Category

• Promising Local Practice

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Poverty impact

• Mitigation

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Poverty driver

• Increase employment income

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Keywords

• Transport poverty
• Transport access
• Employment barriers
• Educational barriers
• Workforce mobility

Aim

The primary objective of this project is to identify and support sustainable, long-term solutions and influence policy and behaviour to
reduce transport barriers to employment, training and education across the Edinburgh and South-East Scotland (ESES) City Region. In doing so, it strives to extend labour market opportunities for young people, particularly for those in rural areas, and tackle transport barriers to work and education. It also provides businesses, social enterprises and public-sector partners with ways of improving workforce mobility.

Summary

The Workforce Mobility Project aims to identify and support sustainable solutions that reduce transport barriers to employment, training and education in the Edinburgh and South-East Scotland (ESES) City Region to alleviate poverty and social mobility issues in rural and rural-remote areas.

What difference does it make?

Although not yet established long-term, local authorities now have access to more travel pattern data and are better able to analyse data to make more efficient and effective transport, space planning and economic development decisions.

Key take-aways

• Reducing barriers to transport increases equality, has a positive impact on the wellbeing of children and young people, and increases employment opportunities.
• Identifying and analysing gaps in travel patterns can inform improvements to transport networks and enable communities to become more efficient.
• Collaboration with local authorities, stakeholders and feedback groups enables projects like the Workforce Mobility Project to address critical issues within the transport industry, such as problems with recruitment.

 

Organisations

The Edinburgh South-East Scotland (ESES) City Region, delivered through Scottish Borders Council

Location

The Edinburgh South-East Scotland (ESES) City Region (six local authorities – Scottish Borders Council, East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian, City of Edinburgh Council and Fife)

Ongoing until 2026/2027.

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