This Local Improvement Advisor assignment sought to help mainstream service managers in West Cumbria:
- consider and apply the learning from neighbourhood management pilots in Workington and Whitehaven, and
- develop skills in assessing cost-effectiveness and applying collaborative techniques for service improvement.
With the decisions to create Local Strategic Partnerships in Copeland and Allerdale and disband the West Cumbria Strategic Partnership, the project shifted to the introduction of locality working in both Districts, including a Cumbria pilot involving Allerdale District Council and the County Council. In this, its main focus became drawing the lessons from the neighbourhood management initiatives.