This report:

The Neighbourhood Management Pathfinder Programme is designed to test the role for neighbourhood management in neighbourhood renewal set out in the Social Exclusion Unit's fourth Policy Action Team (PAT 4) report, namely to 'enable deprived communities and local services to improve local outcomes, by improving and joining up local services, and making them more responsive to local needs.' The Programme has now been running for two full years.

The evaluation involved consultations, across all 20 Pathfinders, with Pathfinder board members, neighbourhood management teams, local residents and service providers; and a review of documents including delivery plans, project appraisals, etc. Uses these to assess what progress the Pathfinders have made in building capacity and implementing their programmes; what impacts are emerging as a result of Pathfinder activity; and the lessons to be learned from the experience of implementing neighbourhood management.

This report concludes that neighbourhood management has been most effective to date at engaging providers and residents in addressing 'liveability' issues. However, so far the neighbourhood management approach is making slower progress in securing changes from a broader range of public services. It remains to be seen whether the Pathfinders can succeed in prompting significant change from a broad range of services.

Neighbourhood Renewal Unit, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Phone: +44 8450 82 83 83
neighbourhoodrenewal@odpm.gsi.gov.uk

01/12/2004

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