The best Local Skills Improvement Plans have 5 qualities, as follows:

1) 𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵
** Use the connections and role of the Chambers of Commerce and other business representative employers
** Include large public and private employers
** Qualify and probe employer responses, asking for causal factors
** Use a range of engagement methods

2) 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴
** Confront, derive evidence, views and conclusions on the implications of key megatrends such as:
– Climate change
– AI
– Military conflict
– Resource and supply chain issues
– Demographic change
– Changing global trade system

3) 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘯
** Key insights
** Learning points
** What’s new, what’s changed?
** What are the implications?
** What can we do about them?
** There’s a logic chain between the report’s conclusions and the statistics and findings
** Simply mounting data on websites and systems, and publishing graphs and tables is not analysis or interpretation

4) 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴
** Interpose insights and findings from their reports with the results from LSIPs
** Use specialist studies’ findings to develop insights and a narrative for sectors
** Use LSIPs to validate where trends, features and causal relationships found in national studies reflect local conditions

5) 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘚𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘒𝘯𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳
** Yields the greatest long-term influence and impact
** Use the LSIP to bring the local skills system and community together
** Encourage engagement and participation
** Encourage often ‘hidden’ business and stakeholder views to come to the fore
** Set up a regular set of events and outputs
** See the LSIP as a continuous process

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 is a consortium of experts at supporting and writing #localskillsplans. Our consultants – Glenn Athey, Mike Spicer, and Hannah Lazarus – each have over 20 years of applied experience in labour markets, skills, and economics. They have held senior roles in influential organisations and possess a deep understanding of the UK landscape.

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱: We have a demonstrable history of success in developing effective skills strategies and action plans across the UK, from South Yorkshire to Cambridgeshire.
Let’s talk about making your LSIP a resounding success.

About the Local Skills Improvement Partnership

We are Glenn Athey, Mike Spicer and Hannah Lazarus and we combine our extensive experience, with findings from evidence, evaluation and guidance to provide expert advice and support to Supercharge your Local Skills Improvement Plan.