The document discusses work and wellbeing in Bath & North East Somerset. It summarizes recommendations from the Marmot Review on socioeconomic status and health, including providing support for ages 16-25, work-based learning like apprenticeships, and flexible employment. Statistics show 8,000 claim out of work benefits, with many long-term and related to mental health or as lone parents. The document advocates using economic development like the Bath City Riverside Enterprise Area to improve wellbeing, not just growth, and poses questions on measuring success, defining fair employment and good work, and promoting wellbeing in the Enterprise Zone.

1. Bath & North East Somerset
Work and wellbeing
John Wilkinson, Acting Director Regeneration,
Skills and Employment
18th
September 2013

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Context
National
•Marmot review
Local
•Health and wellbeing strategy
•Economic strategy and core strategy
•Enterprise Area

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Marmot review
• ‘People with higher socio economic
position in society have a greater array
of life chances and more opportunities to
lead a flourishing life. They also have
better health. The two are linked’
• ‘People with university degrees have
better health and live longer lives than
those without’

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B&NES figures
• 8,000 claiming out of work benefits, of
which:
• 6,000 claiming for more than 2 years
• 4,800 on incapacity benefit (E&SA)
• Mainly male
• 30% aged 50-59
• Many inactive since late 1990s
• Often related to mental health
• 830 lone parents on income support

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Life Course

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A few Marmot review
recommendations…
• Provide easily accessible support and advice for
16-25 year olds
• Provide work based learning, including apprentices
• Prioritise active labour market programmes
• Promote equality guidance and stress
management guidelines to employers
• Promote flexible retirement
• Encourage flexible employment

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Some current B&NES work…(there
are lots of others too)
• Worklessness programme
• B&NES Council policy on apprentices, work
placements, interns
• S106 agreements/Social Value Act
• Learning & Skills Partnership
• Project search
• Affordable housing delivery
• Connecting families
• Work with CURO

10. Quick case study:
Bath City Riverside
Enterprise Area

11. 4,200 Homes
£38m in NHB over
20yrs
9,200 Jobs
£400m uplift in
GVA pa
New Commercial
Floor Space under
City Deal
Business Rate Uplift
£4.2m pa uplift
£70.6m over 25yrs
Outcome

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Some questions…
• What should the B&NES economic strategy
measure as success? Moving from
economic growth to wellbeing…
• What is ‘fair employment’ and ‘good work’?
• How would we promote ‘wellbeing’ in the
Enterprise Zone?
• What best practise is out there?