The LPIP Hub will develop a programme of capacity-building activities looking at the thematic challenges places face and what works in place partnerships. It will respond to the needs of LPIPs and government.

The Hub will:

• Tackle the gap in linking the ‘local’ with the ‘national’ in policy development by linking with policy makers geographical scales and across policy domains
• Model and scale up innovative and effective practice and deepen the collective knowledge base, cultivating a common purpose and collective intelligence in meeting the needs of places in all parts of the UK
• Act as a front door to national policy stakeholders
• Use a ‘service’ mindset, which starts from the needs of users and designs products and services with their active involvement
• Use a careful balance of intellectual ambition (curiosity to understand what works) with engagement expertise to create the conditions for purposeful partnership working across different constituencies, including LPIP teams, policy makers, researchers, and citizens
• Provide training, secondment and learning opportunities.
• Assess the transferability of methods and findings across the LPIP network (and beyond).