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Reducing barriers to work using data led campaigns In September 2023 the UK experienced an economic inactivity rate of 21.3% and an estimated unemployment rate of 4.3%, both of which have increased compared to previous data. Economic inactivity has surpassed pre-pandemic levels, prompting government efforts to integrate this group into the workforce. Historically, policies under Universal Credit and legacy benefits emphasised pushing people into employment through conditionality and short term measures. Today, both major political parties are exploring ways to facilitate return to work and eliminate barriers to employment. However, the government is also extending conditionality and adopting a tougher stance on sanctions for a broader range of people. Haringey is home to a young, ethnically diverse population. In June 2023, almost one fifth of those between 16 to 65 were on Universal Credit. Nearly 7% of residents over 16 were claiming unemployment related benefits, a figure above the London average of 4.7% and the 3rd highest rate of all UK councils Haringey Council wanted to find ways to overcome barriers to employment for young people and families with children and has used data to achieve success with its employment support programmes. Join this webinar to learn: - The new carrot and stick policy changes designed to break down barriers to work and reduce economic inactivity - What Haringey Council did to increase take up of free childcare for two year olds to 70% - How Haringey Council successfully helped 95 NEETs on their employment journey With guest speakers from Haringey Council	29/11/2023j/n/Y	10:30 GMT2023-11-29T10:30:00ZH:i T	1.3 hours	Register
Policy review of 2023 and what 2024 may hold Join our last webinar of 2023 to hear our policy analysts review 2023's policy changes and big issues, from the ongoing cost of living and energy crises to the funding of local government and the Autumn Statement. We will highlight our policy findings from the year including our work that revealed that millions of households across the UK are missing out on £19 billion of support each year. We'll look at the role that data is playing in helping leading organisations to tackle these issues. Through case studies of different types of households we'll look at what the changes mean for families now, and what 2024 has in store. Along the way we'll share the positive impact that organisations we work with are having, and give practical solutions that others can adopt.	6/12/2023j/n/Y	10:30 GMT2023-12-06T10:30:00ZH:i T	1.3 hours	Register
How the debt sector is connecting people to support	31/1/2024j/n/Y	10:30 GMT2024-01-31T10:30:00ZH:i T	1.3 hours	Register

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Reducing barriers to work using data led campaigns In September 2023 the UK experienced an economic inactivity rate of 21.3% and an estimated unemployment rate of 4.3%, both of which have increased compared to previous data. Economic inactivity has surpassed pre-pandemic levels, prompting government efforts to integrate this group into the workforce.

Historically, policies under Universal Credit and legacy benefits emphasised pushing people into employment through conditionality and short term measures. Today, both major political parties are exploring ways to facilitate return to work and eliminate barriers to employment. However, the government is also extending conditionality and adopting a tougher stance on sanctions for a broader range of people.

Haringey is home to a young, ethnically diverse population. In June 2023, almost one fifth of those between 16 to 65 were on Universal Credit. Nearly 7% of residents over 16 were claiming unemployment related benefits, a figure above the London average of 4.7% and the 3rd highest rate of all UK councils

Haringey Council wanted to find ways to overcome barriers to employment for young people and families with children and has used data to achieve success with its employment support programmes.

Join this webinar to learn:

- The new carrot and stick policy changes designed to break down barriers to work and reduce economic inactivity
- What Haringey Council did to increase take up of free childcare for two year olds to 70%
- How Haringey Council successfully helped 95 NEETs on their employment journey

With guest speakers from Haringey Council

29/11/2023

10:30 GMT

1.3 hours

Policy review of 2023 and what 2024 may hold Join our last webinar of 2023 to hear our policy analysts review 2023's policy changes and big issues, from the ongoing cost of living and energy crises to the funding of local government and the Autumn Statement.

We will highlight our policy findings from the year including our work that revealed that millions of households across the UK are missing out on £19 billion of support each year.

We'll look at the role that data is playing in helping leading organisations to tackle these issues.

Through case studies of different types of households we'll look at what the changes mean for families now, and what 2024 has in store.

Along the way we'll share the positive impact that organisations we work with are having, and give practical solutions that others can adopt.

6/12/2023

10:30 GMT

1.3 hours

How the debt sector is connecting people to support

31/1/2024

10:30 GMT

1.3 hours

Croydon Council helps over 200 homes improve their energy efficiency

In 2021 we saw huge increases in the cost of living for many households, pushing many further into poverty. This prompted Croydon Council to run a campaign to help over 200 residents improve the energy efficiency of their homes. This has helped to reduce their household bills.

Croydon Council’s good news story of 2021

Using the LIFT platform for mailshots has generated over 200 resident self-referrals to the service, allowing our advisors to spend more time on providing one to one support, rather than outreach work to identify the residents.

During the completed Home visits a total of 1,825 small free energy and water measures have been fitted to the homes, 68 referrals made to HEAT London and 12 applications made for a Warm Homes Discount.

Malcolm Bell, Energy Projects Manager, Croydon Council

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We are a small team supporting low-income and fuel-poor Croydon residents. It is challenging to proactively identify residents who would benefit from the support and advice we can give from our service.

The LIFT platform has been at Croydon Council and is already well embedded into our services. It is a platform that helps us to analyse our own data in order to identify vulnerability, target support and track change over time.

The data insights have helped us to do our core work which is helping low-income residents manage their energy bills and access grant funding to improve the energy efficiency of their homes.

I manage Croydon Healthy Homes, Croydon Council's fuel poverty advice service. I have used data from the Low Income Family Tracker software for targeted mailshots of low income and vulnerable residents in the borough. This software has allowed us to easily identify and contact residents who could benefit from support from our service. Being able to access data from the software, has reduced the amount of officer hours needed to identify residents for the service, time we have used to support more low income and vulnerable residents.

Malcolm Bell,Energy Projects Manager at Croydon Council

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Croydon Council helps over 200 homes improve their energy efficiency

In 2021 we saw huge increases in the cost of living for many households, pushing many further into poverty. This prompted Croydon Council to run a campaign to help over 200 residents improve the energy efficiency of their homes. This has helped to reduce their household bills.

Croydon Council’s good news story of 2021

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