Guides and Training for Local Visitor Economy Partnerships (LVEPs)
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Looking for LVEP focused training? Check out the growing selection of courses and guides from VisitEngland. They are are full of expert advice and tools to support Local Visitor Economy Partnerships (LVEPs) in a wide range of areas.
VisitEngland Academy
The VisitEngland Academy Learning Portal is designed to equip LVEPs and other tourism industry partners with the tools and skills they need to grow their businesses. These are self-directed e-learning courses that deliver high-quality advice and support on digital marketing, accessibility, regenerative tourism and more
If it’s your first time on the platform, you need to make sure that when creating an account you put ‘LVEP’ as business category. To access the courses after creating an account, go to the course catalogue, and then ‘LVEP Education Programme’.
This course is designed to equip Local Visitor Economy Partnerships (LVEPs) with the knowledge and tools to effectively engage with the travel trade. It offers practical insights into working with suppliers, segmenting the travel trade, and leveraging national and international tourism structures to promote regional destinations.
Exploring the VisitEngland Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Toolkit for LVEPs
This is a top-level introduction to VisitEngland’s Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Toolkit for LVEPs and how it can help your destination.
Embracing Accessibility Information Initiatives
This webinar helps you to provide clear, consistent, relevant and accurate information about places to stay, visit and eat on your LVEP (and partner DMO) websites. Learn how to adopt the new key accessibility features data set, and maximise your partnership with AccessAble to drive the uptake of quality-assured Detailed Access Guides.
E-Commerce-Mastering the art of online booking
Transform your website into a hub of inspiration, product discovery, and seamless booking. Designed exclusively for LVEPs, this course focuses on e-commerce, equipping you with the skills to achieve your commercial objectives and increase the visibility of your destination.
Explore this course designed to enhance your skills and equip you with the tools to create a successful digital marketing strategy for your destination.
Regenerative Tourism for Destinations
This webinar recording will explain the origins of the Guide to Regenerative Destination Management and how to use it, as well as how it fits in with the other resources available to destinations.
The session gives an introduction to the LVEP Business Events Toolkit - a comprehensive guide that equips you with the essential knowledge and tools needed to establish a successful business events operation tailored to your destination’s unique potential. You can also visit the Business Events Toolkit online.
Webinars
In addition to training webinars found in the VisitEngland Academy, we also hosts webinars introducing new tools or guide, offering insights on trending issues or other topics of interest to LVEPs and the recording of those webinar can be found here.
The Manchester Framework for Tourism Carbon Accounting
The Manchester Framework for Tourism Carbon Accounting was developed by Marketing Manchester as part of the research done for their report measuring the carbon impact of tourism and this introduction is for other destinations looking to undertake similar assessments. Watch the recording below and download a copy of the slides (PDF, 4.25 MB) for yourself.
VisitEngland Guides & Toolkits
Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Toolkit for Local Visitor Economy Partnerships
This toolkit is your guide to creating, growing and sustaining accessible destinations and is provided as an exclusive benefit for accredited LVEPs (as well as National Park Authorities). It is not available via the main website but as part of a destination-wide project approach, LVEPs may choose to share the link with destination partners they think may gain some benefit from it.
Guide to Regenerative Destination Management for Local Visitor Economy Partnerships
This guide offers a sustainable and regenerative framework that can be used by both urban and rural destinations. The framework incorporates a maturity pathway acknowledging that destinations are at different stages of the sustainability journey and will vary in terms of knowledge and capacity for implementation.
Grant funding and bid writing toolkit
This toolkit is designed for LVEPs who are looking for help and support in securing funding for their organisations or seeking funding to deliver projects and further develop their destination.
Developing Destination Management or Tourism Growth Plans
To successfully develop your destination, a Destination Management Plan (DMP) or Tourism Growth Plan (TGP) is an essential tool. This guidance outlines the steps you need to take to create a robust plan to establish a strong foundation and clear goals for the future to support residents, businesses and visitors alike.
Coming soon
A new course on Grant Funding and Bid Writing will be available soon! It is divided into sections that provide overviews on how to find funding opportunities, how to prepare for the application process and walks you through the step-by-step process of applying for funding.