EmbracingDiversity

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EmbracingDiversity

• Bury MBC Stockport MBC

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EmbracingDiversity Equal

• Aim
• To combat inequality and discrimination in the
  labour market
• Structure
• Delivery of 84 UK projects across 4 pillars (9
  themes)
• Technical support through Ecotec
• Employability
• 33 UK projects (24 in Theme A Access
  integration)

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EmbracingDiversity Goals

• Goals
• To develop a corporate HRM approach to Supported
  Employment
• To transfer the potential of Supported Employment
  to a range of disadvantaged groups
• To design a district template for Welfare to Work
  service delivery

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EmbracingDiversity Goals

• To support companies to recruit and retain a
  diverse workforce and increase their capacity to
  manage the process independently
• To offer a forum for stakeholders and strategic
  organisations to develop coordinated pathways to
  employment

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EmbracingDiversity Target groups

• People with disabilities
• Young care leavers
• Ethnic minorities
• Worker retention
• Lone parents
• Asylum seekers / Refugees
• Substance misusers
• Lone parents
• Homeless people
• Ex-Offenders

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EmbracingDiversity Delivery model
Employability without employment is a broken
promise.
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EmbracingDiversity Partnerships

• Development Partnership
• Bury MBC, Stockport MBC
• Strategic Partners
• Learning Skills Council, Connexions, Jobcentre
  Plus, employers, user networks
• Transnational Partners
• A Lungo (Emilia, Italy)
• ZAMARAT (Zamora, Spain)

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EmbracingDiversity Partnership model

• Government
• Employers
• Support agencies