Welcome to the Summer 2022 newsletter for the Human Learning Systems network! — This newsletter brings you news on Human Learning Systems (HLS). If you want us to stay in touch with you about HLS in future and haven’t joined the HLS community through the HLS website, please do so now! We’d also like to invite you to complete a brief survey to…

It’s an unusual moment of consensus about the direction of travel for health and care. — The NHS reforms currently working their way through Parliament put place-based, whole system collaboration right at the heart of how we seek to improve health outcomes and tackle inequalities in our communities. It’s exciting to see collaboration being built so explicitly into government policy and we’re delighted to be working…

Tackling complex social problems requires you to act beyond the boundaries of your organisation to change the systems in which these problems are embedded. In this blog we share what we’ve learned about this difficult work and the behaviours and mindsets it requires. — Collaborate exists to support people at all levels and in public and voluntary sectors to work together to achieve social change. We focus on seeking lasting solutions to complex problems that cut across organisational boundaries and where solutions require a system-wide response.

What does it take to change local systems? Following on from two previous blogs (here and here) about our work in partnership with NPC as evaluation and learning partner to Save the Children’s Early Learning Communities (ELC) programme, in this blog we share key insights from the latest systems change evaluation report. …

This is the second blog of a two-part journey written by Tajwar Shelim, our Junior Researcher, about how he sees his role in changing systems at Collaborate. If you haven’t read Part I, you can find it here. “I always thought that the rule of law was designed to preserve and enlarge human freedom, giving a voice to the voiceless and justice to the judged. Applying to us all equally, regardless of social status, race, religion, gender, or colour. I sincerely believed this, or maybe I wanted to…

Tajwar Shelim joined Collaborate as a researcher in January 2021. This is a personal blog about the experiences that led him to focus on changing systems that perpetuate inequality, and to his role at Collaborate. Change is a funny thing. We are told from an early age that without change, nothing is possible, that it’s the ultimate goal to strive for, that progress is impossible without it, but in reality, we are all terrified of it. …

Change is a funny thing. We are told from an early age that without change, nothing is possible, that it’s the ultimate goal to strive for, that progress is impossible without it, but in reality, we are all terrified of it. …

New role at Collaborate to support our growing programme of work — JOB DESCRIPTION — Project & Relationship Manager About us Collaborate is a social enterprise that supports places and partnerships to collaborate to improve social outcomes for citizens across the UK. …