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?