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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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