Building Better Opportunities Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Partnership Meeting: 28th March 2017

Agenda 09:30 Refreshments and registration 10:00   10:00 Welcome, Introductions and Agenda Lindsay Barton 10:10 Project update – Q1 Sandie Dent 10:30 Partnership Groups – update Lindsay 10:40 Financial Compliance – issues arising from experience & Q1 claim Phil Taylor 11:00 BREAK 11:15 Project Evaluation – ‘Theory of Change’ Amy Shephard & Claire Moyes 13:15 LUNCH AND NETWORKING 14:00 Marketing and Publicity – Hunter Bevan Neil Bevan 15:15 15:30 Questions & Answers Sandie, Phil, Lindsay 16:00 CLOSE

Q1 Performance – RAG ratings Participants: 16% of target participants Q1 49% of target participants registered on database – but only 33% of these are eligible -84% variance in where we should be end Q1

Time funded vs performance Example #1 280 key worker hours funded – target 10 participants Actual: 4 eligible participants/5 registered Example #2 432 key worker hours funded – target 33 participants Actual: 11 eligible participants/54 registered Example #3 288 key worker hours funded – target 20 participants Actual: 0 eligible participants/3 registered

Actions Evidence x 2 + start date = ‘on programme’ Processes: modify where required to get evidence at first meeting Database: update regularly, don’t stockpile paperwork Annex H: every question MUST be answered. Participant and key worker to sign. Project leads – SD to meet and discuss performance.

Positives Employment outcomes – 5 participants (3 evidenced) against a target of 0 for Q1 Good practice/learning on getting evidence in – share Reaching hard-to-reach groups: homeless, long-term unemployed, ethnic minorities