1. Asset Based Finance and Leasing Ltd
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Case Study: Manchester City Council
Client: Manchester City Council
Location: United Kingdom
Client Contact: Elaine Morrison/Adam Farricker
Consultant: Mike Deacon
Assignment Type: Consulting
Discipline: Business Strategy
Sector: Local Government
Challenge:
As part of the Delivering Differently Programme for Young People (DDYP) led by the Cabinet Office, Manchester
City Council was one of 11 Local Authorities seeking new ways to deliver Youth Services, despite facing future
financial challenges. Since 2011 Manchester City Council has outsourced most of its youth services to a wide
range of providers, including many from the voluntary sector. As part of its future planning, and with support
from the Cabinet Office under the DDYP programme, Manchester City Council was seeking ways to deliver its
services in a more targeted and efficient way, seeking a detailed appraisal of all current delivery models and
reviewing these. Extensive stakeholder engagement work was undertaken with the community including VCSE
organisations, local business and most importantly, taking the views of young people and their communities
directly into consideration as a core, central component for all youth services.
Solution:
Working as part of the consortium team led by Geldards LLP, ABFL (through Mike Deacon) worked closely with
Manchester City Council to develop various models within an Options Appraisal with supporting Implementation
Plan, and to articulate a series of service options scenarios with potential solutions taking into account the existing
delivery models and provider cohorts across the City.
Results:
Our findings were proposed to Manchester City Council in April 2015, for consideration and possible adoption of
some of our conclusions and recommendations from 2016/17 onwards linked to a review of the commissioning
strategy. This work enabled Manchester City Council to evaluate the current position and to realign and adjust
commissioning in the future to adopt the most appropriate options to fit within the available financial envelope.
Case Study Date: May 2015