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This is the final report of the Children's Communities programme evaluation carried out between 2016 and 2020 by Sheffield Hallam University.

A Children's Community is a long-term, placed based approach to improving outcomes for children and young people. Children's Communities are based on the understanding that children's lives are shaped by complex ecologies in which a series of interact to directly and indirectly affect outcomes. They are based on a specific disadvantaged neighbourhood within which local services commit to a shared vision with an integrated and holistic approach. They work over the long term, and are