Early insights on delivering Pride in Place

This paper presents early-stage insights from a research study commissioned by Key Cities (KC) and carried out by the Key Cities Innovation Network (KCIN) in partnership with the Centre for Place at the University of Plymouth. The study examines the implementation and early delivery of the Government’s flagship Pride in Place (PiP) Programme across a representative sample of Phase 1 and Phase 2 neighbourhoods within the Key Cities network.
Findings are drawn from interviews with Members of Parliament and local authority representatives in six selected PiP neighbourhoods. At the time of writing, fieldwork in five of the six case-study areas has been completed. The research scope includes analysis of early implementation activity aligned to PiP programme objectives of thriving places, stronger communities, and increased community power.
The principal gap identified by the research at this stage is not funding, but the absence of a shared support infrastructure for community-led delivery, learning, governance, co-design and evaluation.