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Inclusion Strategy for Cornwall

Revised September 2015

Inclusion Strategy for Cornwall - 2015

Introduction

The Inclusion Strategy for Cornwall was first completed in 2013 and forms the basis of this revision. The objectives and priorities are based upon extensive consultation carried during 2013 and forms a separate document. The evidence base can be found as a matrix of over 30 reports and has been used to establish the three priorities. The action plan identifies how these priorities will be developed and delivered through partnership working. Inclusion Cornwall take an active part in monitoring and delivering the actions.

“Inclusion is about all of us having the opportunity to live full lives”.

Four strategic objectives have been agreed based upon the consultation:-

1. Prevent exclusion from happening2. Re-integrate those who have become excluded3. Work continuously to deliver equality of opportunity for all4. Challenge bad practices to ensure inclusion for all

An Inclusion Vision for Cornwall emerged from the consultation

A Cornwall where we challenge injustice, discrimination and exploitation.

A Cornwall where all individuals and communities feel valued.

A Cornwall where everyone has the opportunity, knowledge and support to secure the fundamentals in life. By this we mean to be safe and secure with adequate food, accommodation, financial resources and opportunities to achieve.

A Cornwall where self fulfilment is valued.

A Cornwall where we all have equal opportunity where people, communities, services, local and county-wide leaders work together for better outcomes.  

Inclusion, presents us with challenges that have the power to transform the way we think, the way we act and the way we do business. We challenge inequality, join-up services and celebrate difference, striving for a Cornwall where people, communities and services work together for better outcomes.

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly needs a clear and determined approach to inclusion because there is an obvious and present risk of increased exclusion around fragile growth, employment and income, debt, benefit reform and access to digital communication including on-line tools and systems. Our response to this emerging crisis should be to integrate financial and debt guidance with learning, skills and career development. This will build capacity for communities to support themselves and enable early and effective interventions that help to develop their resilience to deal with or prevent further crisis points.

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A number of guiding principles will inform our approach:

Early intervention and prevention Collaborative and cross sector delivery solutions Hand-up rather than hand-outs – helping people help themselves Enabling people to contribute

Multiple Barriers

For many years Cornwall’s Inclusion partners have known and worked with a set of complex interconnected issues that cause exclusion. The Lankelly foundation identify this as Severe and Multiple Disadvantage (SMD). They focus on homelessness, substance misuse and criminal justice systems with poverty and mental health being common factors. In Cornwall these factors are well known but others such as transport, rurality, family relationships and isolation are also common and compounding on life circumstances. Multiple barriers have been understood in Cornwall for many years but we need to work together to prevent silo working.

Three priorities have been established and form the core of this strategy:-

Priority 1 To build individual and community resilience for people to help themselves and to support others who are (or at risk of being) excluded.

PRIORITY 2 - Take responsibility for ourselves, the communities we live in and challenging organisations and businesses that work against achieving inclusion for everyone in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

PRIORITY 3 - Movement is easy, accessible and affordable for work, social activities and for relaxation.

Cornwall Today

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The Facts

1. Cornwall’s population has risen to 532,300 an increase of 6.7% since 20012. There are 230,400 households in Cornwall an increase of 6.8% since 20013. 17 of Cornwall’s neighbourhoods are in the most deprived (worst 10%) in England.

This places Cornwall 143 out of 326 local authorities in England (1 is most deprived). The previous IMD data (2010) identified 8 of Cornwall’s neighbourhoods as being among the most deprived in England.

4. 44 of Cornwall’s neighbourhoods are in the 20% most deprived in England (previously this was 33). Treneere in Penzance has been identified as the most deprived neighbourhood ranked as 414 in England. http://goo.gl/JuFQsN

5. Cornwall’s population continues to get older and with 1 in 8 of us being a carer6. 63,192 (11.9%) people undertook unpaid care every week in Cornwall compared to

55,580 (11.3%) in 2001 this is an additional 7,612 carers7. 29,000 properties are not permanently lived in 8. 19% of children live in poverty but in some areas this rises to 58% of children

(Cornwall)9. 1 in 5 have no qualifications 10. Cornwall has made good progress in the number of households with no central heating

– from 18% of households in 2001 to 7% in 2011 11. 20% of people in Cornwall have never been on-line

12. 11,800 days in hospital are due to alcohol (Cornwall and Isles of Scilly)

13. We have witnessed a 42% increase in the use of anti-depressants

14. 50 people currently sleep rough in Cornwall

15. 75% of people over 75 are suffering from a chronic illness of which 45% have more than one condition (Cornwall and Isles of Scilly).

16. 21.36% of the population stated their day to day activities were limited, this doubles the National figure.

17. Life expectancy has continued to increase in Cornwall from 79.2 to 79.5 years for men and from 83.3 to 83.5 years for women (08-10) compared to 09-11)  The inequalities gap for life expectancy is closing, down from 5.9 to 5.3 years (men) and from 5.2 to 4.4 years (women), 08-10 compared to 09-11.  Cornwall is ranked 46th out of 150 local authorities [1] for premature deaths.  

1. The Local Enterprise Partnership has a vision where businesses and individuals can work as communities and thrive to reach their full potential; confident, outward looking, connected to each other and to the world. A place where ideas are nurtured and have the opportunity to flourish. To achieve this vision sustainable inclusion must be at the centre of Cornwall’s plans for the future.

2. Cornwall has the added advantage of The European Social Fund programme 2014 -2020 which requires a minimum of 20% of the budget to target poverty and social exclusion. This provides scope to tackle poverty and social exclusion issues in the broad context of economic activity, employment and skills. The Inclusion Strategy has been identified by The Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) Board, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership as underpinning the standards for sustainability. Inclusion Cornwall will monitor to ensure Inclusion is integral to European funded activities.

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3. The Social Care Act 2014 which is the most significant change in social care law for 60 years. There is greater emphasis on outcomes and helping people to connect with their local community. And Welfare Reform generally sets a scene of considerable change. Cornwall and Isles of Scilly’s services are changing in the face of declining resources and evolving demands. Effective Inclusion involves communities and individuals linked into efficient services and active communities working together. Cornwall and Isles of Scilly working together is about everyone taking responsibility for ourselves, the communities we live in and challenging organisations and businesses that work against achieving inclusion for everyone. An historic devolution deal for the first time will provide Cornwall with new powers to control local services, bringing jobs and prosperity to the area. The Cornwall devolution deal will:

give Cornwall Council powers for franchising and improving bus – the first rural unitary authority to gain this power

give the Local Enterprise Partnership more say on boosting local skills levels

give the Council powers to select the projects, working with partners, it wants to see benefiting from millions of pounds of inward investment funding

make it easier for the Local Enterprise Partnership to integrate national and local business support services to help local firms grow

enable Cornwall Council and the Council of the Isles of Scilly to work with local health organisations on a plan for integrating health and social care services

Priority 1 To build individual and community resilience for people to help themselves and to support others who are (or at risk of being) excluded.

1. Achieving individual resilience will mean tackling a combination of linked issues such as worklessness, low skills, low incomes, unfair discrimination, in-justice, inadequate housing, poor health and family breakdown. These often linked issues can be affected by a person’s life stage i.e. young person, a carer, a lone parent, ex-service personnel or an ex-offender. Our workshops identified the need for tolerance and understanding ensuring all could access the fundamentals in life i.e. food, a place to live, access to opportunities and access to a bank account.

2. Community Resilience - As global changes take place communities are taking ownership of what matters to them, life has changed and we have to be ready in Cornwall. Our workshops clearly identified the desire for a people led approach. The Localism Act of 2011 has provided future opportunities for communities to lead and manage locally. Communities across Cornwall can set their own priorities and so no one model works.

3. A Living Wage - Low wages reduce the spending power in the local economy, encourage benefit dependency and compromise the ability of an individual or household to meet their living costs. The minimum cost of living has increased by 25% in the past five years as wages have not kept up with inflation. Childcare costs have risen by 37%, energy costs by 39% and food costs by 24%. In addition to those already experiencing poverty, the Edge of Poverty report shows that 26% of in-work households in Cornwall are on the edge of poverty, which places Cornwall within the bottom 5% of local authority areas in the UK.

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4. A living wage means every worker will earn enough to provide the essentials of life. Paying the Living Wage is good for business, good for the individual and good for society. Cornwall’s Employment and Skills Strategy sets out the objective to encourage increased skills attainment of employees with no or low level qualifications this will certainly move us closer to a living wage. Low paid workers are not paid enough to live healthily (Source Sir Michael Marmot – Inequalities Review)

ACTION NEEDED; The Inclusion Strategy for Cornwall challenges everyone to work together to:-

1. Increase the current median gross annual pay in Cornwall of £22,068. (Median gross annual pay for England is £26,165 (2011)).

2. Provide the Living Wage of £7.45 per hour the amount which is necessary to provide an adequate standard of living. It is estimated that around 20% of the working age population in Cornwall earn less than the living wage.

3. Reduce the number of people who need the help of Cornwall’s 23 food banks. The number of people receiving help has doubled in the last twelve months.

4. Reduce fuel poverty. Many houses in Cornwall lack adequate insulation and efficient heating systems and the issue is compounded because many cannot afford to turn their heating on. 7% of Cornish households do not have central heating which is an improvement on 18% in 2001. Fuel poverty can increase ill health and reduce life expectancy.

5. Reduce child poverty - 19% of children in Cornwall are living in child poverty. There are geographic variations across Cornwall ranging from just 2% to 58%, the latter is more than double the English average and is reported in Pengegon and Treneere (HMRC 2008). (Child Poverty is defined as children under 16 living in families in receipt of out of work benefits or in receipt of tax credits where their reported income is less than 60% of median income).

6. A minimum income for healthy living.7. Prevent the need for anyone to sleep rough in Cornwall – currently 50

people sleep rough, this is the 3rd highest number in the country. (Homeless Link).

8. Reduce the number of people accepted as homeless - currently there are 600 people accepted as homeless

9. Afford to turn on the central heating. 10. Eradicate Cornwall’s 300 “avoidable winter deaths” due to cold homes.

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly leads the way with its Winter Wellness campaign but still there is a lot more to be done to prevent these deaths.

11. Reduce rural isolation and ensure no one is disadvantaged because they live in a rural area.

12. Communities are supported where needed to set their own priorities and actions.

PRIORITY 2 - Take responsibility for ourselves, the communities we live in and challenging organisations and businesses that work against achieving inclusion for everyone in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

1. To take responsibility for ourselves will require collaborative delivery solutions and ambitious ways of working across public, private and voluntary and community sectors. We must recognise and tackle direct and indirect discrimination which plays a part in the creation of exclusion.

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2. Cornwall has mainstream resources and provision targeted towards people who need more help to unlock their full potential. We have learned a lot about delivery models and have much evidence to build on. From the days of the Cornwall Action Team for Jobs, Pathways to Employment, Cornwall Works for Social Enterprise, delivery through the voluntary and community sector and more, ease of access, innovative engagement and flexibility in delivery have been the key ingredients of success in supporting people who need most help to achieve their full potential.

3. However we face challenges to develop new ways of communicating across Cornwall so that services are based on a real understanding of the issues and consequences e.g. Poverty Proof all public services; rurality; understand the implications of Welfare Reform.

4. As services are transformed we need to identify the true impact on individuals and communities. Organisations will need to address whether these are having a detrimental impact. We must identify the actions that will get us from where we are to where we want to be and then exploit all the opportunities available to deliver those actions – building on and transforming the current, adding value through the new, achieving for today but more importantly for the future.

5. Evidence has shown that some people are not focused on change and that support is needed to empower them to move away from exclusion. We must provide information and hope to encourage people to make positive choices and provide every means of support including use of on-line tools and communication to enable positive change and personal development. Those with poor skills are:-

i. More likely to be in prisonii. More likely to be in debtiii. More likely to be unemployediv. More likely to be unwell and have mental health problemsv. More likely to have a child who can’t read at age 9 years.vi. More likely to be involved with or have to be supported by the Statevii. Less likely to voteviii. Less likely to own their own homes ix. Less likely to take up a community role such as a school governor Less

likely to hear their child read Normally not able to earn more than £14,000 pa.

ACTION NEEDED The Inclusion Strategy for Cornwall challenges everyone to work together to:-

1. Work collaboratively across sectors2. Access and control information for advice, learning and earning.

Increase qualifications and skills currently 63,192 (1 in 5) have no qualifications Reduce the 20% of people who have never been online. Support all young people to realise their goals including those Not in Education,

Employment or Training. Provide the fundamentals of life, e.g. people without a bank account are likely

to lack affordable credit and therefore pay higher rates of interest on their loans. Evidence from Coastline Housing shows that some 25% of their tenants did not have a bank account.

Being able to afford to turn their heating on 7% of Cornish households do not have central heating which is an improvement on 18% in 2001. However, fuel poverty can increase ill health and reduce life expectancy.

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Reduce child poverty - 19% of children in Cornwall are living in child poverty. There are geographic variations across Cornwall ranging from just 2% to 58%, the latter is more than double the English average and is reported in places like Pengegon and Treneere (HMRC 2008). (Child Poverty is defined as children under 16 living in families in receipt of out of work benefits or in receipt of tax credits where their reported income is less than 60% of median income).

A minimum income for healthy living.

PRIORITY 3 - Movement is easy, accessible and affordable for work, social activities and for relaxation.

1. Transport continues to be a key barrier to well-being in terms of accessing employment and social activities. And we can identify this is particularly acute in rural areas. The cost of transport and in particular public transport was identified as prohibitive The Joseph Rowntree Foundation identifies that the Government should accept that a car is essential for people living in the countryside by introducing grants for those who are unemployed to buy their own vehicles and by offering means-tested help with the costs of road tax and insurance. 83% of households in Cornwall have a car.

ACTION NEEDED; The Inclusion Strategy for Cornwall challenges everyone to work together to:-

1. Increase accessibility for all.2. Increase awareness of the issues of transport in the rural areas.3. Increase awareness of how accessibility can be improved through more active

lifestyles i.e. walking, cycling. Being generally more active will increase health and well-being

4. Ensure that no one person or community feels isolated due to lack of adequate transport.

5. Support changes in the law to allow taxis to take more than one fare at a time.

The evidence base for the Inclusion Strategy draws together over thirty reports and represents the breadth of inclusion. A matrix has been developed highlighting the current reports and can be found at http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=28828. This information remains the most up to date at September 2015. The evidence based provided by the Cornwall Local Enterprise Partnership can be found at http://www.cornwallandislesofscillylep.com/strategy

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Delivery

Delivery of the strategy will be through individuals, communities, voluntary and community groups, public services, businesses and the action plan attached starts to identify future areas of work. However Inclusion Cornwall will take ownership of these inclusion objectives and actions. The Action Plan will be monitored and evaluated, Inclusion Cornwall will deliver some of the actions but will also identifying where others have achieved outcomes:-

Organisations or provision currently within the indentified priority areas

Gaps that need to be planned for and addressed

Where there are gaps which organisations could take a lead role or will need to be involved.

The FutureAlthough we cannot predict future inclusion issues a number of key areas are likely to be significant and with effective planning we can mitigate any negative impact, this section of the strategy will be developed by December 2015 to include how to mitigate any negative impact:-

An Ageing Population Increase in the number of carers across Cornwall The continued impact of isolation The continued impact of rurality Welfare Reform Devolution Impact of advancing technology on our lives Continued need to travel

The need to consider these will be part of the documents annual refresh.

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Inclusion Strategy for Cornwall - Action Plan

Inclusion Cornwall will monitor and update progress of the activities contained with the action plan. Partners will be contacted to consider progress. Inclusion Cornwall will take an active part in ensuring many of the actions move forward and add to the Strategies effectiveness as a Strategic force.

Build individual and community resilience for people to help themselves and to support others who are (or at risk of being) excluded.

Take responsibility for ourselves, the communities we live in and challenging organisations and businesses that work against achieving the extraordinary for Cornwall and Isles of Scilly.

Current Activity Objective Gaps and Future Activities Assisted by Who?Cornwall Council Councillors Localism PlannersVoluntary and Community SectorInclusion Cornwall

Town and Parish Councils community activity i.e. street cleaning, grants, Bude Seapool,

Key priorities for Safer Cornwall 2013-2016 have been identified as, domestic abuse and sexual violence, alcohol,

Active Communities in Cornwall

The voice of individuals, groups and communities is respected and acted upon.

Social return on investment

Community cohesion reduces isolation

Open information – consistent and honest choice

Individual Inclusion –

o Increase the number of 16-19 year olds who are participating in education, training and employment.

o Decrease the number of young people claiming out of work benefits.

o More active Jobseekers supporting communities i.e Helston and the Lizard Works Piloy

o Focus work on the key areas of rural poverty i.e. transport, wellbeing, affordable accommodation and a sustained income

o Focus on the implications of the Care Act and mitigating any negative impact

Increase and build community capacity to create our own

Cornwall Councilo Councillorso Localismo Planners

VCSE Inclusion Cornwall and

Cornwall Works Hub Cornwall Works Youth

Employment Strategy Group Town and Parish Councils Safer Cornwall 2013-16

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violence and the night time economy, anti-social behaviour, reoffending and additional risk: hate crime and hidden harm.

solutions

Spaces and skills for social innovation;

o Community led development o Co-location of services with service transformation

(access for rural areas) o Workspace development must provide training locally

and employment opportunities for those out of work and those wanting to progress in work.

o Innovation development i.e. FAB LABo Live Work Space

 Cornwall Council

HealthHousing

Inclusion CornwallCitizens Advice CharityCornwall Energy PlusDepartment for Work and PensionsFood Leadership GroupCRCCRCPChurches Together

Ensure everyone in Cornwall has the knowledge, support and opportunities to meet their fundamental requirements for housing, health, food and fuel, as the basis for living safe, healthy and happy lives.

Everyone who wishes to can access food, a place to live, a bank account and an address.

Tackle in work poverty and reduce average household ‐indebtedness

Communities to work together to build self-sufficiency in energy and food production

Maximise the potential of food and healthy eating to promote inclusion

Work with housing providers both public and private to improve housing conditions. Private housing is where many in poverty live.

Community based approaches to growing, cooking, promoting and increasing access to affordable health food

Ensure the rural population are not disadvantaged – identify how and which services should be developed for the needs of our rural population

Cornwall Council HealthHousing

Citizens Advice Charity (CAC)Inclusion Cornwall and Cornwall WorksCornwall Energy PlusDepartment for Work and PensionsFood Leadership GroupCRCCRCPChurches Together

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Cornwall Council Community

Networks, OSS, Libraries

Public Health – Health Trainers, smoking cessation,

Family Information Service

Cornwall Council locality teams

Improved services based upon understanding and communication

Develop new ways of communicating across Cornwall so that services are based on real understanding i.e. Poverty Proof all public services.

Consider the impact of recent services being cut

Develop specific targets to promote and support cross sector collaboration, planning, communication and delivery such as links between support service providers, local community organisations, schools and business to enable individual access and progression thereby transforming services.

Work alongside the Cornwall Transformation Challenge Award to strengthen the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector with the aim of Improving outcomes for people by co-designing services around their needs, and by simplifying the customer journey.

Cornwall Council Community Networks, OSS,

Libraries Public Health – Health Trainers,

smoking cessation, Family Information Service Cornwall Council locality teams Inclusion Cornwall Cornwall Transformation

Challenge Award (Government funded

Public SectorPrivate SectorVCSNHSPublic HealthInclusion Cornwall

Tackling inclusion issues where a clear gap in understanding exists.

Inclusion Cornwall will lead the way in helping Cornwall to understand key inclusion issues.

o Mental Well Being - Changing the mindset for many partners who are entrenched in working with symptoms, especially true for Health who operates a Sickness Service.

o Rurality – identifying the real impact on individuals and communities within a county where 47% live outside of the towns. Review household indebtedness between 2009 and 2014 using Experian data. In terms of transport work with Cornwall Council and future public transport projects and investigate ways of

CABNHS Public HealthCornwall CouncilCRCCInclusion Cornwall

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By 2020, our aim to improve and protect Cornwall’s health and wellbeing and improve the health of the poorest fastest

supporting driving lessons for non-drivers.

o Develop promote and improve access to affordable, pro-active, quality care as a key tool for inclusion, including preventative and primary healthcare, childcare, and social care

Add 2 years to healthy life expectancy, taking account of the health quality as well as the length of life (or how long people live but on how well they live at all stages of life.

Reduce the differences in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy between communities by 2 years, through greater improvements in more disadvantaged communities (or focuses effort on reducing health inequalities between people, communities and areas).

Develop greater understanding across Cornwall of key issues

o Addictionso Being a Lone Parento Caringo Complex familieso Disabilityo Ethnic minoritieso Ex-offenderso Health Barriers (including mental wellbeing)o Learning Disabilities and Difficultieso Not in employment education or trainingo Older workerso Traveller and Gypsy

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Economic - Access and control information for advice, learning and earning.Current Activity Objective Gaps and Future Activities Assisted by Whom?Cornwall Council – IntelligenceAmethyst, Health Needs AssessmentCornwall Works Hub model

DWP – Jobcentre PlusInclusion Cornwall Debt and FI Group

BLASTCABFamilies Together

Intelligence and information hub for Cornwall (working with the Transformational Challenge Award)

Integrated financial and debt guidance leading to learning, skills and careers.

Create a clear understanding of Welfare Reform Cornwall

Intelligence and information hub for Cornwall – central intelligence to inform all future planning requirements

Integrate financial and debt guidance with relevant contextualised learning, skills and career development. This will build capacity to support communities early and effectively, and help them develop the resilience to deal with further crisis points.

o Transform and develop new models for advisory services to ensure a focus on supporting people to reduce individual and household debt, understand and manage the impact of welfare reforms and raise incomes through work that pays, support from the right welfare benefits, increasing savings and preparing for retirement

o Increase access to affordable finance and financial support services to improve financial literacy.

o Radical new approach to Money Management information and training

o Innovation for growth should build upon successful approaches that reduce isolation though motivation

Cornwall Council – IntelligenceAmethyst, Health Needs AssessmentCornwall Works Hub modelCornwall Transformation Challenge Award (Government fundedCACKernow Credit UnionSmart Savings

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and confidence activities and provide a strong workforce i.e. Surf Action, Smart Savings, Menopause Self Care, Disability Cornwall, Phoenix, Active Plus

o Develop digital identity, living and learning opportunities

o Alternative workspaces and work opportunities

Many women work in jobs below their skills level to accommodate family life. This has a knock on impact to all lower levels of employment. Research for Cornwall is required.

Cornwall CouncilVCSEInclusion CornwallDWPBusinessesLocal Enterprise PartnershipEmployment and Skills Board

Inequality of opportunity

Innovative interventions and targeted investment are required to re-integrate those individuals and groups potentially at risk as the economic tide rises, including young people with Learning and Physical disabilities, care leavers, Travellers and Gypsy youth and those older young people farthest from the jobs market Develop a commitment plan with businesses to work with

partners who can support workless individuals into work and those wishing to progress in work i.e. Helston and the Lizard Works.

Cornwall needs to empower, assist and facilitate independent living and when necessary, act as a representative voice for disabled people, their families and carers

Promote employment and support labour mobility by addressing circumstances that hold people back from joining a strong workforce or taking part fully.

a. Disabilityb. Health Barriers (including mental wellbeing)

Cornwall CouncilInclusion CornwallCornwall WorksVCSDWPBusinessesLocal Enterprise PartnershipEmployment and Skills BoardCN4C

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c. Caringd. Being a Lone Parente. Ethnic minoritiesf. Ex-service personnelg. Ex-offenders Older workersh. Not in employment education or trainingi. Complex familiesj. Addictionsk. Learning Disabilities and Difficultiesl. Traveller and Gypsy

Colleges Careers South WestAdult LearningCornwall Works Youth PartnershipTalent Match Cornwall Council

Young Persons Commitment

Commitment that all young people that want an apprenticeship can have one. Work with employers, providers and the LEP to make this happen.

Greater use and development of scholarships Prevent exclusion through an active focus on transition events; leaving school, participation in and progression from FE and HE, starting and leaving work, youth to adult services, crises that impact on economic activity. Transform and develop new models for young people’s advisory services to improve the quality and accessibility of all advice available to young people through an approach that empowers the young themselves to be informers, guides and educators on topics and issues including jobs and training, finances, benefits, social issues, sexual health and democratic participation

Colleges Careers South WestAdult LearningCornwall Works Youth PartnershipTalent Match Cornwall Council Headstart

Colleges Careers South WestAdult LearningCornwall Works Youth PartnershipTalent Match Cornwall Council - CSF

New Personal and Social Education Curriculum

Revise and implement a new Cornwall Personal and Social Education curriculum, informed by the views of young people and dealing with bullying, cultural attitudes, financial skills, employment and training, housing, environmental issues, democratic and community engagement, mental and physical health.

Colleges Careers South WestAdult LearningCornwall Works Youth PartnershipTalent Match

A Living Wage for Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, reducing poverty in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly by valuing work, employment, training and learning

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Current Activity Objective Gaps and Future Activities Assisted by Whom?Cornwall CouncilInclusion Cornwall

VCS – CAB, VSF, CN4C

Develop a Living Wage for Cornwall

Tackle in work poverty ‐and reduce average household indebtedness

A focus on the living wage would need to encourage productivity and ambition.

Raise awareness of developing a Living Wage across Cornwall following the example of Cornwall Council.

Develop a target covering a median salary

BusinessesRCHTCornwall Council

ESBCUC

Equality of Opportunity for skills

Increase the number of directors and board members from under-represented groups encouraging gender-balance in non-traditional sectors e.g. women in construction, men in care

Many women work in jobs below their skills level to accommodate family life. This has a knock on impact to all lower levels of employment. Research for Cornwall is required.

DWPESBCUC

DWPCornwall CouncilCornwall Youth Work Partnership

Remove wage disparities for young people

Work with Cornwall Council and the LEP to identify how to progress

DWPCornwall CouncilCornwall Youth Work Partnership

Social and Economic - Movement around Cornwall and Isles of Scilly is easy, accessible and affordable for work, social activities and for relaxation. Current Activity Objective Gaps and Future Activities Assisted by Whom?Cornwall CouncilCRCCVolunteer Cornwall Inclusion Cornwall

Consider ways in which the public transport infrastructure can be improved.

Explore ways of providing free public transport for residents living in poverty.

Inclusion Cornwall research has shown that many in rural areas cannot afford to learn to drive, this

Cornwall CouncilTown and Parish CouncilsResidents GroupsCRCC

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Town and Parish Councils

Support communities to live locally and reduce the need to travel.

Capacity build young people to understand the transport and mobility options and how to use them.

barrier could be removed if we work together Lobbying to have the sharing rules for taxis changed

so that multiple people can hire a taxi to work and share the cost. Cornwall Council holding a fleet of mini buses. Access to a fleet of cars for people with limited transport options.

Encourage and support innovative community solutions to access issues by considering

o Means-tested grants helping unemployed

people to accept job offers by subsidising the costs of buying and taxing a car and of alternative child care provision.

o Earmarking fuel duty revenue from rural

areas to subsidise taxis, dial-a-ride schemes and public transport - or else for general measures to sustain village life such as mobile services, shops and schools.

o Funding driving lessons and driving test for

those in rural areas and where transport has been identified as an economic barrier

Increasing awareness through promotion of the benefits of active lifestyles especially for walking and cycling

Consider how Cornwall can support young people in rural areas, who find themselves more

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dependent on parents than their urban counterparts for lifts.

Consider ways in which we can overcome the issue of high rent in supported housing being a barrier to young people starting work when they are ready to move on.

Communities to work together to build self-sufficiency in energy and food production

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