driving poverty and inequality off the streets of york

Delivering for the People of York

Driving poverty and inequality off the streets

of York


Dr Paul Edmondson-Jones MBE

31 January 2014

Priory Street, York


NHS WHITE PAPER & PH WHITE PAPER

HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE ACT 2012


To Improve the Public’s Health, Tackle the Wider Determinants of Health

WANLESS

ACHESON

BLACK MARMOT

WHITEHEAD

ROWNTREE


CITY OF YORK PLAN & PUBLIC HEALTH FUNCTIONS

Create Jobs and Grow Economy

Protect and Improve Health & Well-being

Tackle Health

Inequalities

Get York

Moving

Protect the

Vulnerable

Improve Health

Outcomes

Protect the

environment

Build strong

Communities


York – by English Deprivation Quintile


York Mortality Relative to England Average


York Slope Index (Women)


York Slope Index (Men)


York – Excess deaths: most deprived 20% compared to the rest


Life expectancy and disability free life expectancy at birth, persons by neighbourhood income level, England, 1999-2003

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Neighbourhood Income Deprivation - Population PercentileSource: ONS …………………………………………………………………………..

Age

Life expectancy

DFLE

Pension age in 2024

Poly. (DFLE)

Poly. (Lifeexpectancy)


Part-time employment has risen overall(and by 44% for women)

In-work Poverty

Gap is increasing between

average FT pay and

the lowest 25% on FT

pay

82% of part time workers in York are

Women


Facing the Challenge of Poverty in York

York Poverty Action Steering Group

York Economic Partnership



- 13,795 York people live in the 20% most deprived areas in the country with 4,575 children in poverty

- pay-gap increasing - trend towards poorly paid part-time work - increasing long-term and youth unemployment- least affordable city for housing in the region- disposable incomes are lower than UK and comparator cities and the

gap is widening - wide gap in life expectancy between richest and poorest

How do we become a more affordable city?How do we eliminate the stigma attached to

poverty?How do we become a living wage city?How do we address destitution?

So, what do we know?

So, what shall we do?



• a healthy city where we break the cycle between poverty, ill-health and reduced life expectancy

• a job-rich city providing job opportunities for all who can work with pay levels that tackle in-work poverty

• a money-wise city with joined-up advice for all and financial awareness is part of education from an early age

• an affordable city with a city-wide offer to help reduce living costs, and an adequate supply of affordable housing and childcare

• a supporting and giving city where tackling poverty is everybody’s business and poverty is not stigmatised and people know where to go for support

So, what is the vision?

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The poverty action programmeCity-wide anti-poverty programme

Financial Inclusion

•Access to financial services and advice

•Debt & Benefits Advice

•Income maximisation

•City wide coordination of advice services and outreach

Economic Inclusion

•Skills

•Education

•Jobs

•Barriers to work

Anti-poverty campaigns

•Free School Meals

•Pension Credit

•Living Wage

•Reduce Stigma

•Increase Giving

•Stop Loan Sharks

•Affordable Food

Anti-poverty projects

•Reduce living costs

- Childcare

- White goods

- Energy costs

•Reduce health inequalities

- Healthy eating

- Free fitness

- GP Advice surgeries


Facing the Challenge of Poverty in York – way forward

• Understand - how life is lived and how things interact on the ground

• Listen - and enable those in poverty to have a voice

• Co-design – use ideas, capabilities and resources of those in poverty

• Foster and enable independence – stop trying to fix everything

• Change our beliefs and culture – work holistically and differently

So, how do our Systems Leaders enable a bottom up inclusive approach?

Stop talking down and start listening up!

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Questions

Thank you

Discussion!

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