Local skills plan 2026 to 2029
This local skills plan for Sheffield sets out the key actions that sector stakeholders within the region are committed to delivering.
Created by using a range of insight and data, the plan reflects the current needs of education providers, employers and other key organisations in the sport and physical activity space in Sheffield.
It aligns with broader regional strategies and initiatives to contribute to a healthy and active community supported by a representative, inclusive and skilled workforce.
The plan is divided into the following recommendations:
Embed a diverse workforce
Support employers to embed a more diverse workforce that reflects Sheffield’s communities.
Highlight and support career pathways
Highlight and support routes for entering and developing within career pathways in the sector through collaboration between education and employers.
Build career readiness with work placements
Build a connected work placement framework linking young people in education and training to local employers for career readiness.
Supported and funded by Sport England and the National Lottery
Local skills accountability board
The Sheffield Sport and Physical Activity Sector Local Skills Accountability Board (LSAB) is a collaboration between employers, education providers and other skills and sector partners.
It is managed by the sector’s chartered professional body – CIMSPA. The project is supported and funded by Sport England.
The board’s work is now centred on delivering its sport and physical activity sector local skills plan – Sheffield: 2026–2029.
Board leads
Chair: Chris Bailey, Chief Executive Officer – Sheffield Community Foundation
Board member organisations
- Arches School Sport Partnership
- Everyone Active
- Forge School Sport Partnership
- Links School Sport Partnership
- National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine Sheffield
- Places Leisure
- Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Sheffield City Council
- The Sheffield College
- Sheffield Hallam University
- Sheffield United Community Foundation
- Sheffield Wednesday Community Programme
- StreetGames
- The University of Sheffield
- Yorkshire Sport Foundation
- Zest
Board geographical area
The Sheffield Local Skills Accountability Board works within the metropolitan borough of the City of Sheffield. This sits within South Yorkshire alongside Barnsley and Rotherham.
Although geographically, a major portion of the region covers part of the rural Peak District National Park, the vast majority of Sheffield’s residents and facilities are concentrated in its urban city hub.
