Local Skills Improvement Plan

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Local Skills Improvement Plan

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What is the Local Skills Improvement Plan?

A local skills improvement plan (LSIP) tries to align post-16 education and training with the most urgent needs of the local job market. The goal is to stimulate local economic growth by making the local workforce more employable, giving people the skills they need to get the available jobs.

Education and training provisions vary enormously across different regions of the country (see here Education in England: Annual Report 2020 - Education Policy Institute (epi.org.uk)), as do labour markets and the skills they demand. Because of this, deciding the most effective strategies to improve skills and meet labour demands is a complex task. An LSIP tackles this problem by focusing on a specific region, rather than the entire country. It aims to establish which jobs are available, and how to better provide people with the skills to get those jobs. This can be achieved in several ways: by aligning with existing skills strategies, dialogue with local employers, and, most importantly, evidence-based decisions.

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How does it work?

An LSIP is broken down into 3 stages:

Find out where the skills gaps are

Increase provision of those skills

Increase demand for those skills to match supply

An LSIP runs for three years in each area and is regularly reviewed and updated to ensure the improvement plans remain relevant to the skills needed. This is funded by the UK Government.

The Chamber's Role

West & North Yorkshire Chamber is leading two Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) Programmes, one for West Yorkshire and the other for York and North Yorkshire. The Chamber is delivering these programmes in conjunction with respective combined authorities.

We are clear on the changes we want to see for our business community and will be building on work already underway in many of these areas. To deliver on all the changes, we will emphasise facilitating the discussions to set out how we will get there by proactively and positively engaging with education providers to stimulate transformational and real change.

Additionally, the LSIP has significant supprot from key stakeholders including further education colleges, universities, independent training providers, local and combined authorities, business groups, employer representative bodies and trade associations.

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West & North Yorkshire LSIP

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York & North Yorkshire LSIP

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The work facilitated by the Local Skills Improvement Plan helps to close gaps to ensure all people have the skills to build successful long-term careers and to help businesses fill vacancies and get more local residents into high quality jobs. The LSIP helps to make skills more accessible and addresses barriers to progression. It will also help to increase productivity, reduce unemployment and boost Yorkshire's growth and business performance.

Support for skills in your area

There is lots of support available in the local area to access apprenticeships, accredited learning, short courses and successful planning. Useful courses include Colleges, Universities and other training providers.

If you requre any further skills support for your business, we will be happy to try to signpost you to the right provision.

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