Hampshire Rural Pathfinder

The rural delivery pathfinder programme was launched in March 2005 by Defra and eight local government authorities (including Hampshire County Council). Its purpose was to look at innovation in rural service delivery, test opportunities for more joined-up approaches to rural service delivery and look at local priority setting.

The Hampshire Rural Pathfinder completed its work in October 2007.

The purpose of the Pathfinder was to test:

• how to make delivery of rural services more effective (that is, that delivery activities and outcomes match agreed policies and resources match need);
• how to make the delivery of rural services more efficient (that is, that proportionately more resources are available to delivery);
• how to ensure that delivery of rural services is more customer-focused (that is, the needs of customers are met rather than those of the delivery organisations); and
• how to achieve greater local accountability for public sector investment in Hampshire.

Find Out More

For a summary of the Hampshire outcomes please follow the links in the navigation menu on the left to "Final Report".

Defra website - rural delivery pathfinders page