TSEF Information Hub research

template
Background
The aim of the information hub is to provide the TSEF with a more
robust evidence to influence and engage with the Scottish Government
and other relevant stakeholders on behalf of our members, at a time
when the Scottish Government is reviewing employability, in light of
the Smith Commission.
The questions will solely focus on the last financial year (1 st April 2014,
to 31st March 2015), to make sure we have up to date information.

Completing the template

The purpose of the template is to gather as much data as possible.
There may be questions that you simply cannot answer, or simply do
not wish to disclose for commercial sensitivity. This is ok; all I would
ask is that you could be as forthcoming as you can be, as all your data
responses will be anonymised.
My preference would be to have a face to face meeting or to conduct
telephone interview with you. This saves you the hassle of filling out a
template and makes clearing up misunderstandings much easier. The
telephone interviews will take no longer than 30 minutes to complete.
If you would prefer to complete the template electronically, then
simply send your completed template to: paul.ferretti@enable.org.uk
If you have any questions about filling in the template or wish to
arrange an interview, please contact me:
Email: paul.ferretti@enable.org.uk
Telephone: 01698737038
Thank you for taking the time to engage with this project.

Background Information
1.
Name of your Organisation
2.
Contact Name
3.
E-mail address
4.
How many employees do you have delivering employability services?
5.
How many volunteers do you have delivering employability services?
6.
What is your charitable purpose?
7.
What will be your estimated turnover for employability services for 2014/15?

Projects
8.
Brief background to some of your ongoing flagship employability
programmes/services?
(Feel free to simply post the link of a press release or case study.)
9.
Can you provide an example of a programme/service, which if you were not
present in an area, would not be provided by any other organisation?
10.
Has there been any significant policy, funding or programme changes this year,
which have significantly impacted on your organisations ability to deliver
projects, if so what?

Funding/Spending
11.
Which sources have you received funding from this year?
Estimated amount of funding per source this year
Estimated percentage of funding 2014/2015 from each source
Employability Fund
ESF
DWP-Work Programme
DWP-Work Choice
Scottish Government
Big Lottery

Inspiring Scotland
Robertson Trust
SCVO
LEP
Local Authority
Own Reserves
Other (Specify)
Other (Specify)

%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
12.
If you receive funding from Local Authorities, please specify which ones?

13.
When you have previously applied for European funds, did you apply as an
individual, a consortium, or a third sector partnership? (Pre 2014)

14.
If applicable, which organisations were your projects lead, or partner? (Pre
2014)
15.
If you applied to Employability Fund this year, did you do so as an individual, a
consortium, or a third sector partnership?
16.
If applicable, which organisations were your projects lead, or partner?
17.
Estimated spend in % by your organisation on each area of the pipeline this
year?
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
%
%
%
%
%

Clients
18.
Estimate number of how many clients you will have supported in employability
activities this financial year?
19.
As of 28th February, if all of your clients were on the pipeline at the one time,
what would be the numbers catered for at each stage? (Estimate number or
percentage)
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5

20.
How many starts have you had from April 2014 to March 2015?
21.

Carers

Offenders/exoffenders

%
Disabled people

Lone parents

Ethnic minorities

Substance misusers

Homeless

Veterans

Learning difficulties

Young people (MCMC)

Mental health issues

Women

Long Term Unemployed

Older Unemployed

Acquired brain injury

Other (Specify)

From your starts in

April 2014, how many
have moved into
employment, training,
or volunteering, as of
31th March?
Employment
Training
Further or Higher
Education
Volunteering
Other (Specify)
22.
What types of clients
do you mainly cater
for?
Please only include
one aspect of the
client
And
Estimate percentage

of total clients

23.
Do you have people waiting to access programmes, owing to limited capacity, if
so please expand?

Local Authorities
24.
In which Local Authority areas do you have a significant presence in delivering
employability services?
1. Inverclyde

2. Renfrewshire

3. West Dunbartonshire

4. East Dunbartonshire

5. Glasgow

6. East Renfrewshire

7. North Lanarkshire

8. Falkirk

9. West Lothian

10. Edinburgh

11. Midlothian

12. East Lothian

13. Clackmannanshire

14. Fife

15. Dundee

16. Angus

17. Aberdeenshire

18. Aberdeen

19. Moray

20. Highland

21. Na h-Eileanan Siar

22. Argyll and Bute

23. Perth and Kinross

24. Stirling

25. North Ayrshire

26. East Ayrshire

27. South Ayrshire

28. Dumfries and Galloway

29. South Lanarkshire

30. Scottish Borders

31. Orkney

32. Shetland

25.
Has this changed significantly from the last financial year?

26.
In your experience, which local authority would you describe as the model
example to work with?
27.
In your experience, which local authority would you describe as the most
challenging to work with?
28.
Have you ever attempted to secure funding as part of an LEP pipeline?
29.
If applicable, what factors do you think prevented you from being successful?
30.
If applicable, what factors do you think made your attempt successful?

Capacity/ capacity building

31.
Has there been a specific example where you could have delivered more
capacity on a specific geographic area or programme, but were not given the
opportunity to do so?
32.
In your experience, what common factors have prevented you from delivering
more capacity?
33.
Can your organisation mobilise staff to react to tight turnarounds in small
tenders?