EmbracingDiversityEmbracingDiversity

Bury MBC & Stockport MBC

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EmbracingDiversity:EmbracingDiversity: EqualEqual

Aim– To combat inequality and discrimination in the labour

market

Structure– Delivery of 84 UK projects across 4 pillars (9 themes)– Technical support through Ecotec

Employability– 33 UK projects (24 in Theme A: Access & integration)

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EmbracingDiversity: EmbracingDiversity: GoalsGoals

Goals: To develop a corporate HRM approach to

Supported Employment

To transfer the potential of Supported Employment to a range of disadvantaged groups

To design a district template for Welfare to Work service delivery

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EmbracingDiversity: EmbracingDiversity: Goals Goals

To support companies to recruit and retain a diverse workforce and increase their capacity to manage the process independently

To offer a forum for stakeholders and strategic organisations to develop coordinated pathways to employment

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EmbracingDiversity: Target EmbracingDiversity: Target groupsgroups

People with disabilities Young care leavers Ethnic minorities Worker retention Lone parents Asylum seekers / Refugees Substance misusers Lone parents Homeless people Ex-Offenders

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EmbracingDiversity: Delivery EmbracingDiversity: Delivery modelmodel

Employability without employment is a broken promise.

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EmbracingDiversity: EmbracingDiversity: PartnershipsPartnerships

Development Partnership – Bury MBC, Stockport MBC

Strategic Partners – Learning + Skills Council, Connexions, Jobcentre Plus,

employers, user networks

Transnational Partners– A Lungo (Emilia, Italy)– ZAMARAT (Zamora, Spain)

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•Government

•Employers

•Support agencies