What does a place-based approach to Human Learning Systems look like?
Practical insights from pioneering places The need for reform in public services has never been stronger or more urgent. Since taking office the government has…
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Rethinking research infrastructure one year on: from energy to embedded practice
Since early 2021, Collaborate and the British Science Association (BSA) have been working with communities through Ideas Fund, an equitable, relational programme that foregrounds partnerships…
How to build a test and learn approach – autumn learning series
Are you grappling with how you can embed a test and learn approach to your work? Is it challenging to know where to begin or…
The bigger you go, the less you know: seizing the local government reorganisation opportunity
With the appointment of a new minister, MHCLG has an opportunity to refocus local government reorganisation and make sure it achieves the impact the effort deserves.
Start as you mean to go on – Best Start in Life Strategies
With the appointment of a new minister, MHCLG has an opportunity to refocus local government reorganisation and make sure it achieves the impact the effort deserves.
Leadership in Human Learning Systems
This blog was co-authored by Leigh Brown and Naomi Diamond.We’ve been exploring what kind of leadership is needed for Human Learning Systems (HLS) – and…
From the work, through the work: our equitable evaluation approach for the Making it Happen programme
Evaluators are objective experts and final arbiters, working retrospectively with data that matters because it can be counted. Sound familiar? At Collaborate, we take a…
Reimagining research collaboration: how can universities help their local places thrive?
What if research collaboration was less about exchanging evidence and insight across organisations, and more about learning together? Our new report invites universities and their…
Transformational Best Start in Life Strategies
Across the UK, local authorities, health and community partnerships are working hard to give every child the best start in life. But they’re operating within…
The case for putting place-based, relational approaches at the heart of local government reorganisation
“The bigger you go, the less you know” Collaborate has worked with Test Valley Borough Council to build the case for why place-based, relational approaches…
Commissioning with communities: a toolkit for a human learning systems approach
Are you wondering how to get started on a different approach to commissioning, working with communities? Is the new procurement act leaving you uncertain about…
Leading Greater Essex: impact for 2024 cohort
Collaborate facilitated the 2024 cohort of Leading Greater Essex (LGE), building on the success of previous cohorts, but also adding further developments, to enhance and…
Active Partnerships: trusted supplier
Collaborate is to delighted to have been confirmed as a trusted supplier for the Active Partnerships National Organisation. Active Partnerships is a nationwide movement, physical…
Rebuilding trust is everybody’s business
Eight years on, restorative approaches developed after the Grenfell tragedy are relevant everywhere, argue Dawn Plimmer of Collaborate CIC and Sarah Castell of Involve.
From the ground up: rethinking local government
Listen to Collaborate CEO Rebecca Murphy talk to Matt Masters for the Truth about local government podcast. The podcast explores Collaborate’s experience and insights, and…
Changing the narrative: advancing equity in Human Learning Systems
Produced by Onika Winston, Malavika Murali, Naomi Diamond and Gabriel Eichsteller Changing the Narrative is our six episode podcast series featuring people involved in the…
Collaborate’s commissioning offer: supporting commissioners to step into their role as enablers for social change
At Collaborate, we take a whole system approach to commissioning, supporting commissioners to step into their role as enablers for social change. We look beyond…
Let’s co-create a new era of commissioning with communities
Image: Building dream service models – working together on commissioning in complex systems can involve using all sorts of tools and techniques. A version of…
Ignite programme: system leadership for local government chief executives
Collaborate is once again delivering the Ignite programme on behalf of Solace starting this autumn. In six days, across nine months, up to 12 local…
Collaborate newsletter May 2025
You can read all the latest news and views from the team in our May newsletter.