1. Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough LEP Laura Welham-Halstead Communications & Engagement Lead

3. The LEP Team … And you!

4. Our Priorities Enterprise Zone Infrastructure Skills Enterprise Profile

6. Growing Places Fund £16.1m of funding 2 nd round pre-call out now Projects include: – Haverhill Research Park – Fenland Horticulture & Land Based Skills Centre – Future Business Centre (Social Enterprise) – Transport improvements

7. LEP Prize Challenge £1m fund for Voluntary and Social Enterprise led projects Getting people job ready (1,000) and into work (250) Eight winners in the 1 st round

8. European Structural and Investment Funds 2014-20 Single EU Growth Programme for England combining: European Social Fund (ESF – skills, employability and social inclusion) European Regional Development Fund (ERDF - innovation and enterprise) European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD - agriculture and rural development) €75.5 million (£64 million) provisional allocation for GCGP area 2014-20 (ERDF and ESF) Further small allocation under EAFRD

9. LEP role in European Funding 2014-20 LEPs responsible for prioritising spend locally GCGP to submit final European Structural and Investment Funding Strategy to Government by 31 January 2014 20% of ESF to tackle social inclusion and combat poverty Programmes to begin delivery mid-2014 GCGP to facilitate proposals for local projects Public and private sector match funding required National match funding options available – including Big Lottery and Prince’s Trust for Social Inclusion

10. How to engage? VSE Sub-group LEP Prize Challenge Link to our key priorities – Jobs creation – Skills Collaboration – with each other and business

11. Thank you for listening laura.halstead@yourlocalenterprisepartnership.co.uk @YourLEP www.yourlocalenterprisepartnership.co.uk www.yourlocalenterprisepartnership.co.uk