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Enterprise M3 (including all of Surrey) Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) Progress Report - June 2024

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What we do

Surrey Chambers of Commerce has been designated as the Employer Representative Body (ERB) to create a Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) covering Surrey and North and Mid-Hampshire, funded by the Department for Education.

LSIPs are designed to put employers at the heart of the skills system and ensure that local businesses’ voices are heard to help influence and shape local skills and training provision. It is the first time we have had access to resources that will allow us to reach out into the business community and amplify the voices of employers and sectors that struggle the most to be heard. We will work collaboratively to articulate the needs of local businesses and set out the key priorities and actions needed to ensure the local skills system is more responsive to their needs.

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Find out more about the team behind the LSIP project. Please get in touch if you have any questions or would like to speak with a member of the team about how you can get involved.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is an LSIP?

Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIP) are developed by an employer representative body (ERB) for a specified area. They draw on the views of employers operating within the specified area, and any other evidence, to summarise the skills, capabilities or expertise that are, or may in the future be, required in the specified area. They identify actions that relevant providers can take regarding any English-funded post-16 technical education or training that they provide to address the requirements mentioned.

Whilst all post-16 technical education or training is in scope, an LSIP is not intended to be a comprehensive anthology of all skills gaps in the area. It will be for employers through the designated ERB to identify the most pressing skills issues informed by local economic strategies and employment and skills plans.

What area does the LSIP cover?

This LSIP covers all of Surrey, as well as North and Mid-Hampshire. Below is a list of the local authorities covered by this LSIP:
Basingstoke & Deane; East Hampshire; Elmbridge; Epsom and Ewell; Guildford; Hart; Mole Valley; Reigate and Banstead; Runnymede; Rushmoor; Spelthorne; Surrey Heath; Tandridge; Test Valley; Waverley; Winchester; Woking.

Why has Surrey Chambers of Commerce been selected?

Surrey Chambers of Commerce has been designated by the government as the Employer Representative Body (ERB) for this area. ERBs are responsible for producing LSIPs and are the mechanism to ensure that a coherent local business voice is at the heart of the skills system.

ERBs will play a crucial role in translating the needs of local businesses and work closely with training providers and key stakeholders to develop evidence-based, credible, and actionable LSIPs.

Hampshire Chambers of Commerce are a key partner that will be supporting Surrey Chambers of Commerce to engage with Hampshire-based businesses and providers.

Who can get involved?

We want to hear from any business of any size that operates in the Surrey and North and Mid-Hampshire area.

We are particularly interested in reaching out into the business community and to amplify the voices of employers and sectors that struggle the most to be heard.

How can I get involved?

There are multiple ways for you to get involved and support the LSIP project!
Check out our online survey that allows you to quickly share your current and future skills requirements and will be used to inform areas of focus for the LSIP project.

Is there an event being run near me? Find out about our events here.

Get in contact with us directly to have a more detailed conversation or find out about our sector and skills-based roundtables being planned.

What impact will my contributions have?

This is a unique opportunity for local businesses to highlight their current and future skills requirements and play a genuine role in influencing and shaping local skills and training provision to meet their needs.

Do you struggle to recruit staff to specific roles because there is a lack of candidates with the right skills and qualifications? Are you struggling to find local providers that offer the courses you need to upskill your staff? Are you keen to utilise apprenticeships to improve your businesses’ productivity but don’t know where to start? The LSIP project exists to capture the feedback of businesses to highlight these challenges in a coherent way to drive change in skills and training provision locally. Your input is invaluable to support this process.

How will LSIPs affect colleges and training providers?

The LSIP provides an opportunity for providers to work with employers and others in a structured way to improve skills provision to meet identified local needs.

Once approved and published, relevant providers have a duty to have regard to the LSIP related to decisions regarding English-funded post-16 technical education or training they provide in the area.

Providers produce Annual Accountability Statements, which will need to set out how providers have engaged with employers and responded to LSIPs.

Engaging with Local Business

Shaping Local Talent

What we do

Events

Reports & Data

Opportunities

Training and Resources

FAQs

Contact us

Meet the team

Frequently Asked Questions

What is an LSIP?

What area does the LSIP cover?

Why has Surrey Chambers of Commerce been selected?

Who can get involved?

How can I get involved?

What impact will my contributions have?

How will LSIPs affect colleges and training providers?

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