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About us
Collaborate is an independent CIC focusing on the thinking, culture and practice of cross-sector collaboration in services to the public.
We care about outcomes and values, not sectors
Our work actively promotes services to the public that engage government, business and civil society, blurring traditional boundaries and prioritising outcomes over sector preconceptions
We support collaborative citizens
Our starting point is the voice of the citizen, family and community, and our approach will always look for ways to support their capability, independence and resilience.
We work with people who want genuine collaboration
Our clients and partners are people who want to collaborate to deliver better outcomes – we help them to make it happen through different thinking, culture and practice
We offer honest relationships, not pre-baked solutions
Our way of working is different – we believe that the best approaches are co-created; we work hard to convene networks, broker relationships and be ‘comfortable with uncomfortable’
We build readiness and unlock capacity
Our approach is to enable others to find their own solutions; we use independent evidence and diagnostic insight, then build capability in others to make delivery sustainable
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What we do
Diagnostic
We use deliberative research to hold a mirror to systems, organisations and people, developing clear insights and uncovering evidence to support action by asking the right questions
Shared Space
We hold the tension inherent in all good collaborations by brokering relationships between individuals and across sectors, enabling collaborative problem solving
Readiness
We help you do the dark work that builds collaboration, focusing on both behaviours and infrastructure, and working with both leaders and those operating across the system
Delivery
We help you develop approaches that deliver against your collaborative ambition – through impact evaluation, performance incentives, and accountability frameworks
Our thinking
Latest thought leadership
Building a Coalition of Collaborators in 2015
On January 27th 2015, Collaborate, Social Innovation Exchange (SIX) and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation launched 'Building a Coalition of Collaborators in 2015', a 'next steps' look reflecting the ideas and insights from last year's Unusual Suspects Festival.
‘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.
Most popular reports
Managing Demand: Building Future Public Services
'Managing Demand: Building Future Public Services' explores the potential of Demand Management to address the unprecedented challenges of rising demand and changing demographics within a tough climate of fiscal constraints.
‘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'.
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.
Latest blog posts
Behaviour change for systems change
Collaborate's La Toyah McAllistair-Jones and Sarah Billiald write for NewStart magazine about their recent report 'Behaving like a System?' and the ‘preconditions’ for systems change.
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.
Sent to Coventry: lessons from place-based systems research in Coventry
La Toyah McAllister-Jones shares her observations on systems change from Collaborate's recent work in Coventry.
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