Company Profile
Cumbria LEP
Company Overview
Cumbria LEP
Aiming to create one of the fastest growing economies in the UK, Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is providing a strategic lead on all activities contributing to the county's economic growth.
Working with our partners, we are investing over £60 million in the Cumbrian economy to stimulate economic growth.
Our pipeline of projects and significant investment packages are creating and safeguarding thousands of jobs, providing modern new business space and levering in millions of pounds of additional private sector investment.
We work to build a strong economy by tackling barriers to sustainable growth and supporting job creation for the future prosperity of communities across Cumbria.
Cumbria LEP is also working with businesses and the public and voluntary and community sectors to develop ‘Restart, Reboot, Rethink – A Plan for Cumbria’s Economic Recovery’, an ambitious strategy to ensure that Cumbria recovers from the economic impacts of COVID-19. However, Restart, Reboot, Rethink is about more than just recovering it is about creating a stronger, more resilient economy, which provides opportunity for all. People are therefore at the heart of this, particularly our young people, who are critically important to our economic future. We want all of our young people to have the best career opportunities and to be equipped to secure these – that’s where the Careers Hub comes in.
Cumbria Careers Hub
The Cumbria Careers Hub plays a central role in helping us to deliver on this ambition, bringing together an innovative partnership of schools, Colleges and employers to develop world class careers education for young people across Cumbria. We are a small team, a Hub Lead and 3 Enterprise Co-ordinators including you.
The Hub is supported by the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC), which provides a wide range of support and expertise to enable the Careers Hub to drive innovation across the partnership. This partnership approach across the Hub has resulted in significant innovation and strong performance, with the Cumbria Careers Hub being regarded as one of the best performing in the country. However, we remain ambitious and now is the time for the Careers Hub to go even further in supporting our young people to make the right choice in the most challenging of times.
The Careers & Enterprise Company
Set up to inspire and prepare young people for the fast-changing world of work.
It has established a network of coordination across England in partnership with Local Enterprise Partnerships, with over 200 full time Enterprise Coordinators now working with clusters of c. 15 schools and colleges in “Careers Hubs”.
Significant focus has been on improving links between employers and schools and colleges, to create powerful, lasting connections. Over 4000 Enterprise Advisers - business volunteers who have signed up to provide strategic support to individual schools and colleges – are now part of the Enterprise Adviser Network (EAN). More than 300 Cornerstone Employers from a range of business sectors and sizes have stepped up to support young people in Careers Hubs around the country.
The company is led by Oli de Botton, CEO and former Founder & Head Teacher at School 21 in East London.