The document discusses work and wellbeing in Bath & North East Somerset. It summarizes recommendations from the Marmot Review on socioeconomic status and health, including providing support for ages 16-25, work-based learning like apprenticeships, and flexible employment. Statistics show 8,000 claim out of work benefits, with many long-term and related to mental health or as lone parents. The document advocates using economic development like the Bath City Riverside Enterprise Area to improve wellbeing, not just growth, and poses questions on measuring success, defining fair employment and good work, and promoting wellbeing in the Enterprise Zone.
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Health and wellbeing board 18 sept 2013
1. Bath & North East Somerset
Work and wellbeing
John Wilkinson, Acting Director Regeneration,
Skills and Employment
18th
September 2013
2. 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
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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’
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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
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Life Course
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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
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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
11. 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
12. 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?
Notas del editor
E&SA: Employment and Support Allowance
Policy target to deliver 6,700 new jobs in Bath city centre Most of this growth will be accommodated in the Bath Enterprise Area EA Key Facts: Covers 98 hectares 36 hectares of developable land, 25% of which is in Council ownership 65,000sqm of new office space in Bath Central Area 7,000 gross new jobs £343m of GVA pa 3,600 new homes as contributing to Core Strategy targets Protection for existing industrial locations at Locksbrook & Brassmill Main focus for the Creative, ICT, and Financial and Business Services jobs needing new business quarters in and adjoining city centre Emerging plans include: New Residential Quarter – already delivering at Bath Riverside Innovation Quarter Three sites coming forward aimed at the city’s creative and high tech businesses (BQN, BQS and Manvers Street) BQS: Developer interest to deliver creative workspace BQN: Interest from Dyson Plc to deliver 200ksqm R&D (contribute over 1,300 new jobs and £110m in GVA pa) BQN: Developer interest from Adapt Properties and Stirling Manvers Street: Interest from Cubex to provide accommodation to retain BMT in the city City Gateway Plans are emerging for Green Park Station and BWR East Sainsburys proposed new supermarket Pinesgate – Ediston are developing plans St James West – plans are being developed to deliver student accommodation Industrial Quarter Aimed at the city’s high value engineering and manufacturing sector Roseberry Place: Developer interest to deliver residential/student accommodation on site next to BWR Twerton Mill: application for student accommodation We have a plan to address challenges that includes: Strategic flood mitigation Land remediation Transportation infrastructure But a more detailed strategy is being developed in the Placemaking Plan to enable delivery and secure funding The Masterplan will help us achieve the following: - £25m funding from HCA