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…
Insights & resources
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.
System stewardship in practice: what is it and how do I get started?
Are you trying to tackle complex social challenges but getting stuck due to due to siloed working, competition, and power imbalances? Do you feel that…
A once in a lifetime opportunity
Relational approaches to public services should be core to Local Government Reorganisation. This is a once in a life- time opportunity to re-examine and re-shape the operating model for local government.
People, purpose and power for a new era
New partnership approaches are needed to tackle the challenges at the heart of local government, say Chief Executive of Wigan Borough Alison McKenzie-Folan and Collaborate’s…
A vision of the collaborative relationships, partnerships and leadership needed to make the English Devolution White Paper work
This article was originally published in the MJ, on the 27 February 2025 Devolution and local government reorganisation are about re-thinking how local government can be fit…
A new era for Wigan Borough: from The Deal to Progress with Unity
Wigan Borough worked with partners to review the Wigan Deal and explore a ‘new era’ which resulted in the creation of Progress with Unity –…
Reframing Commissioning: Provocations for Change
Millions of disabled people rely on state-funded services and the valuable care workforce in order to lead independent and fulfilling lives. Accessing the support they…
News from Collaborate
Welcome Rebecca Murphy as our new CEO Rebecca has an outstanding record of leading change across the public sector, including local government, health and care…
Charting a New Era of change in Wigan
This article was originally published in the MJ, on the 28th August 2024 Wigan’s new phase of reform will build on what remains radical and relevant from…
Fostering meaningful collaboration between the VCSE and public sector: lessons from creating a ‘new era’ in Wigan
This is the first in a series of blogs sharing our practical insights about what it takes to create more equitable and meaningful relationships between…
A quiet revolution
This article was originally published in the MJ, on the 7th August 2024 Anna Randle considers how the collaboration agenda across public services has changed in…
Introducing Rebecca Murphy as our new Chief Executive (from Sept. 2024)
The Collaborate Board and team is delighted to announce that Rebecca Murphy will be the new Chief Executive of Collaborate CIC from September 2024. Rebecca…
Collaborate’s Summer Newsletter
With a general election just a week away and the sun finally shining, we’re feeling optimistic over at Collaborate HQ. It’s been a busy few months…