Our programmes are enjoyed by work teams keen to enhance their performance and individuals opting for personal development time.
Coaching and mentoring is offered to individuals by personal or organisational referral.
A snapshot of clients, restricted to organisations to protect the confidentiality of individual clients, includes:
SAMH
SAMH, Scotland’s leading mental health charity, took the decision to implement a recovery approach throughout
the organisation. devlinbeattie partnership worked with SAMH’s Recovery Team
to monitor and evaluate how successful this was, including the barriers faced by
services throughout the country in implementing this new approach. The review took place
over 9 months of the implementation phase, measuring progress made, making proposals for
ongoing change and drawing conclusions to help ensure the approach would continue to be reflected throughout SAMH.
devlinbeattie partnership facilitated a series of local seminars and workshops on the national infant feeding strategy,
a key development in improving the life chances of Scotland’s children.
Stirling Council (Community Services) recognised that its arrangements for funding voluntary organisations did not
reflect best practice as outlined in The McLelland Report or Audit Scotland’s Following the Public Pound findings.
It commissioned devlinbeattie partnership to review arrangements and make recommendations for the future. As a result,
the Council is implementing contractual arrangements with organisations it funds, where both parties are clear about
reporting, accountability and expectations about added value.
As part of its modernisation programme and commitment to improving services to patients, NHS Lanarkshire commissioned
devlinbeattie partnership to detail the patient experience in ‘Patient Narratives’ in cardio-thoracic, orthopaedics,
general surgery, dermatology, emergency medical, eye care, oncology, respiratory and rheumatology services. The narratives
contributed to a series of training workshops for senior clinical staff working in the acute sector.
devlinbeattie partnership carried out the evaluation of Girvan Social Inclusion Partnership for Communities Scotland
as part of the national evaluation of Social Inclusion Partnerships. The evaluation included an assessment of impact
on target communities, influence on mainstream spend and service planning and delivery and detailed spend as well as
added value evidenced by the Partnership.
ZetTrans, Shetland’s transport partnership, commissioned devlinbeattie partnership to facilitate a series of local
transport forums to identify the priorities of transport providers and users throughout the Shetland mainland. The
forums focussed on cost effective improvements to existing services as well as coming up with proposals for change
that would contribute to Shetland’s economic and social sustainability.
Liber8 is the local council on alcohol for South Lanarkshire. Having expanded rapidly in the last 3 years, it wanted
to agree a business plan that would secure the organisation into the future. devlinbeattie partnership engaged with all
Liber8’s stakeholders, including service users, to identify key developments in governance, structure, staffing, business
development and financial planning.
Children 1st (the campaigning name of the Royal Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children), is recognised as
a leader in abuse and trauma recovery work but lacked a set of standards against which all abuse and recovery practice could
be measured. devlinbeattie partnership worked with local Children 1st services and past service users to establish best practice
standards which were readily adopted nationally.
During the 3 years of Community Regeneration Funding (CRF) South Lanarkshire regeneration partnership invested £2 million in
youth diversionary activity. The partnership commissioned devlinbeattie partnership to evaluate the impact of the investment
and make recommendations for future diversionary activity.
LANDED, the peer education service for Lanarkshire, piloted a programme aimed at increasing young people’s engagement with democracy,
for The Electoral Commission in the lead up to the Scottish Parliamentary Election 2007. devlinbeattie partnership evaluated the approach
including lessons learned to inform a national roll out.
Scottish Executive (now Scottish Government)
Stirling Council
NHS Lanarkshire
Communities Scotland
ZetTrans
Liber8 Lanarkshire Ltd
Children 1st
South Lanarkshire Regeneration Partnership
The Electoral Commission with LANDED