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References
- Neighbourhood Management Pathfinder Programme: Guidance on Building Partnerships, Developing a Strategy and Producing a Delivery Plan 2001, Neighbourhood Renewal Unit.
- Research Report 31 - Joining up for Safer Neighbourhoods: A Theme Report from the Neighbourhood Management Pathfinder Programme National Evaluation, August 2006, Department for Communities and Local Government.
- Neighbourhood Management Pathfinders: Final Evaluation Report, October 2008, Department for Communities and Local Government.