We build bridges between communities and organisations
We are a social enterprise that wants public services to work in equal partnership with local people rather than to or for them, so better decisions are made and everyone can experience better outcomes.
We partner with the brave pioneers and innovators who want to adopt this way of working using collaborative and community-based approaches.
Working in partnership with People's Voice Media to gather insights about people’s lived experiences of poverty in Dudley.
We helped staff, carers and parents work together to improve the wellbeing of families of children and young people with autism in Bromley.
Creative evaluation to follow, capture and draw learning from the experiences of people across Bury, Oldham and Stockport.
We ran co-production training for a team of community development workers at the Westway Trust.
We worked with Dudley Council to help them explore and set their new priorities for adult health and social care services.
Creating a service specification for Children and Young People’s Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Services to inspire innovative responses from providers.
We helped Tower Hamlets Clinical Commisioning Group evaluate how effective their current strategy had been in creating meaningful patient involvement.
We delivered and ran an income generation workshop for professtional playwork teams.
We reviewed Turning Tides current approaches to co-production.
"Through our work with Ideas Alliance, it has completely changed things. We have different conversations now, we share ownership and have equal power."
Julia Simmonds, Service Manager Strategic Partnerships, Dudley Council
"Our organisation has benefited considerably from working alongside the Ideas Alliance. For us it has been good to be able to have the opportunity to take time to reflect and have a critical friend to drive us to do better for those we serve."
April Baker, Head of Development & Quality, Turning Tides
"I really felt empowered working with the Ideas Alliance team. They echoed children and young people's voices and experiences in an innovative way."
Nazmin Mansuria, Senior Commissioning Manager, NHS Bromley CCG
“Working with the Ideas Alliance has always been rewarding. Supporting my work as a Health and Care Commissioner to introduce Alliance Contracting enabled a positive shift in culture as well as practice to take place and more recently their collaborative, relational approach to supporting power shifting has generated real learning, particularly about the importance and place for values and trust in a public service system.”
Nick Dixon, Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership
We partner with local people, charities, councils, community organisations and national bodies on specific projects or as end-to-end delivery partners.
Storytelling
For strategy development, evaluations and to drive change
Co-production advice and guidance
Through workshop sessions and supporting you on specific projects
Communities of Practice
People learning and sharing together in a safe, open space.
Community research and evaluation
An appreciative approach to quantative and qualitative reviews
Looking for ideas and inspiration? Here you'll find stories about communities, collaboration and co-production in action.
We learn all about Maternal Journal, a worldwide peer-led movement helping people process the major changes they might experience in pregnancy, birth and beyond through creative journaling. The first in our series showcasing the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance's brilliant Collective Power Award 2021 shortlist.
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We answer some questions for the Social Research Association's quarterly Research Matters magazine about our organisational structure as part of their look at business models for social research. Read the reprinted article here.
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In this guest blog experienced charity worker Bex Clarkson advocates for radical change and outlines the remedies she sees, from looking at the money, recognising resistance and not just swapping out the CEO.
Read articleWe work with a range of people and organisations including local authorities, charities, community members, voluntary groups and national bodies.
