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Breaking the Cycle
The Importance of Employment
Greg Walker
Chief Executive - CREATE
CREATE’S AIMS
• ENVIRONMENTAL – To recycle / refurbish used electrical ‘white goods’
• SOCIAL - To provide affordable white goods for low income households
• EMPLOYMENT - To provide work for disadvantaged adults
• FINANCIAL–To be financially sustainable
CREATE’S RESULTSCREATE’S RESULTS
• ENVIRONMENTAL - Recycling over 2000 used ‘white goods’ per week
• SOCIAL - Refurbishing and selling about 250 products per week to low income households through our own shops & other charities.
• EMPLOYMENT–In 14 years we’ve moved over 450 people on to full time employment
• FINANCIAL – Our core costs are met through our commercial activities, not grants
FINANCIAL FACTSFINANCIAL FACTS
2008-09 - £2 million turnover - split as follows:
• Recycling Contracts and Sales of Raw Materials – 24%
• Sales of Refurbished Goods & Manufacturers Returns - 50%
• Training & Employment Contracts - 24%
• Grant Income - 2% - (In 1998 our grant income was 53% of our turnover.)
We strive to make a surplus – we don't always succeed!
Employment / Training Contracts – What CREATE provideEmployment / Training Contracts – What CREATE provide
• Contracts from local councils enable CREATE to provide
• Paid employment for 3 months at minimum wage
• Individual training plan dictated by needs of individual and funds available
• Relevant generic and vocational training
• Job Search and interview training
• Links to employers & employment agencies
• Real work combined with personal support
Employment / Training Contracts – Primary Target GroupsEmployment / Training Contracts – Primary Target Groups
• Unemployed adults from the priority groups dictated by the local councils
• Long term unemployed 18-24 year olds
• Recovering Substance Misusers
• Ex Offenders
• Disadvantaged ethnic groups
• Disabled adults
• People on Incapacity Benefit???
Breaking the Cycle - Contracts versus Grants
• Sustainability means contracts not grants
• Targets need to be met
• Reduction in flexibility
• Grants can help meet social aims better
Breaking the Cycle - Job Creation or Moving onBreaking the Cycle - Job Creation or Moving on
Some people get taken on to CREATE’s staff (43 staff – 60% ex trainees)
Others will move into work with partner charities
Moving on to jobs locally in vocational growth areas
Increased use of placements during their contract
Breaking the Cycle - Hardest to Place People
• CREATE does a growing amount of work with ex offenders
• Partnership with HMP Liverpool, City Employment Strategy Team,
• Involvement of C.I.B., Probation Service, Job Centre, Working Links
• Current market place - realistically only around 25% moving on
• Look for other outcomes – reduction in re-offending - training
Breaking the Cycle - Hints• Look to contract with councils that do the funding work for you
• Develop grants alongside contracts where possible
• Provide real work – not ‘scheme’ type work
• Work with organisations that are there – don’t try and re-invent the wheel
• Base your operation on what the local employers want
• Be ideologically promiscuous - Be innovative
BETTER FUTURES FOR PEOPLE & PRODUCTSBETTER FUTURES FOR PEOPLE & PRODUCTS