Projects
We offer services in all aspects of the programme management process, from initial research and feasibility, to project and programme development, to funding and implementation, through to monitoring and evaluation. This means we can provide the full range of expertise and support you need to deliver your projects and services.
What we do
We support our clients with the design, development, implementation and management of projects. This includes workforce training projects, advice and guidance services for unemployed people, and business start-up and enterprise schemes.
Our project services include:
- Ideas generation
- Design and development
- Implementation
- Interim management
- Monitoring and performance management
- Project appraisal / economic appraisal
- Business plans and project plans
- Strategy development
- Marketing and PR
How can we help you?
Advice and input from our specialist practitioners can help you develop new and creative project ideas or improve existing proposals. We can also undertake independent project appraisals to help you identify the key benefits and strengths of your proposals and identify problems before they arise. Effective design, planning and management can play a major role in the success and impact of your projects. We can help you put your plans into action and ensure your project delivers practical results.
Here's just a small selection of the project work we've undertaken:
Our Services
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Project: VCS Train to Gain Project Management
Client: LSC North East
The LSC’s national Working Together Strategy, published in May 2004, outlines the importance of the voluntary and community sector in providing learning and workforce development. As a step towards enabling these organisations to compete successfully in open and competitive tendering rounds, the LSC in the North East wanted to engage the VCS in the delivery of Train to Gain. In August 2007, we started working with North East VCS organisations to help them win Train to Gain contracts and begin delivering training to the VCS workforce. By July 2008, 13 of the 15 participating organisations were successfully delivering Train to Gain, benefiting 94 VCS employers and almost 500 employees and volunteers.
Project: Future Jobs Fund Project Development
Client: Tyne & Wear City Region Employment and Skills Partnership
In July 2009 the Partnership was among the first group of successful bidders to secure funding from the Future Jobs Fund. This £1 billion Fund aims to create 150,000 jobs for long-term unemployed young people and others who face significant disadvantage in the labour market. We helped the Partnership to develop project ideas, write delivery plans and prepare the funding submission to DWP. With our input, the Partnership was able to secure around £10m for the first six months of delivery to create more than 1,500 jobs for disadvantaged young people in the City Region.
Project: Interim Project Management
Client: One North East Skills and Economic Inclusion Team
One North East invests approximately £20m of Single Programme funding each year in its Skills and Higher Education and Economic Inclusion Programmes. Following a restructure of the Skills and Economic Inclusion Team in 2008, we provided 12 months of interim consultancy support to the Agency to develop, deliver and manage projects within these two important programmes. With our support, several high profile projects were approved and began delivery, addressing priority skills issues in the region and helping people into sustainable employment.