Research which reviews the approaches of fifteen urban and rural local authorities, which are not recognised as deprived by the Indices of Deprivation 2000, to identified pockets of deprivation within their area.

Case studies consider the funding of different approaches, partners involved and examine the different issues experienced by residents within these pockets of deprivation such as:

The research intends that the lessons learnt from these case studies will support other local authorities' management of similar issues.

Since 1997 the government's regeneration policy has mainly operated by targeting funding at the most deprived areas and aiming to encourage more innovative and joined up approaches to the delivery of services to meet the needs of resident's in such areas.

The Urban Commission, within the Local Government Association, commissioned this study to consider the issues experienced by local authorities not usually regarded as 'deprived', and so not in receipt of additional government funding, yet still have small areas of deprivation which they must tackle.

The case studies illustrate the different ways in which such local authorities have addressed the occurrence of such deprivation.

Using the Indices of Deprivation 2000 and the Welsh Indices of Deprivation, the case studies were chosen from the 119 least deprived authorities in England along with the addition of seven of the least deprived Welsh authorities.

The approaches in both urban and rural local authorities were reviewed and a range of themes are covered by the case studies including:

Case study information was collected in the first half of 2003 with some authorities providing existing project and initiative information and others being interviewed.

Different approaches have been developed by local authorities, usually perceived as prosperous, to address small areas of deprivation which occur in their area. Although a strong partnership, evidence of good practice and local goodwill are important some risk remains if authorities experience difficulties in obtaining suitable venues or long-term funding.

Additional success factors include:

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