Local London

Local London is a partnership of 9 London boroughs in the north east and south east of the capital working to respond to a set of mutual issues and challenges. Geographically, our partnership consists of an area comprising Enfield, Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Newham, Barking & Dagenham and Havering, which are boroughs located north of the River Thames; and Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley to the south. Representing around 2.6 million residents and businesses, Local London is a champion for this sub-region to ensure it benefits from existing and emerging opportunities. Our role is varied and wide-ranging. As a collective, our intention is to deliver outcomes which benefit all our members. Firstly, we act as a mouthpiece for the sub-region. This means making sure that where key decisions are being made about the future of our region; or where there are proposals, plans or projects affecting our sub-region, we act as its voice. Secondly, we act as a lobbyist for the sub-region. As a collective, we understand the geography, demography, economy and politics of this place best. We work to secure new and devolved powers from the Mayor of London and national Government. It’s our belief that making decisions closer to where people live means those decisions are more relevant. Thirdly, we act in a fundraising and income generation capacity for the sub-region. This means bidding for grants and other financial resources for specific purposes. We currently oversee programmes and projects around health, wellbeing and skills generation resulting from our bidding activities. Our partnership ambition statement is ‘Globally connected, locally focussed’. This reflects our ethos, expressly in a post-Brexit world, that we will need to build better and stronger links globally to deliver our ambitions locally. A key part of our work going forward will be about finding and nurturing those links – especially as EU funding streams dry up.