Infrastruct is skilled in all aspects of training, from training needs analysis to evaluation. We design and deliver workshops, away days and courses to match the needs of each client organisation, delivered at our training room or on the client's premises.  We bring our accumulated expertise to each project, so that we are continually up-dating our practice and providing value for public money.

The IDeA’s Peer Challenge for Level 3 of the Equality Standard has been introduced to support the progress of local councils in mainstreaming equality and diversity in employment and service delivery. The Peer Challenge assessment framework is based on the Equality Standard and provides a basis from which authorities can progress to levels 4 and 5 of the Standard. It has been developed with the assistance of a number of councils and tested in a series of pilot assessments.

So far, Infrastruct has run 4 Diversity Peer challenge courses of which seventy people have undertaken the course.

Under the revised Equality Standard for Local Government (2007) there is a requirement for external challenge at level 3 and 5. The Peer Challenge provides and external challenge at level 3 of the Equality Standard.

The aim of the workshop is to brief IDeA Diversity Peers in the Peer Challenge process so that they can carry out assessments at Level 3 of the Equality Standard.

Infrastruct facilitated the East Manchester Interagency Training Programme. This equipped a group of front-line managers and staff from agencies working in East Manchester with the skills, knowledge and shared understanding which enable them to work more closely together for the benefit of East Manchester. By developing the individual participants' skills and confidence in developing and managing local services this increased each participating agency's capacity to work effectively in East Manchester. Over the course of a year the programme comprised a team-building event, monthly workshops, tutorials, individual and group projects and work on a Personal Development Plan. 

Infrastruct has expertise in the management of diversity, and much of our training activity embeds equality and diversity within service delivery and employment processes.  Visit our news page for examples of some of our projects.  We are also experienced in delivering courses for voluntary sector organisations, and companies doing business with the public sector. Training to support Human Resource functions in organisations is also in our portfolio, for example, courses for managers in recruitment, performance management (appraisal) and capability and disciplinary processes.