Drive For Change Website
The Drive for Change project is sponsored by the Public Services Forum, which brings together Government, public service trade union leaders and employers to work jointly on workforce issues that impact on public services.
The Forum promotes more active involvement of trade unions and staff in service delivery and improvement. Active engagement between employees, employers and the public is crucial to bringing innovation and creativity to designing services for the future.
In 2004 the Forum commissioned a study to understand how public service organisations were doing in involving and engaging trade unions and staff in service improvement and change at a local level.
This Audit of trade union and staff engagement in reform [PDF, 619KB] showcased examples of organisations that are involving the workforce to deliver change, where engagement is making a real difference to service delivery.
However the audit also found that, looking across the public services, the picture of involving staff and unions in change is patchy. Organisations and unions vary in their attitudes and approaches to involving staff and the impact of that engagement is rarely measured.
The Drive for Change project is bridging this gap. This joint project between the Cabinet Office and TUC aims to promote engagement of the workforce in change and service improvement.