People, purpose and power
Five pioneering councils have teamed up with Collaborate CIC to share insight, solve problems collectively and build their influence – all with a common goal: to work with people, not impose solutions on them.
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.
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…
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.
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…
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 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 –…