Decision details

Approval is required to procure an organisation to deliver community management support for the North Yorkshire elements of the Get York North Yorkshire Working Trailblazer programme.

Approval has been given to procure an organisation to deliver community management support for the North Yorkshire elements of the Get York North Yorkshire Working Trailblazer programme.

To deliver Year 2 of the North Yorkshire Trailblazer programme, the Council must review the current grant and contract funded arrangements under this programme. A proposed revised list of projects streamlines the management of community funding into one approach. This provides the Council with a flexible approach, future proofing any further uncertainty from potential, additional grant allocations through the Trailblazer programme.

The Year 2 programme has been refined to 8 projects building from year 1 activities in line with revised DWP criteria to work with 16yrs+. These include:
• Place based engagement and support model; including engagement and navigation of the skills landscape and access to community support
• Employer engagement programme; learning from employer engagement feedback on key priorities
• Musculo-Skeletal Hubs; delivered by specialist instructors within Active North Yorkshire to reduce pain and long-term absence from work
• Integrating data and research; across York and North Yorkshire health, local authorities, and DWP
• Community Grants Scheme; providing £900k funding to Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises (VCSE) at a hyper local level, to remove health and socio-economic barriers to work
• The LEAP Wage Subsidy Programme; integrated working between NYC Resourcing Solutions and VCSE to provide paid employment with support for participant and employer

To not support the procurement would impact significantly on our ability to commence on time. Delays risk loss of deliverable ability from community organisations within the agreed funding timescales (up to 31 March 2027). The DWP as main funder also reserve the right to withdraw grant funding for the programme if timely progress is not made.