Richard Browne

Giving Hope Changing LivesBirmingham

Social Inclusion Process

Closing the Gap

The DCLG indices of deprivation for December 2010 show that:• 40% of Birmingham’s population live in SOA’s in the 10% most

deprived in England• Birmingham is ranked the third most deprived core city (behind

Liverpool and Manchester)

IMD 2004 IMD 2007 IMD 2010

Social consequences of the recession

• Financial stress (inability to pay bills/credit cards)• Increased rate of serious acquisitive crime (domestic

burglary, robbery, vehicle theft and theft from a vehicle)

• Increased rate of anti social behaviour• Housing stress• Mental health related hospital admissions• Alcohol related hospital admissions

Deprived areas tend to have less resilience to these effects, without remedial action this may escalate

‘Giving Hope Changing lives’Birmingham’s Social Inclusion Process

• Led by the Bishop of Birmingham• Partnership with the University of Birmingham• 5 Key Lines of Enquiry• Interim report due June• Summit July 20th

5 Key Lines Of EnquiryFraming Questions

1. People – How can we maximise the potential of our rapidly changing and diverse population?

2. Place –Why are some places more sustainable, connected and socially included than others, and how can those that are worse off be improved? 

3. Inclusive Economic Growth - How can everyone share in the city’s growth and prosperity? 

4. Wellbeing – How can the wellbeing of the people of Birmingham be improved particularly where wellbeing is lowest?

5. Young People – What can we change to better encourage all our young people to fully develop their talents in a positive way? 

People

Celebrating diversity of people:• Birmingham’s diversity is expected to increase significantly over the

next 20 years• Birmingham is set to become one of the UK’s first majority ethnic cities

in the next 10-15 years.However:• Asian and Black British people are disproportionately affected by the

recession in terms of unemployment• Post 16 participation in education and training is on average lowest for

white disadvantaged boys and girls, mixed race boys and looked after children

• BME groups are generally lower paid than average• Nationally the weekly earnings of women is 22% less than men in full

time employment, those that are employed tend to take part time work• Almost half Bangladeshi and Pakistani women are economically

inactive

People 2

KLOE will address:-

How to make sense of our diversity, and use it achieve our ambition of

becoming a successful, competitive, socially connected and inclusive city,

taking account of our rapidly changing population?

Place

Sustainable Communities:

• Nine out of ten residents are satisfied with their home as a place to live.• Compared to the England average, a higher proportion of pupils in Birmingham

achieved 5 A*-C graded GCSEs.• Birmingham is well connected to transport links across the country and world

However:

• Residents in outer neighbourhoods feel isolated from the rest of the city.• Deprivation remains significantly high in some of our inner city neighbourhoods• Nearly half of Birmingham’s residents feel unsafe outside after dark. • Male life expectancy in Nechells is nearly 6 years lower than the UK average

and 12 years lower than in Sutton Trinity• Aston and Washwood Heath are consistently the worst performing wards in

terms of unemployment

Place 2

KLOE will address:-

Why are some neighbourhoods are more successful, connected and

socially included than others?

Inclusive Economic Growth

• We are investing in our city’s future (HS2, Airport, Library)• Birmingham has a high rate of entrepreneurs• Birmingham is second only to London for retail expenditure

However:

• Skills Mismatch - the city has a relatively low proportion of highly skilled residents (25%) ….for example over 50% of Birmingham’s Pakistani and Bangladeshi working age population have no formal qualifications

• Youth unemployment has risen particularly in deprived areas• Long Term unemployed – worklessness remains stubbornly high • 7 of the worst performing wards in the city have experienced an

increase in the gap between their worklessness level and the city average worklessness level.

Inclusive Economic Growth 2

How can we connect our citizens into the economic life

of Birmingham so that everyone benefits from its

growth?

KLOE will address:-

* Office of National Statistics

Wellbeing

Positive wellbeing

• Life expectancy in Birmingham is rising and there has been some improvement in aspect of health inequality

• Research suggests that the things that matter most to people living in this country are: Health, connections with family and friends, job satisfaction, economic security, the environment and training*

However:

• 40% of people in the most deprived areas of the city smoke, compared to 14% in the best wards. Smoking is the biggest contributor to preventable disease

• Over one quarter of children in year 6 are classed as obese in each of the 10 worst performing wards

• There is no systematic measure of wellbeing in the city

Well being 2

KLOE will address:-

How do we ensure that Birmingham citizens have

the choice to lead a healthy happy and fulfilled life?

Young people

• Youngest city in Europe• 47% of our population is under 30• We have 3 world class universities• Citywide improvement in GCSE

results over past few years• Numbers of residents with a degree or

higher level qualification has grown

However…..

A higher concentration of Young People live and are growing up in our most deprived areas – what does this mean for their future outcomes ?

We have made improvements but there are still major challenges

Nearly a quarter of our young people are unemployed

Youth Unemployment by

Geography

Young people

KLOE will address:-

How to encourage young people to fully develop their

talents, to benefit themselves and their

communities?

Methods of Engagement

• Not just talk to grass roots organisations often outside of mainstream but to talk to service users themselves

• Evidence days• Youth-led events (NYRG and St Basils)• Visits to best practice• Myth-bust in some of the perceptions of what people need and think• Build on the engagement and learning that has already taken place

– (YP parliament, surveys, scrutiny reviews etc)

Key Questions

• How can you help us with this process? • We need your expertise.• What is the best way to engage with people in

the most deprived areas?• Where we have seen improvements do we

understand what has worked?• How do we share this?

Talk to us online

• Website/blog www.fairbrum.wordpress.com• Twitter @fairbrum #fairbrum• Email bebirmingham@birmingham• richard.browne@birmingham.gov.uk• 0121 675 3499