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FINANCIAL INCLUSION
John O’Brien
Chief Executive
London Councils
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London Councils
• A Cross Party membership organisation
• All 33 London local authorities, MPA and LFEPA
• Politically led and supported by a range of professional and managerial networks
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London Councils - Main functions
• An advocate/ lobbyist on behalf of London local government and Londoners- communications- policy - making cases
• A provider of high quality services to Londoners and London organisations on behalf of boroughs
- concessionary fares- grants to voluntary organisations- community services
• A catalyst for collaboration to drive improvements and efficiency – Capital Ambition
- people, practice and know-how- shared approaches to delivery- futures work
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London Councils – Some examples of our work
Advocate
• Primary School Places• Manifesto for Londoners
Service Provider
• Freedom Pass• Parking and Traffic Appeals Service
Capital Ambition
• E-Auctions• Efficiency Challenge
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FINANCIAL INCLUSION• Access to financial products
• Banking• Credit• Insurance and• Savings
• Raising levels of personal financial capability
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London Councils Input
• Young People
• Worklessness
• Child Poverty
• Pensioner Poverty
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LONDON DWP CHAMPIONS
• Toynbee Hall
• London Councils
• Community Links at Newham
• Blackfriars Advice Centre at Southwark
• CAB at Hammersmith and Fulham
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Local Authority Toolkit
• Prepared by LA sub-group of the
DWP Financial Inclusion Champions
• On London Councils website
• To be developed to suit the needs of London Boroughs
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Public Service Agreement 16
Specific aim: “a home and a job”
Specified groups of vulnerable adults:• Care leavers• Users of secondary mental health services• People with moderate/severe learning difficulties• Offenders under probation supervision
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• “RESPONDING TO RECESSION”
• An innovation and good practice guide
• London Councils and Capital Ambition
• The London Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership
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The missing piece of the jigsaw?
FINANCIAL INCLUSION
ECONOMIC WELL-BEING
SELF-RELIANCE
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Local Economic Assessments
• Mandatory from April 2010
• Economic Inclusion theme
• A place for Financial Inclusion?
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LONDON COUNCILS
A membership organisation
A fair deal for London’s 33 Councils
Support for good practice
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WAY FORWARD FOR LONDON
• Q and A on Way Forward at 3.15pm today
• Suggestions on Evaluation Forms today
• Look at the Local Authority Toolkit on our website
• Consider a Practitioners Group for London
• Consult the London DWP Financial Inclusion Champions
Contact List for the Champions is in your pack)
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2007 Beacon Local Authorities for Financial Inclusion Conference:
“Promoting Financial Inclusion and Tackling Over-Indebtedness”
Held at Novotel London, St Pancras on 19 January 2010
Funded by Department of Work and Pensions
Key Note Speaker
John O’BrienChief ExecutiveLondon Councils59 1/2 Southwark StreetLondon SE1 0AL
john.o’[email protected]
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