Learning from our place in the global economy

A study undertaken for Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership into Greater Lincolnshire's economy and its relationship with similar regions in the UK and worldwide

Greater Lincolnshire's Digital Landscape

In 2016, the first Greater Lincolnshire’s Digital Landscape report was produced to provide a better understanding of the digital technology sector in Greater Lincolnshire and enable comparison of the area’s digital landscape with other areas profiled in the Tech Nation report. The report was commissioned by the Business Lincolnshire Growth Hub with Digital Lincoln and the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership. The report told of a digital sector that was “modest in size but big in potential”. Three years on, our latest report draws on the latest official statistics and an online survey of businesses to present an up-to-date picture of Greater Lincolnshire’s digital landscap

East Lindsey economic baseline 2016

The ‘East Lindsey Economic Baseline 2016’ is intended to update East Lindsey District Council’s evidence base. Refreshing the previous Baseline produced in 2010, it presents key data about the local economy and identifies opportunities for growth

LEADER as a vehicle for neo-endogenous rural development in England

LEADER emphasises neo-endogenous approaches where local rural development relies as much as possible on “bottom-up” activities. This research shows that the mainstreaming of LEADER saw certain compromises regarding the philosophical aspiration to give greater weight to local issues, local resources and local engagement. However, many LAGs learned to apply flexibility to meet local opportunities and challenges demonstrating how LEADER can empower local actors. Future challenges require LEADER to be more integrated with other rural policies and for the procedural elements to be simplified, especially for the smaller projects that have been found to make real impact at a very local level

Health and Wellbeing in Farming: Research Report

This report was undertaken on behalf of the Worshipful Company of Farmers to enhance its understanding of the depth and scale of issues surrounding health and wellbeing in farming communities, and to provide recommendations to the Forum to inform their next steps

A review of the leader approach for delivering the rural development programme for England: a report for Defra

This report, commissioned by the Rural Communities Policy Unit at Defra, sets out the findings of a review of the Leader approach in England. The focus of the review is the impact of Leader in contributing to the delivery of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) in England, in order to inform the future Leader approach to delivering rural policy. The research is primarily based on a review of existing literature and in-depth qualitative research with Local Action Groups and other stakeholders involved in delivering or benefiting from the Leader approach. The review focuses on four key issues: 1) Evidence to support the rationale for use of EU resources to enable rural development – justifying intervention for the current programme and informing choices about interventions in the next programme 2) Evidence on the extent to which interventions have been effective to date and where future resources can be targeted 3) Evidence to provide an assessment of the impact of RDPE spend (2007-13) on outcomes – with reference to delivery mechanisms 4) Evidence to support prioritisation of activities to be funded under the next programme mapped against the six EU wide priorities for 2014-2020 and inform decisions about future delivery models

Greater Lincolnshire's Digital Landscape summary report

The report provides a better understanding of use of digital technology within businesses in Greater Lincolnshire, and enables comparison of the area’s digital landscape with other areas profiled in the Tech Nation 2016 repor

Animating “bottom-up” sustainable strategies in village settings

Purpose – The key purpose of the paper is to consider the challenges facing local authorities in supporting sustainable rural settlements in their efforts to be enterprising and sustainable in confronted with increasingly severe downward pressure on local authority finances due to the recession; the long-term trend of increased adult social care costs linked to a challenging demographic profile across rural England; and increasing expectations around service delivery arising from more discerning “e-enabled” users of public services. Design/methodology/approach – This paper offers a structured reflection on the responses of a qualitative study of village sustainability, based on case studies of the inhabitants of three villages in Lincolnshire, England. The paper draws on responses by 70 voices to a series of workshops held in village halls and pubs. Findings – Significant work needs to be done at the local level, to support the transition from long-standing, organic practice within communities to the creation of an infrastructure which can support the delivery of more services by communities themselves. Research limitations/implications – Workshop-based approaches to gathering responses can allow for biased responses, and this study is limited to the views of self-selecting actors in three villages. Originality/value – The paper examines the barriers and opportunities facing local communities and introduces the concept of community to community learning

Evaluation of Rural Surrey LEADER Programme 2008-2022

The report presents the findings of an evaluation of the Rural Surrey LEADER programme conducted for Surrey County Council and Rural Surrey Local Action Group. The evaluation has been undertaken by the University of Lincoln and Rose Regeneration to assess the economic, social and environmental benefits resulting from the fourteen year period (2008-2022) of LEADER programme delivery. Although the UK’s participation in the LEADER programme ended in 2022, the findings inform decisions around services and funding to support rural communities and businesses in the future

Evaluation of Talk, Eat, Drink (TED) Ageing Better in East Lindsey

Evaluation of a National Community Lottery Funded 'Ageing Better' project in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshir