Celebrating 7 Years: milestone moments and looking forward

2024 marks 7 years of Ideas Alliance. Over that time we’ve grown from a small story sharing platform to a social consultancy on a mission to make co-production and collaboration the norm across the country. Co-founder Helen Sharp starts our celebrations by looking back at how it all started and what’s coming next.
Why 2024 is all about collaborative commissioning

Ideas Alliance co-founder Helen Sharp kicks off the new year reflecting on how exciting it is to see the health and social care commissioning landscape shift slowly as more people take up the co-production and collaborative commissioning banner.
Alliancing in Health and Social Care Symposium

Key takeaways from the first UK Alliancing in Health and Social Care Symposium we hosted in Birmingham earlier this month where we discussed how have conversations about how far alliancing has come in the past ten years, how to bring others to the table, and what we need to do next.
Beyond Empower: supporting healthy, active lives for disabled people by transforming mainstream spaces and services

In this guest blog, Beyond Empower founder Ben Andrews tells us about their work to transform mainstream spaces, communities and leisure services so that they’re accessible to people with disabilities. By thinking differently about the barriers, Beyond Empower help providers, councils and businesses create services that everyone in the community can access and enjoy.
Keep it Local – call for evidence

As part of their Keep it Local campaign, Locality would like to hear from you and understand how the public service landscape is shaping up
Report review: Better services, stronger economy

This latest guidance from Locality shakes up procurement and gives you ideas for keeping services local and increasing social value
Report review: Rebooting Health and Social Care Integration

Localis’ latest report on the integration of health and social advocates a new focus and a move away from structures and finance.
Guest Blog: Are we asking the right questions about asset-based development?

Fiona Weir explores the asset-based questions to ask when development isn’t happening as expected.
Report review: The Art of the Possible in Public Procurement

This publication will give commissioners the confidence to challenge resistant procurement practice and support innovation. A must-read…