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Report of the West Belfast and Greater Shankill Task Forces A Report of the West Belfast & Greater Shankill Task Forces Belfast & Greater Shankill Task A Report of the West The Task Forces have asked for the Report to be publicily available on the following websites. Department of Enterprise Trade & Investment: www.detini.gov.uk Department of Social Development: www.dsdni.gov.uk Report (028) 9070 2020 February 2002 West Belfast & Greater Shankill A report of the West Belfast and Greater Shankill Task Forces prepared by the Chairmen, Padraic White and John Simpson 1 West Belfast/Greater Shankill West Belfast & Greater Shankill CONTENTS Part 1 Summary Report Membership of Task Forces Glossary of terms 1. The terms of reference of the Task Forces and Membership of the Task Forces 2. The work of the Task Forces 2.1 The setting 2.2 The approach to the mandate 2.3 An overview of unemployment and disadvantage in the area 2.4 The central themes of the recommendations 3. The conclusions and recommendations 3.1 Getting into employment 3.2 Creating jobs 3.3 Intermediate labour markets: the social economy and transitional employment opportunities 3.4 Education and training needs 3.5 A preventative approach 3.6 Infrastructure and planning processes 4. The urgency attached to the suggested actions 5. The recommendations in the wider Northern Ireland context 6. Major priorities, common to both Task Forces 7. Funding and implementation Part 2 Task Force Report: West Belfast Part 3 Task Force Report: Greater Shankill and Woodvale 3 A Report of the work of both Task Forces MEMBERSHIP OF THE TASK FORCES Members of West Belfast Task Force Padraic White Chairperson Mairtin O’Muilleoir Andersonstown News Dan Corr Nationwide Building Society Mary Lyons Springvale Training Tony Campbell Campbell Glass Gerry Carson Royal Group of Hospitals Geraldine McAteer West Belfast Partnership Board Eamon Foster Glenwood Business Centre Tom Keenan Deloitte & Touche Alec McRitchie Bombardier Aerospace Moira John BIFHE Jean Brown Suffolk Community Forum Chrissie McAuley Belfast City Council / Sinn Fein Aidan Campbell Lenadoon Community Forum Ciaran Quinn Sinn Fein Una Gillespie Community Network Alex Attwood Belfast City Council / SDLP Technical Support Group Tim Losty LEDU John McAllister LEDU Alan Chowney IDB Fiona Carr IDB Ian Snowden BRO Oonagh McDonnell DEL Eddie Jackson Belfast City Council Caroline Nolan West Belfast Partnership Board Tom Mervyn West Belfast Partnership Board Neil McKillen Planning Service Pamela O’Donnell West Belfast Partnership Board Secretariat Siobhan Watson Senior Executive to the Task Forces Eileen Kelly LEDU Jane McSorley Spingvale Training 4 West Belfast & Greater Shankill Membership of the Greater Shankill Task Force John Simpson Chairperson Baroness May Blood Early Years Project Jackie Redpath Greater Shankill Partnership Board Jackie Hewitt Greater Shankill Community Council Joe Stewart Impact Training Frank Hamill Greater Shankill Business Forum William Humphrey Charles Tenant & Company Betty Emery Edenbrook Primary School Carol Phillips Bombardier Aerospace Tom McDaniels F G Wilson Stephen Torrens F G Wilson Prof Wallace Ewart University of Ulster Cllr Hugh Smyth Belfast City Council Cllr Eric Smyth Belfast City Council Cllr Chris McGimpsey Belfast City Council Cllr Frank McCoubrey Belfast City Council Denis Power First Trust Bank Margaret Alton Let’s Pretend Keith Shiells Lambert, Smith & Hampton Technical Support Group Tim Losty LEDU John McAllister LEDU Alan Chowney IDB Fiona Carr IDB Seamus Murray BRO Oonagh McDonnell DEL Shirley McCay Belfast City Council Secretariat Siobhan Watson Senior Executive to the Task Forces 5 A Report of the work of both Task Forces GLOSSARY OF TERMS WBTF: West Belfast Task Force [13 wards mainly in West Belfast, including also Twinbrook, Poleglass and Kilwee] GSTF: Task Force for the Greater Shankill [7 wards in West Belfast and part of North Belfast] BIFHE: Belfast Institute for Further and Higher Education BMAP: Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan BRO: Belfast Regeneration Office FDI: Foreign Direct Investment GEMS: Gasworks Employment Initiative ILM: Intermediate Labour Market IDB: Industrial Development Board LEDU: Local Enterprise Development Unit T&EA: Training and Employment Agency TSN: Targeting Social Need Noble index: Indicators of degrees of deprivation in different electoral wards across all of Northern Ireland 6 West Belfast & Greater Shankill 1. THE TERMS OF REFERENCE 1.1 The Terms of Reference were set by the sponsoring Ministers, Sir Reg Empey, Minister for Employment,Trade & Investment and Maurice Morrow, the Minister for Social Development when they launched the Task Forces in May 2001. They said: “The aim of the Task Forces is ‘to bring forward recommendations aimed at reducing unemployment and poverty in West Belfast.’ West Belfast continues to experience high levels of unemployment at over 14% in contrast to the unemployment level in Belfast at around 5%.The constituency also experiences other aspects of disadvantage related to and contributing to the economic problems. “The Task Forces will seek to identify measures to reverse socio-economic disadvantage and alienation with respect to West Belfast.This will involve bringing forward recommendations to Government for suggested policy action under the Executive’s Programme for Government and across a range of issues that will impact positively on unemployment and poverty.” 1.2 The remit was for the Task Forces to complete their work within a 6 month period and make recommendations aimed at reducing unemployment and poverty in West Belfast based on the economic, social, and cultural needs of the area and developments in Belfast. 1.3 The Task Forces’ key objective was to identify recommendations capable of implementation both by local groups and government agencies, which are measurable in terms of inputs and outputs. 1.4 In making recommendations, the Task Forces were asked to consider the broad social costs of unemployment and poverty and the benefits of full employment, including the indirect costs of social problems such as alcoholism, family break-up, drug abuse, etc. and the benefits of their reduction or elimination. However, the key driver for change was stated to be economic and this was to be the clear focus of the work of the Task Forces. 1.5 Where recommendations are made for job creation, Government offered the assurance that it would give priority to projects that improve the social, cultural and physical infrastructures of West Belfast. 1.6 In addition, the Task Forces were asked to reflect the Section 75 statutory duty on equality in their work and recommendations.The Task Forces were also to consider possible New TSN obligations within their recommendations. 7 Top of the Rock West Belfast & Greater Shankill 2. THE WORK OF THE TASK FORCES 2.1 The setting 2.1.1 The Belfast city region is the home of a very complex society. 2.1.2 The Belfast city region is growing. Some parts of the region have attracted new housing, new industry and reflect an increased degree of affluence. Indeed, one of the social, economic and planning problems is to avoid a widening gap between the newer suburbs and the older inner city areas. 2.1.3 Noone needs to be reminded of the tensions and violence of the past 30 years. Individuals and communities have endured experiences that are unparalleled anywhere else in Western Europe. 2.1.4 Even without the recent Northern Ireland period of political instability and intense civil disruption and suffering, Belfast would have been, and is, a city where the processes of social and economic change are the source of major disadvantage. The Victorian inheritance, inevitably, means that large scale regeneration of the city would be necessary. 2.1.5 In that setting, the West Belfast and Greater Shankill areas are areas of special need. Unemployment is extremely high at almost three times the Belfast average; housing needs and standards call for major redevelopment plans; an infrastructure built up in the early decades of the 20th century must be adapted to the standards of the 21st. 2.1.6 Confirmation of the degree of deprivation comes from the new weighted indicators published by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Using the recently published ‘Noble’ series, the population living in the Falls, Crumlin and Shankill wards are bottom of the league table for Belfast, and indeed for the whole of Northern Ireland. 2.1.7 The Task Forces were challenged to ‘bring forward recommendations aimed at reducing unemployment and poverty’ in the area of West Belfast. Our work within the Task Forces confirms that on any scale that measures deprivation, the two Task Forces included several of the most disadvantaged wards in Belfast. 2.1.8 Our Task Forces are a part (a significant part, we hope) of a process of urban regeneration that is not only a legitimate expectation for the people who live and work in the Task Force areas but also a logical part of the overall strategy for the city region. 9 A Report of the work of both Task Forces 2.2 The approach to the mandate 2.2.1 The setting up of the Task Forces was announced by Ministers on 2 May 2001 at a public launch in the premises formerly occupied by Mackies in West Belfast. 2.2.2 Sir Reg Empey, Minister for Enterprise,Trade and Investment, and Maurice Morrow, then Minister for Social Development, made the announcement after a period of extensive consultations with other Ministers and political representatives. 2.2.3 The need for urgent action following the Task Force recommendations was recognised by the Minister, Sir Reg Empey, when he stated at the launch ceremony: “Our aim in setting up these Task Forces is to identify practical actions which can be taken quickly to improve employment prospects and reduce the scourge of poverty in these important districts of the city “ We have set the Task Forces a clear deadline for their work because we believe it is essential that people in both areas should begin to see meaningful action as quickly as possible .
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