The idea of Calling Cumbria emerged from a ‘deep dive’ on the leadership of places run by the Leadership Centre for Local Government in February 2007.

A group of leaders in Cumbria wanted a whole systems approach to reshaping public services - health, education, policing, local government - in a way that serves the public better at lower cost

The County Council aimed to make the local strategic partnership the doorway to doing more together for the people of Cumbria

The approach encourages local people to act on big questions such as 'do we really get value from all the public money which goes into Cumbria?'

Calling Cumbria was supported by analysis to quantify the public money going into the county and find out as far as possible what happened to it. This companion report was published as Counting Cumbria

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