St Albans & District
Strategic Partnership
Annual Community Conference
2013
Welcome
Councillor Julian Daly
Chair, St Albans & District Strategic Partnership
Executive Leader, St Albans City & District Council
Creating value in your
Community
Temi Odesanya
Membership Officer
What is social enterprise?
• Businesses driven by social and/or
environmental purpose, as set out in their
governing documents
• Trading organisations
• Reinvest at least half their profits towards
their social mission
• Are accountable and transparent
• Inclusive governance structures
• Assets are often locked for community
benefit
 The Big Issue: A
magazine supporting
homeless people
 Divine Chocolate: A
chocolate company
working with worker coops in Ghana
 Hill Holt Wood:
Preserving an ancient
woodland and providing
education programmes
Sandwell Community
Caring Trust: a social
enterprise delivering adult
social care
What is social enterprise?
Snapshot of the sector
•
No. of social enterprises in the UK = 70,000
•
Total annual income = £54.9 billion
•
Contribution (GVA) to the UK economy = £18.5 billion
•
Employing 973,700 people
•
Optimism for future growth.
Social Enterprise UK
•
Established in 2002 as the national body for social
enterprise (as a coalition)
•
Membership organisation: almost 700 members; reach to
over 10,000
•
Board of 10 people – all CEOs of social enterprises
•
Council of 50 – elected by members – represent different
sectors and geographical regions
•
Funded by a mix of contracts, grants, sponsorship,
member fees and paid-for services
“Members at the heart....”
•
•
Established in 2002 as the national body for social enterprise (as a
coalition)
Board of 10 people – all CEOs of social enterprises
•
Council of 50 – elected by members – represent different sectors and
geographical regions
•
Funded by a mix of contracts, grants, sponsorship, member fees and
paid-for services
•
Membership organisation: over 600 members; reach to over 10,000
•
Social enterprises, charities, private businesses
•
Main purposes:
•
Supporting social enterprises to thrive
•
Developing the evidence base for social enterprise
•
Influencing policy and political agendas
•
Showcasing the benefits of social enterprise
•
Broker, facilitator, market builder
What we do at SEUK
•
Create environment for social enterprise to thrive
•
Research – establish evidence-base for social enterprise
•
Develop policy
•
Showcase examples of social enterprise
•
Create information, tools, guides, training, mentoring, infodevelopment
•
Broker, facilitator and market builder
•
Build networks through events and specialist forums
•
Strategic relationships with every govt departments
Who are our stakeholders?
• Social enterprises
• Businesses and public bodies that want to
support them
• Local and national Government
• EU and international partners
• Media; academics; researchers
• Consumers and taxpayers
• Beneficiaries of social enterprise (=
everyone!)
Main social and/or environmental objectives
Inside social enterprises
• 52% of social enterprises actively employ people
who are disadvantaged in the labour market (e.g.
Long-term unemployed, ex-offenders, disabled
people)
• 84% of social enterprises recruit staff locally
• 87% of respondents indicated that their
organisation actively aimed to minimise its
environmental impact
• Double the number of social enterprises expect
the numbers employed to increase compared to
SME’s
Community Development
Thank you! Any questions...
www.socialenterprise.org.uk
@SocialEnt_UK
temi.odesanya@socialenterprise.org.uk
Changing demographics of
the District
Paul Howes
Policy and Performance Manager
Population:
What has changed?
153,123
Recent trend
equivalent to:
≈1,300 people a year
1981
1991
2001
2011
2020
Population:
Where has the
population
grown?
Age: What has changed?
Lower proportion of
20 - 39 year olds
Higher Proportion
of 40 - 49 year olds
Higher proportion of
0 - 10 year olds
Higher Proportion
of 60 - 69 year olds
Age (under 5’s):
Where has it
changed?
Age (60-64):
Where has it
changed?
Ethnicity: What has changed?
White
Mixed
2001
2011
Asian/ Asian British
Black/ Black British
Other
Ethnicity:
Where has it
changed?
General increase in
non-white residents in
the district, the map
illustrates the areas of
greater growth
Health: What has changed?
N.B. different answer
options in 2011, not
directly comparable
Health: What has changed?
Health: What has changed?
Health:
Where is the
very bad or bad
health?
Education: What has changed?
Education: What has changed?
Education:
Where has it
changed?
Employment: What has changed?
Professional
occupations
- 8th highest rate in
England
Managers, Directors
and senior officials
- 16th highest rate
in England
Associate Professional
and technical
occupations
- 20th highest rate
in England
Employment:
Professional
occupation
Unemployment data
• Number of people claiming Job Seekers Allowance
in the St Albans City and District is 1,280 people or
1.4% (September 2013).
• This is 46 people fewer than the previous month and
280 fewer than September 2012.
• The District is the lowest rate in the County and joint
50th lowest rate in England (out of 326 local
authorities).
Sep
12
Oct
12
Nov
12
Dec
12
Jan
13
Feb
13
Mar
13
Apr
13
May
13
Jun
13
Jul
13
Aug
13
Sep
13
1.8%
1.7%
1.7%
1.6%
1.7%
1.8%
1.7%
1.6%
1.6%
1.5%
1.5%
1.5%
1.4%
Economic Development
Priorities
Community Survey –
Headlines
Higher or
Lower is
better
Place
Survey
2008/09
Community
Survey 2010/11
Community
Survey 2012
Improvement
since 2010/11
% of people who believe people from
difference backgrounds get on well
together in their local area
Higher
85.3%
81.4%
86.8%
Yes
% of people feel that they belong to
their local area/ neighbourhood
Higher
59.9%
66.7%
73.9%
Yes
Satisfied with your local area as a
place to live
Higher
90%
90%
94%
Yes
Satisfied with the way that St Albans
City and District Council runs things
Higher
42%
54%
70%
Yes
Overall/ general satisfaction with
local area
Higher
90.3%
90.1%
93.6%
Yes
Who feel they very and fairly strongly
belong to their neighbourhood
Higher
60%
67%
74%
Yes
Perceptions of anti-social behaviour
Lower
10.1%
11.1%
4.8%
Yes
Self-reported measure of people’s
overall health and wellbeing
Higher
84.0%
84.5%
85.4%
Yes
Community Survey –
Headlines
Higher or
Lower is
better
Place
Survey
2008/09
Community
Survey 2010/11
Community
Survey 2012
Improvement
since 2010/11
Civic participation in the local area
Higher
15.5%
16.2%
14.8%
No
% of people who feel they can
influence decisions in their locality
Higher
26.7%
33.7%
26.5%
No
Participation in regular volunteering
Higher
29.4%
31.8%
26.4%
No
Thank you for listening
Active Listening Workshops
Population changes - Conference room
Health- Conference room
Employment and growth- Elliot suite (upstairs)
Education - Yates suite (upstairs)
David Lloyd
Police and Crime Commissioner,
Hertfordshire
Emerging themes from
break out sessions
James Blake
Chief Executive, St Albans City and
District Council
General points
• Comparing surveys with service data
• Analysing and targeting individual places and
groups
• Data informing difficult financial choices
Population
• Impact on housing need – not just numbers but type and
affordability
• Population growth creates economic potential but service
pressure
• Growth in younger and older people - greater proportional
service demand
• Need to ensure 20-39 year olds can thrive in the District
Employment and growth
• Maximising potential of the professional
population
• Linking successful businesses to the community
• Involving businesses in identifying and
addressing skills gaps
• Education - Yates suite (upstairs)
Education
• Good analysis needed on timing, location and impact of new
school places
• Positive routes for less academic young people – helps to fill
skills gaps
• Tackling skills gaps across all generations
• Strengthen school/college links with local business and
communities
Health
• Greater analysis/data on specific health issues
and causes e.g. Mental Health
• Health data should inform voluntary services as
well as statutory services
• Strengthen the links between GPs and local
community initiatives
Next steps
• Draw together the comments from the active listening
sessions
• Consideration by the Strategic Partnership
• Comments used to shape the analysis, priorities and
work programme
Reflections
Councillor Julian Daly
Chair, St Albans & District Strategic Partnership
Executive Leader, St Albans City & District Council