1. LOCAL AND TRANSNATIONAL EVALUATION John White - PICESWM Professor Paul Kingston - Staffordshire University Active Aging

2. 2 year programme - Looking at the impact of worklessness and unemployment for people over 50 living in the western area of the county of Herefordshire -Examining the effectiveness and quality of existing support, information and advice --Identifying initiatives and potential solutions for people over 50 Active Aging

3. Baseline study: Series of focus groups Development of the ‘intervention’ Development of the ‘evaluation’ Active Aging

4. (Partner logo) Active Aging Local evaluation [pre and post test design] Quasi-experimental design employ the same strategies as experimental designs, but lack the randomisation [could we randomise]? This then becomes a Non-equivalent control group design with pre-tests (Ra a ) >O a1 >X a >O a2 Random selectionpre-testindependent post-test variable

5. (Partner logo) Active Aging Local evaluation Sequential analysis of a variety of measurements: Social networks (Antonnucci, Phillipson, Wenger) Social capital (UK Census, BHPS, Resource Generator Boase and Wellman) Skills and education Economic circumstances Satisfaction with life (Diener) Occupational status Life time occupational status And possibly others ……

6. SAMPLE Intervention group N=20 – 10 per location [Peterchurch and Kington] Control group N=20 – 10 per location Active Aging

7. Preliminary data Active Aging

8. 2003 CAS wardFebruary 2009May 2009August 2009November 2009 numberratenumberratenumberratenumberrate 00GANY : Aylestone1805.31805.31805.31855.4 00GANZ : Backbury603.6653.9553.3553.3 00GAPA : Belmont3205.33405.73405.73255.4 00GAPB : Bircher553.7553.7604.0604.0 00GAPC : Bringsty804.6854.9754.3754.3 00GAPD : Bromyard1805.21805.21755.11755.1 00GAPE : Burghill, Holmer and Lyde603.2653.5603.2603.2 00GAPF : Castle703.7754.0653.5703.7 00GAPG : Central904.91055.71055.71005.4 00GAPH : Credenhill804.2854.4854.4804.2 00GAPJ : Frome703.4703.4753.6653.1 00GAPK : Golden Cross with Weobley754.4804.7804.7855.0 00GAPL : Golden Valley North704.1603.5704.1704.1 00GAPM : Golden Valley South603.5603.5653.8653.8 00GAPN : Hagley803.6753.4652.9652.9 00GAPP : Hampton Court553.6553.6603.9603.9 00GAPQ : Hollington453.9403.4353.0403.4 00GAPR : Hope End1254.11304.31354.51304.3 00GAPS : Kerne Bridge603.5653.8704.1653.8 00GAPT : Kington Town804.6754.3754.3804.6 00GAPU : Ledbury1703.11753.21803.31753.2 00GAPW : Leominster North1905.91905.91956.11956.1 00GAPX : Leominster South2106.72006.32106.72156.8 00GAPY : Llangarron703.6753.8804.1703.6 00GAPZ : Mortimer603.1603.1653.4603.1 00GAQA : Old Gore754.3704.0754.3754.3 00GAQB : Pembridge and Lyonshall with Titley804.5804.5704.0754.3 00GAQC : Penyard653.6653.6603.3653.6 00GAQD : Pontrilas653.4703.6703.6753.9 00GAQE : Ross-on-Wye East1154.71154.71054.31104.5 00GAQF : Ross-on-Wye West1705.31604.91604.91554.8 00GAQG : St Martins and Hinton3955.83905.73955.83855.7 00GAQH : St Nicholas1754.41704.21654.11754.4 00GAQJ : Stoney Street654.1654.1654.1704.4 00GAQK : Sutton Walls653.9653.9653.9704.2 00GAQL : Three Elms2854.52954.72904.62854.5 00GAQM : Tupsley1953.71953.71903.61803.4 00GAQN : Upton654.1603.8603.8603.8 00GAQP : Valletts904.4904.4904.4954.7 00GAQQ : Wormsley Ridge654.1654.1654.1654.1 Column Total4,5654.44,6004.44,5854.44,5654.4

9. benefit claimants - working age client group ONS Crown Copyright Reserved [from Nomis on 26 May 2010] area typelocal authorities: county / unitary area nameHerefordshire, County of sexTotal durationTotal childrenall stat grouptotal benefitjob seekers allowance (JSA) only DateTotalaged 45-54aged 55-59aged 60-64 February 20092,89051023060 May 20092,78051021050 August 20092,82051020050 November 20092,55048022030

10. claimant count with rates and proportions ONS Crown Copyright Reserved [from Nomis on 26 May 2010] sexTotal item nameTotal claimants DateHerefordshire, County of January 20103,028 February 20103,106 March 20102,946 April 20102,832

11. claimant count - age and duration ONS Crown Copyright Reserved [from Nomis on 26 May 2010] sexTotal subsetAged 50 and over, claiming for over 6 months DateHerefordshire, County of January 2010185 February 2010190 March 2010190 April 2010195 data rounded to nearest 5.

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