Getting the excluded
Included
Background – PCH residents
 Gateway
Housing Association
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6,300 properties
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Downham, Bellingham, Whitefoot
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49% of residents do not have internet access
What do we want to achieve
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Increase employment opportunities
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Increase access to internet
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Increase residents skills & confidence
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Reduce poverty
PCH Community Insight report benefit
claimants
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Information from Job Centre Plus for November 2012 established that the England average for the number of
claimants per ‘available job’ is 3.43.
The figure for the Phoenix area is 57.16 claimants per ‘available job’.
Workless benefit claimants aged 16-24 and 16-64
18
15.6
16
14
12
13.6
12.0
% 10
9.8
9.2
7.8
8
6
4
2
0
Aged 16-24
Phoenix total
Working age
Social housing areas
England
How we intend to increase digital
inclusion
MyWork Search Application
 Providing I.T Training
 Installed Wi-fi in Head Office &
Community Centres
 Establish computer clubs
 Jobs clubs
 Work in partnership with Eco Communities
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Intro to Eco Communities
Digital Inclusion
and IT Re-Use
Employment
and Skills
Provision
Community Asset
Management
What we Offer
DIGITAL INCLUSION
 An IT and electrical disposal service.
 Supply people that need them with affordable re-used PCs
for as little as £50 and offer training and support.
EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS
 Provide employability services and a range of accredited
training to get people into work
PROVIDE LOCAL SERVICES/GENERATE JOBS
 Offer services from Community Centres and
Libraries and train local people to run them.
The issues
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8.7 M people live in Social Housing in the UK and NHF estimate that
4.1M are Digitally Excluded.
Over 65s and people with Disabilities are more likely to be Digitally
Excluded according to the ONS.
Approx 25% youth unemployment across London according to
CIPD, higher than the overall figure of nearly 20%.
Tonnes of IT waste each year going to landfill when it could be reused.
Local Authorities and Housing Associations want to engage and
support their local communities but some have limited resources.
Some Community Assets in danger of closure and not
being used to their full potential
Eco’s Social Impact in 2013
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200,000 visitors to our 5 centres that would
otherwise be closed to the public.
In excess of 100 tonnes of waste IT equipment
diverted from landfill.
100s of PCs supplied to local residents.
Up to 100 people supported into work.
Over 300 accredited training certificates
awarded to learners.
Up to 1000 learning hours delivered to local
residents.
Previous/current projects
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Training Phoenix residents in Basic IT skills and
supporting job searches.
Communities that Care project with Lewisham to
supply PCs and basic IT training to local
sheltered homes and into the homes of isolated
people.
Get Connected Campaign with Affinity Sutton to
supply PCs and training nationally to their
residents.
Who we work with
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Local Authorities
 Lewisham
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 Bexley
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Housing
Associations
 Phoenix
 Lewisham
Homes
 Affinity Sutton
 Hexagon
 Hyde Housing
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DWP
Welfare to Work
Providers
Local Businesses
Community Groups
Charities
Individuals
Our plans for the future
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Help more people get connected.
Continue to remove barriers to training and
employment.
Help reduce local poverty.
Continue to grow and deliver more services from
more locations.
Deliver more training/create more jobs
How to contact us
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Website:
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 @ecocomuk
 www.ecocom.org.uk
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 @ecolearninguk
Phone:
 +44
020 8698 7436
Email:
 gavin@ecocom.org.uk
Twitter:
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Facebook:
 Eco
Communties
 Sydenham Library
 Crofton Park Library
Questions