Alma Economics worked with Blackpool Better Start to assist with monitoring impact and operational performance.

Blackpool is one of five areas across England in which local partnerships have been established and funded through Better Start, a 10-year, £215 million National Lottery-funded programme that aims to improve the life chances of babies and very young children by promoting good early childhood development.

Led by the NSPCC, the Blackpool Better Start partnership includes the Local Authority, Clinical Commissioning Group, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, Lancashire Constabulary, and local community. It brings together local families, communities, and agencies from across public, private, and voluntary sectors.

We developed a user-friendly dashboard report to summarise and present data collected by Better Start Blackpool. This dashboard covers an extensive list of indicators to measure the progress and impact of activities funded by Blackpool Better Start and to provide the requisite context of how Blackpool compares with other parts of the country. We further designed a process and user guide so Blackpool Better Start staff can easily update the dashboard as new data becomes available.