Strengthening Local Communities programme evaluation: Summary and synthesis report

This report sets out the final evaluation of the Strengthening Local Communities programme. It starts with an overview of the evaluation methods. The next sections cover a literature review of community development in theory, research and local context and a summary of the programme. The central part of the document provides the links through to separate evaluation reports on each of the locality projects. The final sections cover, the role of the Action Learning Sets, the allocation of time and activities, and wider aspects of the programme