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The aim of the NWLF is to make the North West region the Cleanest, Safest and Greenest in England within five years time. Working with land managers and relevant organisations from across the North West to gain efficiencies, the programme will offer a framework and practical support mechanisms to improve local environmental quality.
Initially the programme will run for three years but it is anticipated that it will continue beyond this in order to meet the vision and sustain the improvements.
This programme has been developed following a pilot study which was conducted across the North West from November 2006 until November 2007. This followed a Feasibility Study which was conducted in 2005 to test regional gaps in this field as the North West was poorly performing against other regions in the annual Local Environmental Quality Survey of England. The pilot conducted with seven land managers across the North West proved so successful (reducing litter, improving open spaces, improving perceptions, and all at no additional cost) that the recommendation (following full evaluation and discussion with partners) from the pilot was to roll out the programme across the rest of the North West to gain the improvements and efficiencies realised during the pilot. As well as the land managers the pilot also included NWDA, Lancashire Economic Partnership, NWRA, GONW, RENEW North West, Environment Agency, Crime Concern and Groundwork.
The programme will provide a sub regional structure of support to land managers with overall regional support for all members and a strategic drive coming to and from the Steering Group.
ENCAMS will project manage and deliver the NWLF programme in support of the NW Improvement and Efficiency Partnership Strategy. We aim to engage the NW Improvement and Efficiency Partnership and their sub regions in the programme as well as other funders (see later section on costs)
Members of the NWLF would include local authorities, housing associations, local strategic partnerships, police authorities, fire & rescue authorities, national park, transport providers, economic partnerships, Environment Agency, Waste Disposal Authorities etc.
A partnership approach is vital in order to improve local environmental quality as land is managed and owned by a range of organisations (both public and private) and an integrated approach is need to drive up standards.