The Work Foundation was asked to provide the North Staffordshire Regeneration Board with: 'A distinctive vision for the future of North Staffordshire that is owned by the key stakeholders'.
It was agreed that this would be delivered by meeting the following three objectives:
- An outline of a distinctive and evidence-based vision for the future of the North Staffordshire area in the knowledge economy.
- A process to engage key stakeholders in agreeing a distinctive, evidencebased vision for North Staffordshire and in committing to actions to take the vision forward.
- A launch event for the vision and next steps.
To achieve these objectives, we conducted a detailed research and consultancy project that sought to engage with key stakeholders throughout.