Fair Start Scotland: annual report - year 2

This report highlights the progress that our national employment support service Fair Start Scotland has made in its second year of delivery. It draws from evaluation evidence and provider and participant feedback to show the impact the service had on individuals and communities throughout 2019 to 2020.


Annex A

Provider breakdown

Fair Start Scotland is delivered in 9 geographical Lot areas across Scotland with the ambition of better reflecting local labour market and economies.

Contract area Local authority Successful Bidder Delivery Partners/Sub Contracted Estimated Value
(up to £ million)
1 – Glasgow Glasgow People Plus Group Ltd (Private) The Lennox Partnership
(Third Sector)
19.1
2 – Lanarkshire N Lanarkshire
S Lanarkshire
Remploy Limited (Supported Business) ENABLE Scotland (Third Sector) Routes to
Work South
(Third Sector)
12.6
3 – Tayside Angus
Dundee City
Perth and Kinross
Remploy Limited (Supported Business) No delivery partners 7.3
4 – Forth Valley Falkirk
Stirling Clackmannanshire
Falkirk Council
(Public Sector)
Falkirk Council (Public Sector) Clackmannanshire Council
(Public Sector) Stirling Council (Public Sector) NHS Forth Valley (Public Sector)
5.0
5 – East City of Edinburgh
East Lothian Midlothian
Scottish Borders
West Lothian
Fife
Start Scotland Limited (Private and Third Sector Partnership) Start Scotland/ Fedcap (Third Sector) Triage (Private) 21.3
6 – Southwest North Ayrshire
South Ayrshire
East Ayrshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Start Scotland Limited (Private and Third Sector Partnership) The Lennox Partnership
(Third Sector) Start Scotland/ Fedcap (Third Sector)
10.1
7 – Northeast Aberdeen City Aberdeenshire Start Scotland Limited (Private and Third Sector Partnership)* ENABLE Scotland (Third Sector) Aberdeen Foyer (Third Sector) Enterprise Mentoring Ltd (Private) Start Scotland/ Fedcap (Third Sector)* 5.6
8 – Highlands
and Islands
Argyll and Bute
Eilean Siar
Highland Moray
Orkney Islands
Shetland Islands
People Plus Ltd (Private) Argyll and Bute Council (Public Sector) Lochaber Hope (Third Sector) Third Sector Hebrides (Third Sector) Triage (Private) 2020 Clearview Ltd (Private) 6.2
9 – West E Renfrewshire Renfrewshire
E Dunbartonshire
W Dunbartonshire Inverclyde
The Wise Group (Third Sector) The Lennox Partnership
(Third Sector) ENABLE Scotland (Third Sector) Enterprise Mentoring (Private) The Wise Group (Third Sector)
8.8

Notes:

*Momentum Scotland delivered FSS services in Lot 7 throughout Year 2. However, they withdrew from Lot 7 and were replaced as Lead Provider by Start Scotland/Fedcap from 1/7/20.

Contact

Email: Kirstie.Corbett@gov.scot

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