Getting upstream: a preventative approach to whole family support in Fife
One in three children in the UK and one in four Scottish children live in poverty. Those in lone-parent families face even worse levels of…
Test and Learn in Action: the Gloucestershire Short Breaks Partnership – sharing the learning and transferable lessons
How VCSE providers are innovating to bring Short Breaks to more disabled young people in Gloucestershire than ever before. Part 1 of this blog described…
Test and Learn in Action: the Gloucestershire Short Breaks Partnership – introducing the challenge, the test and the learning framework
How VCSE providers are innovating to bring Short Breaks to more disabled young people in Gloucestershire than ever before. One year ago, we started our…
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…
A new era for Wigan Borough: from The Deal to Progress with Unity
The Wigan Deal is one of the most recognised and celebrated approaches to reform in local government and public service of the past two decades….
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…
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…
How flooding spurred a rethink of the relationship between citizen and state in Test Valley
In our recent work with Test Valley Council, we found it inspirational to learn about how they’ve developed relationships with local communities and embedded this…
Building a Collaborative Society: Reflections from Theodora Cadbury, founder of Xenia
In January we published our Manifesto for a Collaborative Society. Here we explore a ‘green shoot’ that helps demonstrate what a collaborative society looks like and…
Evaluating systems change (during the pandemic): Lessons for Save the Children’s Early Learning Communities Programme
This is the second in a series of joint blogs by Collaborate and NPC. It has been posted on both organisation’s websites. In a previous blog, we set…