Collaborating with communities

Strong, active and connected communities hold the solutions to many of the challenges we face.

Case studies

Many public sector organisations are asking themselves how they can collaborate with local people effectively and equitably and invest in the conditions that give people the opportunity and means to participate in their own services and communities. We help organisations understand why and how to collaborate with local people and service users, making space for others to exercise power and enable community-led action.

Insights

collaborating with communities

Oct 23rd 2025

Collaborating with communities Insights

The Local Area Retrofit Accelerator: testing a collaborative approach to creating a system change strategy

What if more strategies were developed collaboratively and through participatory approaches? What if they drew…

Sep 26th 2025

Collaborating with communities Funders Insights

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…

Jun 26th 2025

Collaborating with communities Insights Local government

Rebuilding trust is everybody’s business

Eight years on, restorative approaches developed after the Grenfell tragedy are relevant everywhere, argue Dawn…

Jun 2nd 2025

Collaborating with communities Commissioning Insights Local government

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…

Apr 11th 2025

Collaborating with communities Insights Local government Local government reorganisation Place-based partnerships Reports

People, purpose and power for a new era

New partnership approaches are needed to tackle the challenges at the heart of local government,…

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