Infrastruct Case Studies - Learning by Doing...
Coaching
‘ Helping others to help themselves is far better than solving their problems for them’ Background A housing trust decided to adopt a coaching culture throughout the organisation. Infrastruct ran two coaching masterclasses for senior managers and middle managers to become... read more
Manufacturing Company
Background The company had a factory and HQ in East Lancashire , manufacturing house-building materials. Most of their clients are from the pubilc sector: Housing Associations and Local Councils. They had found their success rate in winning contracts had declined in the recent past, they... read more
MDDA
Background Manchester Digital Development Agency leads a Europe Union initiative called DEHEMS – Digital Environment Home Energy Management - looking at how technology can improve domestic energy efficiency. The project uses a "Living Lab" concept, which means working with real users... read more
Breakthrough UK
Background Breakthrough UK is a social enterprise controlled by disabled people which tackles barriers to employment and independence which many disabled people experience. It has run many successful programmes and projects in Manchester and Liverpool, supporting individual disabled people... read more
East Manchester Inter Agency Training Programme
Background East Manchester was designated a regeneration area in 1996 to reverse the decline over the past generation caused by the collapse of manufacturing jobs. With the promise of the Commonwealth Games and the relocation of Manchester City Football Club, Manchester City Council set... read more
Equality Impact Assessment Training
Background In 2009 Infrastruct produced a gap analysis for Standards for England – the regulatory body for councillors’ code of conduct. Our report identified what action the organisation needed to take in order to comply with its public duties required by equality legislation.... read more
West Yorkshire Equality Mentoring Scheme
Background The year-long West Yorkshire Equality Mentoring scheme was launched in February 2010. It was a career development project for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees of the four West Yorkshire local authorities: Leeds, Bradford, Kirklees and Wakefield councils. Each... read more
North West Women and Work Task Force
Background The North West Women and Work Task Force was set up by the North West Regional Development Agency ( NWDA ) and 4NorthWest ( 4NW ) to investigate the barriers to women achieving higher levels of leadership positions across all sectors in the North West of England in 2010. Over a... read more
