Section 3 - Securing and Measuring Added Value 3.0 Introduction An important element of this study is to review ways in which learning interventions of the kind discussed here could be said to add value and, if possible, to identify ways in which this could be measured. Some specific ideas that emerge from the case studies are set out below. SRB funding brings together the different tracks of education, housing, transport etc, so as to encourage joined-up thinking and the development of innovative and imaginative solutions. It kickstarts initiatives which may otherwise not be developed. Gaps in the mainstream provision are identified as a result of this approach and SRB provides an opportunity to address these issues. It fills a range of gaps including: insufficient scale of provision; ineffective targeting; failure to recognise or provide for special needs within the mainstream; uniformity of provision - the 'one-size-fits-all' syndrome; lack of scope for experimentation; and insufficient contacts between agencies - so projects funded through regeneration funds become the glue that forms and holds together networks.

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