Positive Futures

Team Development

Positive Futures is a UK social inclusion programme using sport and leisure activities to engage with disadvantaged and socially marginalised young people.

Objective

In north Liverpool, the Positive Futures team work with some of the hardest to reach young people in the UK. These are young people for whom drugs, violence, low aspirations, poor health and poor educational attainment are daily realities. In the last two years the team had grown rapidly due to demand for their work and the quality with which they provide it. This combination of growth and constantly challenging situations had put a great deal of pressure on individuals and the team. They needed to spend time together developing as a group and re-aligning themselves with their vision.

Solution

Impact Beyond’s intervention began with 1:1 interviews with every member of the Positive Futures team. This period of organisational analysis provided a confidential audit of team perspectives and experiences. Impact Beyond facilitators then led a day of focussed dialogue; during which team members shared their views of current reality and created their own future vision of the team they wanted and needed to be. Executive coaching was then provided to further support the team leader through this process of change.

Result

“My favourite aspect of the work with Impact Beyond was their willingness to challenge; whether by questioning or action, individual or group. They were not afraid to hold difficult spaces, encourage reflection and change whilst also providing very high-level support. It was not always a comfortable process but we felt in safe hands and the results are increased maturity and professionalism within the team."

Clare Coran
Team Leader
Positive Futures Liverpool