THE
PARTNERSHIP AT WORK FUND
Fourth Round Winners
Projects
with National Coverage
AMEY
Rail and the RMT – Partnership at Work
AMEY
Rail and the RMT
are
seeking to implement a dissemination and workplace based
project to engineer a culture change.
As the organisation moves from being autocratic to
one of a more open nature, this must be followed by working
in full partnership in areas such as recruitment and
selection, discipline, grievance, managing for attendance
and poor performance, and health and safety.
The long-term objective of this exercise will be to
commence a culture change throughout the company including
senior management representative and the elected staff
council working in harmony towards a common objective.
Sector:
Transport
Unions
Involvement in the Business Boards
Royal
Mail Service Delivery with the CMA and CWU
are
aiming to introduce partnership working at national,
regional and area levels. The
project will help develop a Partnership Vision that will
encompass all employees and harness there efforts to make
the organisation successful.
Unions, managers and employees will be unified in
their aim secure a prosperous future for Royal Mail Service
Delivery.
Sector:
Public
Working
on the Future — Together
Sainsbury’s
Supermarket Supply Chain Division, the TGWU and USDAW’s
project
plans to communicate, engage and involve all supply chain
colleagues in the business transformation.
The scheme also intends to develop the management and
Trades Union working relationship.
Sector:
Retail
Performance
Improvements Partnerships – Improving productivity and
service excellence in the tourism and hospitality industry
Hospitality
and Leisure Manpower, the British Hospitality Association
and the Academy of food and Wine Services
have
combined to create a national network of ‘Performance
Improvement Partnerships’ with the aim of improving
productivity and service excellence in the tourism and
hospitality industry.
Sector:
Leisure
Working Smarter – Not
Harder
KFAT
and the British Footwear Association (BFA)
have
jointly developed a proposal to improve the already
internationally competitive and efficient UK footwear
sector. Aims of
the project include: reduction in the physical effort
required within part of the manufacturing process; removal
of the non-added value elements from within the
manufacturing process; reduction in the throughput time and
quality element of the product; improvements to the health
and safety of workers; removal of gender discrimination in
job opportunities; and to encourage more young people into
the industry, particularly women returners into
traditionally male dominated jobs.
Sector: Manufacturing
Partnership
at Work in the Shipping Industry: NUMAST/ P&O Nedlloyd
NUMAST
and P&O Nedlloyd
are aiming to build on an existing ‘partnership at work’
program. The
existing Partnership Committees that help to facilitate the
involvement of the companies’ employees/union members in
the strategic direction of the company as well as the
working environment and terms and conditions of employment. This project will help to support and sustain the
representatives through partnership training and enable them
to disseminate partnership philosophy throughout the
company, the union’s members and the shipping industry.
Sector:
Transport/Shipping
Sustaining
Partnership in an Environment of Uncertainty
AMICUS
and Leeds University Business School’s
project
will produce a Partnership Framework Document for the
Insurance Sector, which establishes a common set of
principles and practices for building and sustaining
partnership relations at the workplace. The Framework Document will establish best practice
standards across three ‘pillars’ of partnership
(involvement, training, and the quality of the working
environment) and promote good and mutually beneficial
employment relations.
Sector:
Trade Union
Accelerated
Implementation of Sector Skills and Qualifications to
Promote the Effective Competitiveness of the Glass
Manufacturing Sector
Glass
Training Ltd, S. Murray & Co. Ltd, Bibby Sterilin, FBV
Anchor and QVF Process Systems have united to present a project that will extend the
process of employee participation within the glass
manufacturing sector. The
vehicles used will be the promotion of lifelong learning,
learning for all using the framework of NVQ’s to promote
best practice within glass manufacturing.
Sector:
Manufacturing
Partnership
Working – A Practitioner’s Guide
A
dissemination based project from
IPA,
EEF
and USDAW.
The aim of the project is to produce a practitioner’s
handbook that will act as a detailed good practice guide to
assist with the growing need to sustain established
partnership agreements.
Sector:
Voluntary
Facing
the Future – Establishing Common Purpose
The
Samaritans’
project will seek to improve communication between the 203
Branches with 18,700 volunteers, and General Office in order
to create and agree a common purpose that is relevant to
society and best serves callers.
This will help to ensure that The Samaritans remain
available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional
support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress
or despair, including those which may lead to suicide.
Sector:
Voluntary
NORTH
EAST
Putting
Partnership to Work
Employee
Relations Forum for NE England
aims to develop and promote a positive climate of employee
relations in the North East. This will contribute to the economic prosperity and social
regeneration of the region. The project will also enhance the objectives of the
Regional Economic Strategy and existing frameworks for
collaborative action, through the building of an adaptable
and highly skilled workforce in the region.
Sector:
Trade Union
Increasing Asbestos Awareness and Maintaining Accurate
Records
Redcar and Cleveland
Borough Council and the GMB have created a project which
aims to increase asbestos awareness and initiate a process
that will allow current records to be updated. The council
and the combined Unions will work in partnership to reduce
the danger of exposure to asbestos. The aim is for employees
to be involved in health and safety at work and play a full
part in the improving of awareness for asbestos issues.
Sector: Public
NORTH
WEST
Process
Improvement Works
Tessenderlo
UK Ltd
have
developed a workplace-based project to tackle issues of
teamwork, communication and training in order to work
together as teams to improve business performance.
Sector:
Chemical Manufacturer
Merseyside
Call Centre Partnership for Change
The
TUC North West (Unison, USDAW, MSF, PCSU & CWCU) with
Liverpool Occupational Health Partnership, Liverpool City
Council, Riverside Housing and McIntyre & King Ltd
have
all combined to bring managers, trade unions, enforcement
agencies, and occupational bodies in a working group. The
aim is to promote a partnership approach to improve health
and occupational health in call centres on Merseyside.
Sector:
Call Centre
Thriving
Citizenship-Participation at the Lesbian and Gay Foundation
The
Lesbian and Gay Foundation with AMICUS
have
developed a project to tackle issues of participation,
citizenship and inclusion, following major changes in the
organisation that has a wide spectrum of activities and
stakeholders. The
project will also open new channels of communication and
co-operation between staff and volunteers, to make the LGF
welcoming and productive for our diverse clients and
members.
Sector:
Voluntary
Partnership for
Cultural Change
The
Big Life Company (formerly The Big Issue in the North Trust and Diverse Resources)
is a large charity that includes a number of
small businesses and social enterprises. The organisation now needs to review and evaluate its
effectiveness. The
project will help promote a jointly owned set of values in
the merged organisation enabling staff to identify how their
job performance can contribute to the overall success of the
workplace. The
charity is seeking to improve its strength and
sustainability that will lead to further diversification.
Sector:
Voluntary
The Change Through
Partnership Project
Ethel
Austin Ltd and USDAW,
have
developed a proposal that intends to change the culture and
behaviour in the Head Office and distribution centres. The aim is to develop a higher degree of management
and staff involvement to match the levels in the Ethel
Austin stores. They
will implement a change in systems, structure and
procedures, in addition to the introduction of a pay and
reward system. The
ultimate aim is to gain the commitment and ‘buy-in’ of
staff in order to build a business that will provide
security for staff and an appropriate result for
stakeholders.
Sector:
Retail
A Partnership Approach
to Flexible Team-Working
The
National Library for the Blind and the GMB
are
seeking with support from the Partnership Fund to develop a
pro-active approach to managing change. Staff are to be prepared for the move to flexible
team working practices, enabling the organisation to achieve
its goals.
Sector:
Voluntary
YORKSHIRE
& HUMBERSIDE
Partnership
in the Workplace
The
TGWU and Employee Relations Forum for Yorkshire and
Humberside
have
developed a dissemination project to identify and promote
best practice in partnership development in both the public
and private sectors. The
aim of the project being the creation of more effective
relationships within the workplace, thereby facilitating
other initiatives such as workforce development.
Sector:
Public
Tackling
Bullying and Harassment Through Effective Partnership
Working
A
workplace based project from
Barnsley
District General Hospital and Unison. The project seeks to create an organisational culture change by the use of
joint training developed through partnership working. The
aim is to promote recognition of Bullying and Harassment, an
understanding of the issues, including identification of
Racial and Sexual Harassment and the needs of other groups
identified in the Trust Policies – providing managers with
a strategy for dealing with complaints of Bullying and
Harassment including where to access information and further
support.
Sector:
Public
Building
Constructive Employee Relations for Sustainable Success
A
workplace based project from
Great
North Eastern Railway (GNER) Ltd. The project seeks to build a constructive and non-adversarial climate of
employee relations within GNER and to ensure that business
success; job opportunities and reward become regarded by all
managers and other employees as interconnected and
compatible.
Sector:
Transport
Working
Together
A
workplace based project from
Doncaster
MBC,
Unison,
GMB,
TGWU, AEEU
and UCATT.
The
aim of the project is to develop a number of initiatives
aimed at partnership working with the Trade Unions that
represent the majority of council employees.
Sector:
Public
Delivering
Primary Care Through Effective Partnership Working
A
workplace based project from
West
Hull PCT, Unison, RCN, MSF, RCM
and BMA.
The aim of the project is to support a new modern working
culture through development of effective partnership
arrangements which improves the working lives of staff by
allowing greater participation, involvement and partnership
working in delivering and developing primary care services.
Sector:
Health
Establishing
Business Solutions and Implementation Strategies by Working
in Partnership
A
workplace based project from
Ciba
Speciality Chemicals Water Treatments Ltd and
GMB.
The project seeks to develop a partnership approach to the
resolution of problems and changes in working practices and
organisation. The aim is to achieve a culture change, which
will give a platform on which to build real partnership by
the involvement of all employees, and to enable sustained
business growth and performance.
Sector:
Manufacturing
EAST
MIDLANDS
Equipping
Ourselves to Make Partnership Work Together
A
workplace based project from
University
College Northampton.
The project seeks to develop and embed a culture of
partnership between staff, staff representatives and leaders
at UCN in the management of change, equipping individuals
within the partnership with the skills and knowledge to make
the partnership effective and add value to UCN as a whole.
Sector:
Training
Equality
Through Partnership
A
workplace based project from
S&A
Foods Ltd
and TGWU.
The
project seeks to develop a relationship with employee
representatives based on respect, trust and mutual
understanding. To enable employees and their representatives
to gain a greater understanding of the business, and to
encourage a greater contribution in delivering progress and
cultural change through partnership.
Sector:
Manufacturing
PFB
– Pride In Our Factory – Pride In Our Brand
A
workplace based project from
Pork
Farms
and TGWU.
The aim of the project is to deliver world class
manufacturing standard efficiency, through enhanced skill
levels and team working, supported by an open partnership
between employer and employees.
Sector:
Manufacturing
Best
Practice Dissemination Project – Cultural Change to
Increase Productivity
EEF
East Midlands, Garryson Ltd, Carlton Lasers, Cressfall
Resistors Ltd and Steelcraft Ltd
have
combined to work in Partnership with their employers’
federation to increase their knowledge and commitment to
meet the competitive challenges of the future and increase
productivity and profits.
Sector: Engineering/Construction
Butt
Foods – “A New Way of Working”
Butt
Foods,
in
tandem with their workforce, aim to introduce new ways of
working to build a genuine partnership between all the
employees and Managing Director. The desired outcome is to move the business from a
current entrepreneurial and paternal culture to a
partnership culture. Together
they will unlock and develop vital skills the business needs
to address challenges presented by the customer.
Sector:
Manufacturing
Stress
Within the Authority
Boston
Borough Council, the GMB and Unison
have joined to develop a project that aspires to identify
the causes of stress and wherever possible seek to reduce
its impact. This
will be attained by equipping the workforce with the
necessary skills to implement suitable coping strategies.
Outcomes of the project will be the improvement of
the working environment, a reduction in absenteeism and
staff turnover – key themes of the Partnership Fund.
Sector:
Public
WEST
MIDLANDS
Developing
And Applying The Principles of Partnership: Working For
Solutions
A
workplace based project from
Cadbury
Trebor Bassett, TGWU and
Amicus/AEEU. The
project seeks to achieve two main linked objectives: (1) to
develop and utilise problem solving skills using a
partnership approach under the new joint agreement
“Clearly the Best” initiative and (2) to focus on
solutions which support Work-life balance and which use the partnership agreement to tackle under representation.
Sector:
Manufacturing
SOUTH
WEST
Business
Awareness within John Heathcoat & Company (Holdings) Ltd
A
workplace based project from
John
Heathcoat & Co Ltd
and TGWU.
The project seeks to improve business awareness of employees
through effective use of partnership working in order to
improve the quality of products and delivery times.
Sector:
Manufacturing
Shaw
Trust Cross Functional Partnerships
The Shaw Trust with
their staff
have
developed a project that intends to establish cross
functional partnerships to ensure that staff at all levels
and in all functions are engaged and involved in the
development of Shaw Trust, and contribute in a positive and
meaningful way to the growth of Shaw Trust.
Sector:
Voluntary
Developing
Partnership at the Audit Commission
The Audit Commission
and their employees
aim to develop the methods of working with the Trade Unions
to improve employee involvement in the organisation. This will be done through encouraging greater staff
participation within the Union and Staff Association in
decision making, and to operate a dissemination project to
promote awareness of Partnership with the development of the
existing Partnership intranet site.
Sector:
Public
Employee
Partnership Forum
Rowe & Co (Cornwall) Holdings
and
their six subsidiaries aim to establish an Employee
Partnership Forum for the group. This will include Director/management representatives
from each of the subsidiary companies. The outcomes of the meetings will be disseminated to
all staff throughout the organisation through various media
including a staff website.
Sector:
Construction, IT & Transport
Improving
Consultation Mechanisms
A
workplace based project from
Bath
& North East Somerset Primary Care Trust, RCN and Unison. The aim of the project is to encourage staff to
become involved in current organisational issues and
hopefully lead to an increase in the number of staff side
representatives. The project also aims to improve the
effectiveness of current consultation mechanisms such as the
Joint Consultative Forum and also introduce new mechanisms
and ways of consulting with staff.
Sector:
Health
SOUTH
EAST
Our
Co-operative Advantage
A
workplace based project from
Oxford,
Swindon & Gloucester Co-op Society. The project seeks to involve people and bring about a change in the way
people work in partnership, through participation and
involvement at every level.
Sector:
Retail
Partnership
for Common Sense
A
workplace based project from
Royal
Berkshire Fire & Rescue Services, Fire Brigades Union and Royal Berkshire Combined Fire Authority.
The
project seeks to give every member of the Royal Berkshire
Fire and Rescue Service and the combined Fire Authority, a
voice in planning the future of the service, improving the
way in which individuals and groups work together leading to
an inclusive and dynamic organisation.
Sector:
Public
Developing
a Culture of Participative Involvement at Elphicks
Elphicks
with
participation from employees across all levels of the
business aims to create a culture that will establish the
rules and regulations by which Elphicks Ltd will be managed
and governed in preparation for its future as an employee
owned enterprise.
Sector:
Retail
LONDON
Partnership
Forums – New Ways of Working
A
dissemination based project from
Royal
College of Nursing.
The project seeks to develop partnership agreement at all
levels within the organisation. A partnership agreement
among all of the stakeholders of the Royal College of
Nursing was agreed in June 2001. Ongoing work will ensure
that the agreement works effectively, is implemented and
becomes embedded into organisational culture.
Sector:
Voluntary
WALES
Using
Communications and Teamworking to Build Sustainable Business
Advantage
A
workplace and dissemination based project from
The
Royal Mint, Amicus, Prospect, PCS and WCS International.
The
project seeks to build sustainable business benefit through
effective communications and teamwork by widening the
involvement to all employees and their representatives and
also to share experiences via case study with the rest of UK
industry.
Sector:
Public
SCOTLAND
One
Plus Employee Participation Forum
A
workplace based project from
One
Plus: One Parent Families.
The project seeks to establish an employee forum within One
Plus to facilitate effective and consistent communication
both horizontally and vertically, utilising innovative ICT-based
solutions to the challenges posed by a geographically
diverse workforce.
Sector:
Voluntary
Evolving
Star
A
workplace based project from
Star
Refrigeration Ltd.
The
aim of the project is to secure employee participation in a
continuous improvement programme based on lean thinking with
resultant benefits in productivity and work-life balance.
Sector:
Manufacturing
Disseminating
Good Partnership Practice to Renfrewshire SMEs
Renfrewshire
Chamber of Commerce
seeks to disseminate good partnership practice to
Renfrewshire based SMEs. 40 businesses will be encouraged to include
partnership working concepts in their medium term
strategies. 25
businesses will actively pursue the implementation of
partnership working including the development and
implementation of policies.
Sector:
Trade Association
Building
Trust
Tayside
University Hospitals NHS Trust and the Staff side
are
seeking to implement a workplace-based project to build
trust between employees and their leaders. The aim of the
project is to achieve real working partnership through a
recognised and credible ‘Partnership Forum’.
Sector:
Health
Communicating
Partnership
Sense
Scotland and their employees,
have developed a project that aims to improve staff
representation and communication within the organisation.
The vehicles they seek to use are: the development of
a staff consultation group; strengthening their
organisational culture including communication systems;
developing and improving staff skills in a range of areas
including negotiation skills, communication and information
technology.
Sector:
Voluntary
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