Supporting Evidence for Local Delivery (SELD) North West
Client: Government Office North West- January 2007- June 2007
The Supporting Evidence for Local Delivery (SELD) project was a joint initiative between the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit (NRU), Research and Development Division (R&DD) and NRU’s Service Delivery Team. Recent studies had suggested that research evidence is currently under-utilised in Neighbourhood Renewal, and delivery could be improved significantly by strengthening capacity. SELD was piloted in four regions, the North East, North West, South West and West Midlands. The Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) was selected to deliver the pilot programme for the North West during 2004/05 and provide a responsive, professional and customer focused advisory service for Neighbourhood Renewal practitioners in the region with a particular focus on Lancashire.
Following the North West Pilot programme for the NRU, CLES was commissioned by the Government Office North West to provide services to four North West local authorities, namely Knowsley, Halton, the Wirral and Wigan. The services offered varied in all authorities as it focused on what was most useful for them. Following discussions with representatives of the local authority and the LSP the cooperation with CLES was agreed and it mainly focused on supporting the authorities in reviewing their processes and practices relating to the use of evidence to support the development of LAA.
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