Collaborative leadership — making it everyone’s business
Last month, we facilitated a two-day collaborative leadership convention for 280 staff and board members from the 43 Active Partnerships across England, plus wider partners. Here we…
Watch your language!
In our new report, Exploring the New World, we identify how funders, commissioners and organisations working in complex environments are fundamentally rethinking the design and delivery…
Notes from the field: Essex – Tackling physical inactivity
Essex is one of twelve Local Delivery Pilots supported by Sport England to test new ways of tackling physical inactivity. There’s no simple solution to increasing levels…
Notes from the field: Tower Hamlets – Creating opportunities for community led change
Since 2017 Collaborate has been working closely with partners in Tower Hamlets to develop a place-based borough plan and support a new Strategic Partnership Group. The Plan,…
Leading public services today: It’s tough out there
One of the greatest privileges of my job is to run the Solace/Collaborate Ignite system leadership programme for local government chief executives. Through this work I get…
The tangled and the trapped: Reforming public services a citizen at a time
This week, Mark Smith, Director of Public Service Reform at Gateshead Council, shares his reflections on the early stages of a pilot that is looking…
The art of the possible
Why we should be optimistic about local public services This article was originally published in The MJ, on the 5th June 2018. It sometimes feels like…
The future of funding and commissioning
Moving from theory to practice We’re excited to continue our partnership with Dr Toby Lowe (Newcastle University Business School) to launch a new phase of…
Local Systems Change — uncovering some commonalities and challenges
Earlier this month Collaborate CIC and Save the Children UK brought together people from a range of sectors (from voluntary and community groups to councils…
The Critical Role of Community Action in Public Service Reform
Time to get serious, says Annabel Davidson Knight. Last week I was invited to contribute to a Co-operative Neighbourhoods workshop alongside a range of actors…