WF mission enabling low income Lambeth residents to become financially self sufficient C onsultations with local providers low paid workers face range of barriers amp require range of interventions ID: 789504
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Slide2Place based approachWF mission – enabling low income Lambeth residents to become financially self sufficientC
onsultations with local providers – low paid workers face range of barriers & require range of interventionsNetwork of local provision with established referral routes
Slide3Partnership approachProviders developing & sharing good practice Timewise Foundation - importance of employer engagement
Role of anchor organisations – Lambeth Council & social landlordsEvaluation & dissemination to influence commissioning
Slide4Trust for LondonTo tackle poverty and inequality in the capitalEmployment
progression as a route out of poverty – Learning2012 onwards ‘testing new models
’Also introduced “progression routes out of low paid work” as a new category (9 awards)
Slide5Focus on Low PayBiggest investment was LW special initiative (2007), £1m London Citizens (
sectoral approach, LW Foundation, QMUL research). Now nearly, 3,000 LW employers; big ‘hitters’ include Nestle, Ikea, Aviva, KPMG,
Linklaters.Research and growing body of evidence regarding the burgeoning of poverty linked to low paid work: Learning and Work Institute (CESI); Resolution Foundation; JRF; Social Market Foundation.
Slide6Step Up Grants for pilots to support work progressionTarget beneficiaries – individuals paid below London Living Wage working at least 14
hours a week for the last 12 months£200,000 available per year in totalIndividual grants of up to £40,000 per yearOct 2015-Sept 2017 – year 1 “test & learn”, year 2 “steady state”
Slide7Programme OutcomesPrimary:Individuals increasing hourly rate of payIndividuals increasing total weekly pay
Secondary:Improved terms & conditions of employmentImproved job description Improved work/life balance
Slide8Step Up ProvidersCreative Society - supporting low paid young people in creative/cultural sectors.High Trees Community Development Trust - supporting low paid workers in
Tulse Hill (with focus on lone parents and over 50s).Indoamerican Refugee and Migrant Organisation (IRMO) - supporting low paid Latin American workers.
Slide9Step Up ProvidersSpringboard UK – supporting low paid young people in the catering and hospitality sector.
Thames Reach/Clean Slate – using digital engagement, alongside more conventional approaches, to support low paid workers.Women Like Us – supporting low paid parents (mostly women, including many lone parents)
Slide10Funding Management Group
Trust for London
Walcot
Foundation