Supporting local authorities to improve participation, progression and inclusive growth through targeted employment and skills programmes.

Across Warwickshire and the Midlands, local authorities are delivering strong employment and skills programmes. However, participation targets are not always matched by sustained progression outcomes for all cohorts.

Many residents, particularly those facing multiple barriers, remain:

• Disengaged from existing provision
• Unable to progress into employment
• Outside standard delivery pathways

At the same time, councils are under increasing pressure to deliver against:

• UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) priorities
• Inclusive growth strategies
• Economic inactivity reduction targets

Local authorities and commissioners face a consistent delivery gap:

• Standard programmes do not fully reach harder-to-engage residents
• Progression rates vary significantly across cohorts
• New programme design is resource-intensive and slow to implement

As a result, there is a growing need for practical, flexible delivery solutions that can:

• Strengthen existing provision
• Improve progression outcomes
• Support residents who sit outside traditional employability pathways

Impact Outcomes Partnership CIC strengthen progression outcomes for residents who are not fully reached by existing delivery models.

Provides a flexible, community-based delivery model that integrates with existing programmes and funding streams.

We support councils to:

• Improve engagement with underserved groups
• Strengthen progression into employment and income pathways
• Deliver outcomes aligned to UKSPF and inclusive growth priorities

We deliver structured progression models that combine:

• Community-based engagement and outreach
• Confidence-building and early-stage readiness
• Employability and skills development
• Entrepreneurship and income-generation pathways

• Skills and employment support aligned to UKSPF priorities
• Entrepreneurship pathways for residents not suited to traditional employment
• Flexible pilot delivery that complements existing contracts
• Community-based engagement of low-confidence and underserved participants

Our work directly supports:

• UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) delivery
• Inclusive growth and economic participation
• Reducing economic inactivity
• Social value and community outcomes
• Local skills and employment strategies

Our model is particularly suited to:

• Resident support and community development teams
• Tenancy sustainment and income support initiatives
• Social impact and inclusive growth programmes
• Neighbourhood and outreach teams
• Commissioning and economic development leads

Supporting housing providers to improve resident outcomes, tenancy sustainment and income generation through flexible employment and entrepreneurship pathways.

The Problem: Resident Outcomes, Income Pathways and Tenancy Sustainment

Housing providers across Warwickshire and the Midlands are under increasing pressure to improve resident outcomes, support tenancy sustainment, and demonstrate that community investment activity leads to credible economic results.

While many organisations offer employment support, residents often require more than a standard job-search intervention to move forward.

Housing providers face a number of consistent challenges:

• Residents may lack confidence, readiness, or stability to engage in employment programmes
• Barriers such as childcare, wellbeing, and financial stress limit participation
• Employment support services can be underutilised when early-stage needs are unmet
• Few programmes offer structured enterprise or self-employment pathways

As a result, opportunities to support sustainable income generation and long-term tenancy stability are often missed.

Impact Outcomes Partnership CIC support residents to move from engagement to sustainable income, through both employment and enterprise pathways.

Provides a flexible, community-based delivery model that supports housing providers to strengthen resident outcomes through:

• Early-stage engagement and confidence-building
• Progression into employment and income pathways
• Practical alternatives for residents not suited to traditional employment routes

We deliver a practical progression model that combines:

Community engagement and outreach

Confidence-building and readiness support

Employability and skills development

Entrepreneurship and micro-business pathways

• Resident-focused employment and skills support
• Micro-enterprise and self-employment pathways
• Flexible pilot delivery aligned to community investment strategies
• Targeted engagement of low-confidence and underserved residents

Alignment with Housing Priorities

Our work supports:

• Tenancy sustainment and income stability
• Community investment and social impact strategies
• Economic inclusion and resident wellbeing
• Social value and ESG commitments
• Resident engagement and progression outcomes

Our model is particularly suited to:

• Resident support and tenancy sustainment teams
• Community investment and social impact leads
• Neighbourhood and housing management teams
• Employment and skills coordinators
• Partnerships and ESG leads

Delivering measurable social value outcomes for contractors through community engagement, employment pathways and local delivery support.

Across construction, infrastructure, and facilities management contracts, social value is a critical requirement at bid stage.

Contractors often submit strong responses aligned to:

• Social Value Model
• TOMS Framework
• ESG and community benefit commitments

However, translating these commitments into consistent, on-the-ground delivery remains a challenge.

Social value delivery teams face a number of practical constraints:

• Strong bid commitments are difficult to execute consistently across live schemes
• Internal teams may lack capacity for sustained community engagement
• Engagement with local communities can lack depth or credibility
• Reporting often relies on activity-based metrics (e.g. attendance) rather than measurable outcomes

As a result, there is increasing pressure to demonstrate auditable, outcome-based social value performance.

Impact Outcomes Partnership CIC help contractors translate social value commitments into visible, measurable, and auditable local outcomes.

Works alongside contractors to provide credible, community-based delivery that strengthens social value performance.

We support:

• Local engagement with underserved communities
• Structured progression into employment and income pathways
• Delivery that aligns with contract commitments and reporting frameworks

We deliver targeted interventions that support:

• Community engagement and outreach
• Employability and skills pathways
• Entrepreneurship and micro-enterprise outcomes
• Progression into employment or self-employment

• Social value subcontract delivery aligned to live schemes
• Community engagement with harder-to-reach groups
• Employment and enterprise pathways linked to project areas
• Outcome-based reporting aligned to TOMS and ESG frameworks

Our work supports:

• Social Value Model and TOMS delivery
• ESG and community benefit commitments
• Contract KPIs and reporting requirements
• Local authority expectations and procurement standards
• Reputation and stakeholder engagement

Our model is particularly suited to:

• Construction and infrastructure contractors
• Facilities management providers
• Tier 1 and Tier 2 contractors with social value obligations
• Bid and social value teams requiring delivery support
• Projects requiring credible Warwickshire-facing engagement

Supporting NHS and ICB partners to improve health outcomes through employment pathways, economic participation and engagement of underserved groups.

Employment and income pathways are critical drivers of health outcomes across the UK.

Health systems, including NHS Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), increasingly recognise that economic inactivity, social isolation, and low confidence are key contributors to:

• Poor wellbeing
• Long-term health inequalities
• Increased demand on health and social care services

Across Warwickshire and the Midlands, many individuals experiencing health inequality are not effectively reached by traditional employment and workforce programmes.

Despite strong provision, there are persistent delivery gaps:

• Individuals furthest from the labour market remain disengaged
• Standard employment programmes often fail to address early-stage barriers
• Interventions can feel abstract rather than practical and locally grounded

As a result, opportunities to improve economic participation, confidence, and income pathways are missed, limiting the impact of prevention and population health strategies.

Impact Outcomes Partnership CIC support health systems to improve outcomes by increasing economic participation among underserved populations.

Provides a practical, community-based delivery model that connects:

• Employment pathways
• Self-employment and income generation
• Early-stage progression and confidence-building

to wider prevention, population health, and health inequalities priorities.

We design and deliver structured progression pathways that support individuals affected by economic exclusion to move forward through:

Confidence-building and engagement

Employability and skills development

Entrepreneurship and income-generation options

Clear, practical next steps into employment or self-employment

• Community-based engagement of hard-to-reach groups
• Early-stage support for individuals not yet ready for employment
• Employment and entrepreneurship pathways aligned to local needs
• Flexible pilot delivery supporting prevention and inequalities priorities

Our work directly supports:

• Prevention and early intervention strategies
• Tackling health inequalities
• Reducing economic inactivity
• Population health management approaches
• Social value and cross-sector partnership delivery

Our model is particularly suited to:

• NHS prevention and early intervention programmes
• Population health and health inequalities strategies
• Economic inactivity and wellbeing initiatives
• Community connector and outreach models
• Integrated Care System (ICS) and cross-sector partnerships

Specialist support for underserved communities facing barriers to employment, including ex-offenders, care leavers, and migrant populations.

Across the UK, a significant proportion of individuals remain economically inactive due to multiple, overlapping barriers to employment.

These barriers often include:

• Poor physical or mental health
• Low confidence and limited work readiness
• Lack of qualifications or recognised experience
• Social isolation and limited networks

As a result, many individuals remain disconnected from employment and skills systems, contributing to long-term economic inactivity and social inequality.

“Hard-to-reach” or underserved groups are frequently not effectively engaged by standard employment and skills programmes.

These groups may include:

• Ex-offenders and individuals with criminal justice involvement
• Care leavers and young people facing transition challenges
• People experiencing homelessness or housing instability
• Individuals affected by substance misuse
• Disabled people and unpaid carers
• Ethnic minority communities, including Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Black populations
• Refugees and asylum seekers
• Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities

Many of these groups remain “seldom heard”, often due to:

• Language barriers
• Rural or social isolation
• Lack of recognised qualifications
• Cultural or systemic barriers

As a result, they are significantly further from the labour market and require more tailored, engagement-led approaches.

Our Approach: Engagement-Led Pathways for Underserved Communities

Impact Outcomes Partnership CIC engage and support individuals who are not reached by traditional programmes, enabling progression into sustainable employment and income pathways.

We specialise in delivering tailored, community-based interventions that engage and support individuals who are not reached through traditional delivery models.

We focus on:

• Building trust and initial engagement
• Addressing early-stage barriers to participation
• Creating structured progression into employment and income pathways

We design and deliver progression pathways that support individuals to move forward through:

• Confidence-building and sustained engagement
• Personalised readiness and support interventions
• Employability and skills development
• Entrepreneurship and income-generation opportunities
• Clear, practical next steps into employment or self-employment

• Targeted outreach and engagement of underserved groups
• Early-stage support for individuals facing complex barriers
• Flexible, cohort-based delivery tailored to local needs
• Employment and entrepreneurship pathways aligned to participant readiness
• Integration with existing programmes and funding streams

Our work supports:

• Reducing economic inactivity
• Tackling inequality and social exclusion
• Improving participation in employment and skills programmes
• Strengthening community engagement outcomes
• Delivering inclusive and equitable access to opportunity

This capability is particularly suited to:

• Local authority employment and inclusion programmes
• NHS / ICB prevention and inequalities strategies
• Housing provider resident support and tenancy sustainment
• Contractor social value and community engagement delivery
• Cross-sector partnerships targeting underserved populations