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We need to think about how communities thrive rather than merely survive, says Anna Randle chief executive of Collaborate
This article was originally published in The LGC, on the 9th October 2019.
Brexit, austerity, rising demands on services: the to-do list of any local authority politician or officer can seem overwhelming today, and survival an achievement in itself....

Welcome to Collaborate’s first ever podcast series, in which nine fascinating people with diverse perspectives discuss their views on a Collaborative Society with our host, Collaborate’s founder and Chair, Lord Victor Adebowale.
If you are looking for ideas, fresh thinking and hope about our collective future, then we hope this series will help. We know times are tough, but it is our belief that in this turbulence we can find clues to the sources of our social, economic and...

Exploring the new world: Case study With Stirling Council and The Robertson Trust
Over the past three years we have been working with colleagues at Newcastle Business School (Northumbria University) exploring alternative approaches to commissioning, funding and managing social support which better respond to real-life complexity....

Here is the latest #NotesFromTheField blog, written by Hannah Elliott, the Acting Transformation Service Manager at Kirklees Council
Here in Kirklees we want a place-based model of support and delivery for our citizens and communities. Our Kirklees Outcomes are outcomes for the whole borough, and it stands to reason that we can only achieve them by taking a whole system approach....