Innovacion

How Manchester halved the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) in four years

Manchester has halved the number of young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) in just four years through detailed geographical research of the incidence and nature of the NEET group, by recruiting a dedicated NEET co-ordinator and developing a multi-agency NEET programme as part of their Children's Board.  By aligning funding from a number of sources and through joint commissioning a range of NEET engagement and aspiration raising activities has been undertaken with young people and specifically the five secondary schools that produce the highest number of NEET pupils.

Read more in Innovacion's case study in IDeA's Partnership and Places library

Innovacion complete Year 3 Monitoring of the Docklands Light Rail extension to City Airport

Innovacion were today commissioned to produce a monitoring report to assess the impact of the London City Airport and North Woolwich extension after the third year of operation.  The review investigated impacts on airport journeys, local accessibility, regeneration, equality and inclusion and built on the year one and two monitoring reports, which were also completed by Innovacion.

How Monmouthshire used Open Strategy to hear every voice in their Local Strategic Partnership

The Monmouthshire Local Strategic Partnership was struggling to gain buy-in from local people and to start implementation.  Conventional approaches to agreeing one clear purpose did not work well for the complex nature of communities and the many agencies involved in the partnership.  In response OpenStrategy was adopted to structure information using a common language and capture the results using web-based software.  As a result each voice is now heard more equally, implementation gaps are identified and addressed, and there is greater commitment to realistic and joined up actions across the new Local Service Board.

Read more in Innovacion's case study in IDeA's Partnership and Places library

Innovacion complete Best Practice Partnership Working Case Studies for IDeA

Innovacion have been commissioned by the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) to complete six detailed case studies of best practice impacts resulting from Local Area Agreements nationallly.  The case will cover Sunderland (Beacon status youth offending services and Wellness Centre), Midlands Highways Alliance (collaborative procurement), Lincolnshire (homelessness), Tower Hamlets (Community Plan and Local Development Framework) and Nottingham (Community Network) and form part of IDeA's Places and Partnerships library.

Innovacion retained to advise London Development Agency on Outer London economy

Innovacion have been retained by the London Development Agency to assist with the further development of policy relating to the economy of Outer London and its economic issues, challenges and opportunities.  Innovacion are helping to develop the evidence base including design of summary maps (which were produced by Black Hat) and support the London Development Agency’s input into the Mayor’s Outer London Commission and review of the London Plan.