Natinal Cllabrative Outreach Prject (utreach prgrammes in specific areas where HE participatin is lw verall and lwer than wuld be expected given KS4 attainment) where target areas in Crnwall include the wards f Hayle Nrth, Illgan Suth, and Redruth Nrth Make mre use f and links with Rsewarne, part f Crnwall Cllege, and the practical and land based training pprtunities it prvides, t wrk with residents and businesses in the CLLD areas Supprt retiring businesses with successin planning Encurage emplyers t d utreach prjects Encurage sustainable and recycling businesses Prmte farmer s markets Wrk with Healthy lifestyles and nutritin linked t GP surgeries Use lcally available multi use cmmunity space fr training and ther uses Develping lcal assets and cmmunity hubs - eg multipurpse buildings including small scale wrkspaces, cmmunity learning, training and emplyment pprtunities n husing estates Maximising the ptential f large emplyers; e.g.in Trur this culd be assciated with new retail develpments Prvide supprt lcally but help expand hrizns with examples f successes utside Crnwall Supprt and encurage new micr businesses mentred by successful nes Nurturing lcal skills and talents and sptting pprtunities Cmmunity based learning as a pathway t emplyment Create an envirnment fr scial enterprise pssibly learning frm ther areas and Scial Enterprises Prmte vlunteering as a rute t emplyment and appreciate the ecnmic value f vlunteers 4

5 CLLD Aim and Objectives Aim: Prvide pathways t better ecnmic pprtunities fr lcal peple and businesses at the heart f Crnwall Objectives and Opprtunities: Supprting business and emplyment develpment at the cmmunity level Supprt t be fine gain, targeted and cmmunity based Wrking with emplyers in the wider area t reach ut t the lcal cmmunities Ptential fr cmmunity based businesses Expliting the cultural and heritage assets f the area Wrld heritage sites Traditins f innvatin Creative industries Making Opprtunities accessible t all CLLD residents Wrking with peple with cmplex needs; building cnfidence, self wrth, aspiratins Sptting and nurturing untapped ptential within cmmunities Address infrastructure (digital and transprt) barriers 5