2. Place based approach
WF mission – enabling low income Lambeth residents to become financially self sufficient
Consultations with local providers – low paid workers face range of barriers & require range of interventions
Network of local provision with established referral routes

3. Partnership approach Providers developing & sharing good practice
Timewise Foundation - importance of employer engagement
Role of anchor organisations – Lambeth Council & social landlords
Evaluation & dissemination to influence commissioning

4. Trust for London To tackle poverty and inequality in the capital
Employment progression as a route out of poverty – Learning
2012 onwards ‘testing new models’
Also introduced “progression routes out of low paid work” as a new category (9 awards)

5. Focus on Low Pay
Biggest investment was LW special initiative (2007), £1m London Citizens (sectoral approach, LW Foundation, QMUL research). Now nearly, 3,000 LW employers; big ‘hitters’ include Nestle, Ikea, Aviva, KPMG, Linklaters.
Research and growing body of evidence regarding the burgeoning of poverty linked to low paid work: Learning and Work Institute (CESI); Resolution Foundation; JRF; Social Market Foundation.

6. Step Up Grants for pilots to support work progression
Target beneficiaries – individuals paid below London Living Wage working at least 14 hours a week for the last 12 months
£200,000 available per year in total
Individual grants of up to £40,000 per year
Oct 2015-Sept 2017 – year 1 “test & learn”, year 2 “steady state”

7. Programme Outcomes Primary: Individuals increasing hourly rate of pay
Individuals increasing total weekly pay
Secondary:
Improved terms & conditions of employment
Improved job description
Improved work/life balance

8. Step Up Providers
Creative Society - supporting low paid young people in creative/cultural sectors.
High Trees Community Development Trust - supporting low paid workers in Tulse Hill (with focus on lone parents and over 50s).
Indoamerican Refugee and Migrant Organisation (IRMO) - supporting low paid Latin American workers.

9. Step Up Providers
Springboard UK – supporting low paid young people in the catering and hospitality sector.
Thames Reach/Clean Slate – using digital engagement, alongside more conventional approaches, to support low paid workers.
Women Like Us – supporting low paid parents (mostly women, including many lone parents)

10. Funding Management Group
Trust for London
Walcot Foundation