CAST North West

Operating since 2006, Cast North West runs youth development programmes through the sport of angling, horticulture and work based learning.
Services are open to all but most beneficiaries are disadvantaged (Not in employment education or training, living with a disability or living with
learning difficulties).
MAIN AIMS FOR THE LSF PROJECT
To improve management systems including financial systems, Human Resources, databases and impact monitoring;
The organisation has successfully grown since being established and is experiencing growing pains.

INTERNAL ORGANISATION DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSES

WHAT THE ORGANISATION ACHIEVED
Improved information and referral system for young people.
Improved engagement with Trustees including a Memorandum of Understanding, better
meetings, enhanced planning.
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Producing better evidence to understand their services and impact.
Successfully winning more funding. things that you didnt
Reducing delivery costs and therefore maintaining free-to-access services. want to hear that
challenge needs to be
KEY FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS SUCCESS
The advisor role has been critical, through adopting a mentor-like relationship which allowed the
supportive.
organisation to be challenged in a supportive way.
The time and space for strategic reflection that would not have been possible otherwise.
Internal organisational development was underpinned by PQASSO quality mark.

PQASSO has brought quality

LEARNING FROM LSF
to the charity. It shows we Partly due to the formal recruitment of the advisor, both the organisation and the advisor had
are at the level we need to clarity over exactly what they were trying to achieve.
be. The approach of gradual change in the organisation has been effective, alongside considerable
development work with trustees and key staff.