Our 2023-24 Annual Report reflects a hugely positive year

Today we published our 2023-24 Annual Report marking the progress we have made against our Three Year Plan: Towards 2026.

Cllr A.Okereke Chair of Local London and Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, described 2023-2024 as a hugely positive year for Local London, and thanked Local London’s former Chairman Cllr Baroness O’Neill of Bexley OBE for her leadership and contribution to our partnership’s successes.

Cllr A.Okereke said “The year’s activities have been defined by continuous improvements in programmes’ performance and ever stronger joint working across Local London and with partners, most notably with the GLA and London Councils. This collaborative approach, our evidence base and track record have underpinned important funding and policy changes. This includes government decisions to devolve delivery of the new Universal Support Programme to Local London and other sub-regional partnerships in London, as well as extending fast broadband vouchers to urban areas.

“We published our Three-year plan: Towards 2026 this year; this current annual report reflects on how this partnership is delivering positive impact for our member boroughs across the three pillars of people, place and sustainability as set out in our annual action plan.”

=>Discover our 2023-24 Annual Report

=>Read our Three-year plan: Towards 2026

Some of our key highlights from 2023-24*

• Publication of the first employer-led Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) to help close skills gaps in priority sectors in our sub-region.
• Roll out of new Work and Health Programme Pioneer to support more people far from the job market into good work.
• Supporting over 17,000 residents through the DWP Work and Health Programme and moving 74% of the total number of inactive people who joined the programme either into work or closer to the job market.
• Persuading government to devolve Universal Support to sub-regional partnerships in London, as well as opening up BDUK’s Project Gigabit to urban areas.
• Showcasing pathways into green, digital and creative careers to over 2,000 secondary school students from across our boroughs at our Sustainability Careers Fest and Creative and Digital Careers Exhibition.
• Creating the first digital strategy for our sub-region, outlining the case for investment and providing a blueprint for our member boroughs to attract it.
• Supporting over 2,000 businesses to increase revenue by £19m through our free digital support programme, and due to its success achieving expansion to all of our boroughs and beyond.
• Delivering an integrated approach to employment through our Integration Hub, and exceeding the audience reach targets five-fold.
• Developing a series of narratives which form part of a prospectus for our sub-region to help shift the policy agenda at national and regional levels, namely:
  • Our Transport Policy Position.
  • Our Digital Strategy.
  • Our Local Skills Improvement Plan for the sub-region.
  • Our Asks for Funding for Local Growth, and
  • Our Vision for our Employment and Skills Board.

*Figures reflect progress up to end of the 2023-24 financial year.