A prosperous community
Vision
We aim to create a Tower Hamlets in which everyone, regardless
of their background and circumstances, has the aspiration and
opportunity to achieve their full potential. At the heart of this
theme is a focus on combating social exclusion, reducing poverty
and improving the life chances of all residents.
Challenges and opportunities
Tower Hamlets has a vibrant local economy and has experienced
improvements in educational attainment and young people not in
education, employment and training. There still remain substantial
challenges to prosperity across the borough, made more difficult by
the current economic situation. These include:
- One of the highest unemployment rates in London;
- Low skills level among residents;
- The highest child and pensioner poverty rates nationally;
- Low attainment levels at post 16; and
- Significant levels of disability among residents that
make
accessing employment opportunities difficult.
To make Tower Hamlets a prosperous community, the Partnership
will focus on achieving the following objectives:
- Objective 1: Supporting more people into work and improving
employment skills
- Objective 2: Supporting residents through national welfare
reform
- Objective 3: Improving educational aspiration and
attainment
- Objective 4 Fostering enterprise and entrepreneurship
In order to achieve our commitments to One Tower
Hamlets we will:
- Focus on removing barriers to work for people that find it
harder to access the labour market. This includes women and people
suffering from mental health issues
- Improve the educational attainment for under achieving children
and young people including Somali and White working class boys
- Improve the basic skills and qualifications for those at
particularly risk of being excluded from engaging in community
life
Strategies that will contribute to this
theme:
- Employment Strategy
- Enterprise Strategy
- Financial Inclusion Strategy
- Advice Commissioning Strategy
- Children and Young People’s Plan and 14-19 Plan
- Child Poverty Strategy
- Third Sector Strategy