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Local Enterprise Partnerships
Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) are responsible for designing the EU investment strategies for the delivery of EU funding in England for 2014-2020.
On this page:
- What are LEPs?
- What role do they have in EU funding?
- What are the funding allocations to each LEP area?
- How can your organisation have a say?
- Find out what’s happening in your area
- Supporting documents
- Regional Voices LEP engagement project
What are LEPs?
LEPs are locally-owned partnerships between the public sector (local authorities) and private sector (businesses). Mit einem guten Apple Pay Casino wirds dann auch besser.
There are 39 LEP’s in England – see map – and they determine local economic priorities and undertake activities to promote economic growth and create local jobs.
LEPs come in different sizes and structures – some LEP’s have special interest groups, advisory panels, and the make-up of Boards differ in terms of public and private-sector and representatives from higher education/Universities.
What role do they have in EU funding?
Lord Heseltine’s report on growth made several recommendations on how the UK should pursue growth particularly around the mobilisation of the local economy including making the LEPs the principle delivery vehicle for the future of EU funding.
The government published guidance setting out the information that LEPs should include in the strategies and the criteria that will be used by Government to evaluate them.
The Local Enterprise Partnerships were asked to send their first draft of European Strategic and Investment Fund (ESIF) plans by 07 October 2013. Following government feedback, LEPs were asked to send their final ESIF plans for approval. The plans will be finalised by July 2014.
View the LEP strategies here
Download the government guidance here (pdf 1,164KB)
See the letter from government with feedback on ESIF strategies
What are the funding allocations?
The following amounts have been confirmed by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on 17 April 2014.
| LEP | Allocation €m |
| Black Country | 176.6 |
| Buckinghamshire Thames Valley | 13.8 |
| Cheshire and Warrington | 141.6 |
| Coast to Capital | 67.0 |
| Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly | 590.4 |
| Coventry and Warwickshire | 135.5 |
| Cumbria | 91.0 |
| Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire | 244.0 |
| Dorset | 47.1 |
| Enterprise M3 | 45.5 |
| Gloucestershire | 38.1 |
| Greater Birmingham and Solihull | 254.8 |
| Greater Cambridge & Greater Peterborough | 75.2 |
| Greater Lincolnshire | 133.0 |
| Greater Manchester | 413.8 |
| Heart of the South West | 117.8 |
| Hertfordshire | 69.2 |
| Humber | 102.0 |
| Lancashire | 265.2 |
| Leeds City Region | 389.5 |
| Leicester and Leicestershire | 125.7 |
| Liverpool City Region | 220.9 |
| London | 745.4 |
| New Anglia | 94.1 |
| North Eastern | 537.4 |
| Northamptonshire | 54.8 |
| Oxfordshire LEP | 19.3 |
| Sheffield City Region | 207.2 |
| Solent | 42.9 |
| South East | 185.1 |
| South East Midlands | 87.9 |
| Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire | 160.9 |
| Swindon and Wiltshire | 43.4 |
| Tees Valley | 201.7 |
| Thames Valley Berkshire | 28.5 |
| The Marches | 113.3 |
| West of England | 68.3 |
| Worcestershire | 67.8 |
| York and North Yorkshire | 97.1 |
How can your organisation have a say?
According to NCVO data, less than half of the LEPs have individuals from the VCS sector on their boards and advisory groups.
However, the government issued a Preliminary Guidance to Local Enterprise Partnerships (April 2013) suggesting that they bring together all economic stakeholders to help set local priorities using EU funds. We have therefore written to all the LEPs to offer the sector’s expertise and assist in the development of their priorities.
NCVO is working with local partners in its European Funding Network, as well as NAVCA, Social Enterprise UK, and Cooperatives UK, to help charities build closer links with LEPs.
Read our blogs and press release here.
Find out what’s happening in your area
North East – Vonne: North East novices’ Guide to European Structural Funds and Briefing on EU Structural Funds 2014-2020
Yorkshire & Humber – Involve: Policy update EU funds 2014-2020
North West – Network for Europe: Future European Funds
East Midlands – One East Midlands: LEPs and their role in EU funding programmes – OEM briefing
West Midlands – RAWM: LEPs and their role in the EU funding programme 2014-2020 briefing
South East – RAISE: Local Enterprise Partnership’s new role in the EU funding programme 2014-2020 briefing paper
South West – South West forum information about LEPs
Supporting Documents
We have a series of documents to support VCS engagement and relationships with LEPs.
Engagement is vital and these documents will help you understand LEPs and their changing role in order to help prepare you for future engagement.
See list of LEPs and their involvement with VCS
See the LEPs’ European Structural and Investment Fund Strategies and how they are engaging with the sector on the EU funds.
Download our LEPs business case
Support tool: Big Lottery Fund Match funding
Support tool: Community-led Local Development
Support tool: Equality and Anti-discrimination
Support tool: Community grants
Regional Voices LEP engagement project
Regional Voices were contracted by NCVO European Funding Network to deliver a national piece of engagement and support work with civil society organisations and Local Enterprise Partnership (LEPs).
One East Midlands, in partnership with Regional Voices, delivered the LEP engagement project from August 2013-March 2014. In delivering this project they aimed to
- raise awareness of the EU SIF programme and the role of LEPS in this programme
- support the engagement of the VCS with LEPs
- support the establishment of relationships between LEPs and the VCS
- collect sector intelligence and evidence on engagement with LEPs and engagement with the EU SIF programme
Download the report ‘Local Enterprise Partnerships engagement with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector in relation to the European Structural and Investment Funds Programme 2014-2020 (pdf:776.61KB)
Go to the full Directory of VCS involvement in Local Enterprise Partnerships prepared by VSNW (pdf: 1.72MB)
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