News & Events
Partnership Briefing
Partnership Briefing is produced by One Epping Forest to keep partnership members and stakeholders up to date with key decisions and the general work of the partnership.
Editions of Partnership Briefing are available for download:
Partnership Briefing - Edition No: 001 June 2009
Partnership Briefing - Edition No: 002 October 2009
Partnership Briefing - Edition No: 003 February 2010
Press Releases
Press releases relating to One Epping Forest activity are available as downloads in PDF format. Please select a press release from the list below.
Local Partnership Meetings Go Live
Highlights from the recent community consultation
What do residents think of the district?
Local residents were asked to give their views on the district and services provided. See and hear what they said on this video.
Stakeholder Conference
The One Epping Forest stakeholder conference was held on Dec 11 at Theydon Bois Village Hall. Read more about the event here
News from the Chairman
The One Epping Forest Chairman issues a periodic update of the latest news and developments from the Partnership. These updates are available for download:
News Update - March 2009
News Update - June 2009
News Update - September 2009
News
Update - February 2010
Other News
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West Essex Organisations successfully bid for Government's Future Jobs Fund
Almost 160 local young people will get new jobs, training and work experience after a successful bid to the Government's Future Jobs Fund by West Essex organisations.
The West Essex Partnership (encompassing the Harlow, Uttlesford and Epping Forest Local Strategic Partnerships) has been awarded just over £1million to assist young people who have been unemployed for approaching a year.
The bid was led by Harlow Council but the jobs and training places will be spread between dozens of local public sector and social enterprise organisations including Harlow Council, Harlow District Chamber of Commerce, Kier Harlow, Harlow Welfare Rights and Advice, Epping Forest District Council, Epping Forest College, Uttlesford District Council, Organic Countryside and Walden Local Food.
The project will run until March 2011 and the posts will be of six month duration. These posts will be offered in two stages (79 jobs per stage) and aimed at 18-24 year olds who have been on Job Seekers Allowance for approaching 12 months and other long term unemployed people. All of the jobs will pay at least the minimum wage and none of the new jobs are replacing existing roles or vacancies. All applicants will initially be referred to the scheme from JobcentrePlus and will need to go through a recruitment and selection process for the jobs.
The scheme will be managed by Employ-Ability and during the course of the job the young people will receive support to help them improve their future job prospects. All of the employees will have a guaranteed offer to work for a NVQ level 2 in customer services or equivalent and they will be offered other workplace training and help with preparing a CV.
Leader of Harlow Council Cllr Andrew Johnson said:
"We are delighted with this funding - the jobs could not have been created without it and during this difficult time it is young people that have suffered worst from the lack of employment opportunities. All of the posts are in environmental or social enterprise environments and will be supported with training to help the young people gain permanent work once the six month period comes to an end."
In a statement, the three Chairs of the Harlow, Uttlesford and Epping Forest Local Strategic Partnerships - Jackie Sully, Howard Rolfe and Diana Collins said:
"This project is all about giving young unemployed people from our area a better chance to get into local employment through a quality local programme put together by the three local partnerships coordinating their activities across West Essex. Hopefully these posts will give our young people the skills, experience and confidence they need to get into permanent employment. It will bring over £1 million of additional funding into our local economies at a time of increased need. Importantly it will also provide additional support to a network of local agencies and voluntary groups who are part of the scheme, to enable them to meet increased demands on their services."
It is envisaged the first of the new roles will commence in January 2010.