Local London: Economic Inactivity Trailblazer
Evaluating how nine London boroughs support economically inactive residents back towards work.
The question
What helps people furthest from work take real steps towards it, and which local approaches deserve more investment?
Local London wanted evidence it could use during the £14m DWP-funded programme, not just a verdict at the end.
What we did
We combined participant and staff surveys, borough data, interviews, case studies and systems mapping across all nine boroughs, sharing monthly insight updates as delivery went on.
We also ran a “how to evaluate innovation” workshop so borough teams could capture their own learning.
What happened next
Local London extended the evaluation into a second year and chose the fuller option, adding a longitudinal study that follows 16 participants across the boroughs over 12 months.
Our Year 1 findings also fed into a cross-London synthesis of all five London Trailblazer evaluations.
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