This virtual roundtable explored how cultural and leisure services can work with their Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) using a place-based approach to boost community and economic recovery.

The session was hosted by Matt Partridge, CLOA Executive Committee Member (and Chief Executive of Stevenage Borough Council); the speaker presentations can be download below:

• Mark Bretton, Chair of the LEP Network (and Hertfordshire LEP Chair) – keynote address Working with LEP’s to boost community and economic recovery
• Jayne Knight, CLOA Executive Committee Member (and Arts Development Manager, Suffolk County Council) – case study on ‘Using data to make the case’, New Anglia LEP Culture Board from Culture under Covid roundtable.
• David Furmage, Creative & Cultural Lead at Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership – case study on Cultural Action Zones – understanding impact and value