Can construction and development companies help to im improve employment opportunities for young bla lack men in in London?
WELCOME Bola Abisogun, FRICS Founder of Urbanis Ltd Chair of Moving on Up London Advisory Group
State of the UK Construction Sector April 2017 • BREXIT has presented a number of key challenges [including labour / skills / costs etc] • UK Govt has just championed support for a new T-Level [technical training initiative] • The professional bodies [RICS / RIBA / ICE etc are all observing, a strain on professional resource] • Construction is not considered an attractive industry [still very unwelcoming] • The ‘new’ Apprenticeship Levy [a tangible opportunity to engage a wider audience?] • General lack of diversity [all strands, including gender and race]
Reasons for holding this event….. • Because young black men face far higher unemployment rates than other young people in London. • Because relatively few young black men are employed in the construction sector in London. • Because employers are key to addressing these issues. • Because we want to find out more from construction employers.
What we hope to find out today…. • Why there are so few young black men working in construction. • What companies are already doing to recruit young black men. • How can we get more young black men into careers in this sector. • Whether any companies would be willing to work more closely with the Moving on Up programme on this issue.
Thank you to our event sponsor & host Fleur Bothwick, OBE Director of Diversity & Inclusive Leadership
Improving employment outcomes for young black men in London Jeremy Crook OBE Chief Executive
Young black men in London • More than 80,000 young males in London are from black or mixed black/white ethnic groups. That means that around 20% or 1 in 5 men in London age 16 to 24 are young black men. • Young black men are more likely to be unemployed than other groups of young people. • The unemployment rate for young black men in London is currently 29% , compared with 15% for young white men. This disparity has persisted for many years. • Unemployment rates for young black men are far higher than for young white men, even when they have the same level of qualifications. The current unemployment rate for young black men in London with a degree level qualification is 18 % , compared with 10% for young white men.
Moving on Up • A two year programme to get 500 young black men into jobs. • Jointly funded by Trust for London and City Bridge Trust. • Delivery partners in six areas of London, including Hackney, Brent, Ealing and Haringey. • Evaluation by The Social Innovation Partnership .
What we have learned so far…. A lot of young people struggle to get started in decent jobs and careers. But young black men face particular difficulties, including: • Many receive poor careers advice, or no careers advice, and are unaware of what employment opportunities are out there. • Many experience racism, discrimination and negative stereotyping when looking for work. • Many lack the networks and contacts that can help young people into work. Some young black men need additional support to deal with these difficulties.
What we still don’t know… • Where are the points in the process that young black men are not getting through - not applying? not being shortlisted? not getting through interview stage? • Whether more employers in London could be encouraged to take a more proactive approach to recruiting young black men. • How to get a stronger, collaborative approach at local level to improve opportunities for young black men. • Moving on Up Phase Two programme being developed to find out more.
Young black men in construction Liz Mackie BTEG Associate
Construction employment in London • More than 330,000 people are employed in construction jobs in London. • Around 7% of all people in employment in London are working in the construction sector. • Construction employment in London is growing. The forecast is 2% jobs growth per year from 2016 to 2020, or about 3,600 additional employees each year.
Young bla lack men in in construction employment in in Lo London • Data is patchy. • Not all employment data available by age and gender and ethnicity and sector. • No published data on job or apprenticeship applications by age and gender and ethnicity and sector. So we don’t know how many young black men apply for jobs or apprenticeships in this sector.
What we do know…. • Young black people in employment in London are only half as likely as all young people to work in the construction sector. • The construction sector has greater under-representation of young black people than any other employment sector in London. • The proportion of black people who are employed in construction jobs has declined over the last decade.
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Apprenticeships • London has the smallest number of construction apprenticeships of all regions in England; in 2014/15, 7% of all apprenticeships in London were in construction, planning and the built environment, compared with 17% in the North West region. • In 2014/15, of 1,300 construction apprenticeship starts in London: 980 were young people (75% of starts) 80 were young black males (6% of starts) • In 2014/15, of 600 construction apprenticeship completers in London: 480 were young people (80% of completers) 50 were young black males (8% of completers) • The proportion of young black male starts has declined since 2012/13, from 8% to 6%.
Young bla lack people le are gettin ing the rig ight qualif lifications Higher Education students in the UK: % within Percentage of pupils in London achieving A*-C ethnic group studying this subject, 2014/15 in English and Maths, 2014/15 5.8 64.4 5.6 59.9 59.2 51.7 2 1.9 White Black Architecture, building, planning Engineering and technology White Black Boys Girls
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DIS ISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. Why did you come along to this event? 2. Why are fewer young black men employed in construction? 3. What are construction companies already doing to attract young black men into the industry? 4. Is there more that construction companies could do? 5. Are any construction companies willing to get more involved in the Moving on Up programme ?
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