CCHPR has been commissioned to evaluate the New Horizons programme. New Horizons combines elements of financial inclusion, digital inclusion and employability delivered by employees hosted delivered from hubs in Peterborough, Wisbech, Kings Lynn and Cambridge with rural outreach.
This project is funded by the European Social Fund and the National Lottery, through the Big Lottery Fund.
Building Better Opportunities: New Horizons
CCHPR has been commissioned to evaluate the New Horizons programme. New Horizons combines elements of financial inclusion, digital inclusion and employability delivered by employees hosted delivered from hubs in Peterborough, Wisbech, Kings Lynn and Cambridge with rural outreach.
For this work, an action research approach is being taken, to ensure that services remain timely and relevant, adapting services to changes in the operating environment and to feedback from participants and key stakeholders.
New Horizons services are targeted at people who are furthest from the labour market and are at most risk of social exclusion and who:
- are struggling to make ends meet
- have accessed crisis support e.g. foodbanks
- have significant priority debt
- live in households in which no-one works
- will be affected by benefits changes and/or are likely to struggle when Universal Credit is introduced locally
The project plans to work with 488 people, of whom 67 will move into job searching and 98 into training.
ITV News Anglia report on New Horizons
ITV News Anglia reporter Elodie Harper reported on the impact of the New Horizons project at the end of May 2019.
Living on the edge
The University of Cambridge has profiled CCHPR's evaluation of the New Horizons programme in its spotlight on research in the East of England.
Looking into Cambridge's future
Cambridge Science Festival: CCHPR's Dr Gemma Burgess took part in the Research Horizons Public Talk, 'Looking into Cambridge's future', in Cambridge on Wednesday 20 March 2019.
New Horizons Evaluation: Findings from the first two years
Kathryn Muir's presentation to New Horizons gave a comprehensive insight into the findings of the first two years of the project.
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Tackling social and digital exclusion
Early Career Researcher Valentine Quinio presented to the People, Place and Policy Conference at Sheffield Hallam University on 3 July 2019.
Tackling digital, financial and employment exclusion
This final report for the Evaluation of the New Horizons programme provides evidence about the impact of personalised coaching for people facing financial, digital and workplace exclusion.
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