Supporting Hull City Council to articulate it's theory of change for it's Best Start in Life plan

We’re working with Hull City Council as their learning partner between March 2026 and March 2029 as they implement their Best Start in Life local plan. We began our work by bringing together leaders and managers from a variety of service areas to develop a theory of change which captures the wide range of programmes and services in Hull that contribute to young people making a good level of development by the end of Reception. This theory of change featured in the city’s Best Start in Life local plan.

Using the theory of change as a starting point, we will be working closely with the local authority over the next three years to identify priority areas, develop and refine effective interventions and services to support progress towards their GLD targets, conduct process evaluations to identify barriers to delivery, and learn from approaches to monitoring and evaluation being used in other local authorities.