Decision details

The Cabinet will be asked to consider proposals to enter into an agreement with the London Borough of Bexley to secure £595k in funding over 2010/11 and 2011/12 to support local residents into work

Received a report from the Cabinet Member for Regeneration on the Sustainable Employment Programme, which is a pilot project led by the London Borough of Bexley on behalf of the London Development Agency (LDA) aimed at helping the long-term unemployed, and those who are economically inactive, back into work.

Discussions on how this Borough can benefit from the project have resulted in the securing of up to £595,155 towards the Borough’s job shops dependant on the achievement of outputs.

Agreed, in order to assist the Council in achieving its Community Priority “Prosperous” by providing assistance to Borough residents to access employment, to the entering into of an agreement with the London Borough of Bexley for the sum of £595,155 to support Borough residents into employment via the Sustainable Employment Programme.