What is an LSIP?
Further to the Government’s Skills for Jobs White Paper (January 2021), Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIPs) were created to put employers more firmly at the heart of the skills system to help ensure businesses and people have the skills they need to thrive and grow, alongside improving local productivity and international competitiveness.
Led by designated Employer Representative Bodies (ERBs), LSIPs will clearly articulate local employers’ skills needs and the priority changes required in the local area to help ensure post-16 technical education and training provision is more responsive and flexible in meeting local labour market needs.
How are the Chamber involved?
In September 2022, Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce was appointed as the designated ERB for Worcestershire and will also support Shropshire Chamber of Commerce as the designated ERB for the Marches (Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford), with delivery in Herefordshire.
How can you get involved?
We need your help to form both the Worcestershire LSIP report and the Herefordshire LSIP report, and shape future skills and the labour market. The purpose of the project is to understand the skills training requirements in the next 3-5 years within different sectors and then bring together the views of employers and trainers to help look at innovative ways to deliver future training.
We need your views on how you see training evolving in your sector. How have skills shortages changed how you work, and does this provide innovative training ideas for the future?
If you’re a Herefordshire or a Worcestershire employer or educator, contact our teams today:
Worcestershire LSIP
Complete the Worcestershire Questionnaire: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/surveylsip
T: 01905 673600
Marches LSIP
Complete the Herefordshire Questionnaire: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/MLSIP-5
E: lsip@shropshire-chamber.co.uk
T: 01952 208227