Collaborative Citizens
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The Raffles Review of our ‘Anatomy of Collaboration’
'The Anatomy of Collaboration' is a new report from Collaborate in partnership with Oxford University’s Collaborating Centre for Values-based Practice and London South Bank University. The report sets out the key facets of successful collaboration.
The Anatomy of Collaboration
'The Anatomy of Collaboration' is a new report from Collaborate in partnership with Oxford University’s Collaborating Centre for Values-based Practice and London South Bank University. The report sets out the key facets of successful collaboration.
Collaboration Readiness: Why it matters, how to build it, and where to start
This new publication offers a practical guide to collaboration readiness, drawn from our practice across the UK and beyond. We believe there's no transformation without collaboration and no collaboration without readiness: this report helps you to take a step back and consider six different aspects of collaboration and provides a shallow route into building readiness in each.
Beyond Big Contracts: Commissioning public services for better outcomes
This presentation explores the future of public service commissioning and delivery.
From Providers to Partners: What Will It Take?
Collaborate launches a report with the Coalition for Care and Support Providers in Scotland (CCPS), which examines the question of how to shift relationships between commissioners and providers into the territory of real collaboration.
‘From delivering services to collaborating for outcomes’ – Making Good
Collaborate's Executive Director Dr Henry Kippin contributes to the debate about the future of the voluntary sector in a full volume of essays, 'Making Good: the future of the voluntary sector'.
The Future of Public Services
The Future of Public Services presents a summary of round-table events held in partnership between Collaborate, RSA 2020 Public Services, and the ESRC in 2013.
Public Service Spin-Outs 2014: Needs and Wants
Public Service Spin-Outs: Needs and Wants is a new report looking at UK 'spin-out' sector by assessing its needs, wants, obstacles and aspirations within public service delivery.
Beyond Big Contracts: Commissioning public services for better outcomes
'Beyond Big Contracts' explores the readiness of public service commissioners and providers to meet citizens’ needs in an increasingly complex commissioning landscape.
Social Value: A Commissioning Framework
Collaborate and The Transition Institute have developed a framework for social value commissioning – drawn from a range of expert contributions, and in-depth development work at Lambeth Council and Sunderland City Council.
Blog posts
Insights on infrastructure for place-based system change
We are just over half-way through our research project on the infrastructure for place-based system change. This blog piece shares insights from this work so far, setting out why systems change is relevant to public services now, the role of infrastructure in supporting it and our draft infrastructure framework, which includes components such as place-based strategies, accountability, governance and data.
The Raffles Review of our ‘Anatomy of Collaboration’
'The Anatomy of Collaboration' is a new report from Collaborate in partnership with Oxford University’s Collaborating Centre for Values-based Practice and London South Bank University. The report sets out the key facets of successful collaboration.
Collective ambition: a responsible next–step for funders?
Working with Independent funders on collaborative social change. Funders have already created good practice within their programmes of work; but how can we improve practice between them which recognises and responds to the collective responsibility they have towards the social issues they fund?
Understanding Systems Infrastructure
Following on from our Behaving like a System report last year, Anna Randle sets out the focus of the next stage of our research on ‘system infrastructure’
The Anatomy of Collaboration
'The Anatomy of Collaboration' is a new report from Collaborate in partnership with Oxford University’s Collaborating Centre for Values-based Practice and London South Bank University. The report sets out the key facets of successful collaboration.
Helping Europe’s Social Funders to Collaborate
Last month Collaborate, along with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the IKEA Foundation and Big Lottery Fund, presented the Funding Ecology concept and the complimentary mapping technique at the European Foundation Centre’s annual conference. The session encouraged independent funders from across Europe to consider their role and value within a funding ecosystem, and provided examples of how mapping could support this process of awareness. See here for a more detailed review.
Why demand management matters to Europe’s cities. The best idea you’ve never heard of
Henry Kippin writes for URBACT on why demand management will become fundamental to the sustainability of cities.
Wanted: Collaboration that Gets Things Done
Collaborate director Henry Kippin responds to recent arguments that collaboration is a trend whose time has come and gone.
Funding ecology – a comma towards a full stop
Big Lottery Fund's Sufina Ahmad and Rosie Mockett share their thoughts on the second report in the funding ecology programme.
Demand Management and Behaviour Change: a manual for collaborative practice
Collaborate and the Leadership Centre are today launching a delivery-focussed manual for managing demand. This follows on from major Collaborate research in 2014, that explored the potential of demand management to address unprecedented social and economic challenges within a tough climate of fiscal constraints.