Other bodies

Other London-wide bodies are included here. All of these bodies welcome feedback and comments about their policies and ways of working.

London Councils

London Councils is committed to fighting for more resources for London and getting the best possible deal for London’s 33 councils. Its main activities are

providing the London boroughs with a single, powerful voice in negotiations with the Government and other organisations
lobbying for more resources and the best deal for the capital
contributing to debates on key issues affecting London
managing the London-wide Freedom Pass, which gives more than a million older, disabled and blind people free travel on London’s buses, tubes and trains
distrubuting £27 million a year in grants to cross-London voluntary groups
running the service which allows people to appeal against parking and other fixed-penalty tickets
acting as the employers' organisation for the boroughs
providing London Housing - a specialist housing service delivering research, analysis, information and advocacy services for 25 subscribing London councils.

Central London Partnership

Central London Partnership (CLP) is a partnership that has been established to provide a vehicle to consider and promote the needs of central London, as well as devise solutions to make it a better place in which to live, work, invest and visit.

CLP members comprise senior-level people who run the area and its services, such as local authorities and the Metropolitan Police and Transport for London, along with those who have a concern for central London, from major businesses to arts organisations.

CLP's work relates to the geographical area covered by its eight member local authorities: Corporation of London, London Boroughs of Camden, Islington, Lambeth and Southwark, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Wandsworth Borough Council and Westminster City Council. However, many of the issues which CLP tackles are more concentrated in the central business district, so there is a heavier focus on this area.

Local Strategic Partnerships and Neighbourhood Renewal Strategies (GOL)

Local Strategic Partnerships are single non-statutory, multi-agency bodies, which match local authority boundaries, and aim to bring together at a local level the different parts of the public, private, community and voluntary sectors.

They are often formed round a core group of key players, the LSP is there to

deliver better services to local people, especially those living in the most deprived neighbourhoods
develop and deliver a community strategy, which provides a framework for other strategies in the borough
develop and deliver a local neighbourhood renewal strategy
make decisions on how the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund is spent

Details of the London's LSPs, are provided on the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit's website.

Learning and Skills Council (LSC)

The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is responsible for all post-16education and training. Local LSC's work with partners, employers, learning providers, community group, the Employment Service, the Small Business Service, Connexions, the National Training Organisations and further education and sixthform colleges to understand, define and then meet training and education needs.There are 5 local LSC's in London:

London First

London First is a business campaign group supported by over 300 of the capital’s major businesses, as well as higher education institutions, further education colleges and NHS Trusts. It engages the business community in promoting and improving London, using the vision and skills of business leaders to shape and secure the capital’s future.

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