- Notes on conversations about collaboration:
- People recognise it’s important, but what actually is it?
- Some feel there isn’t enough, that often projects may not even be aware of each other
- How does collaboration actually happen? Is there a guide for it?
- Complex issues need collaboration
- There’s lots already going on that people just aren’t aware of
- We need to ensure we collaborate with the existing community – find what they need and what they are doing, not just our ideas
- We say “collaboration”, but it can be easy to already have your idea in mind, and end up just trying to recruit for it
- We want to collaborate around values – but what does that mean?
- What really is a “values based conversation”?
- Social prescribing – it’s collaborative
- Collaboration requires inclusivity. Even some exercises at the groups weren’t fully inclusive
- Collaboration is a verb – a thing you do
- As we think about action, what should the approach be and what do we need?
- To understand then act – to have purpose
- There is a national framework, how can we work with that?
- What data do we need?
- What existing projects work within the national focus?
- How can we do a small thing and deliver on it, and then build?
- We also need to affect systems, but how, if they are so large?
- We need to listen to the issues within these areas, not rush in with our answers
- Let’s not rush in too fast!
- Stories
- The values and attributes mentioned:
- Caring
- Listening
- Proactive
- Trust
- Learning
- Creativity
- Areas of interest expressed
- Art Therapy as a way to reach middle aged men (high at risk group) – but maybe not call it “therapy”
- Trusted adults in the community
- Befriending services in the community – requires collaboration
- Financial literacy and help – when you only have X amount left for the month
- A toolkit for wellbeing?
- Information: celebrate what already is going on, festivals, digital marketing
- Video campaign – ‘oh’ moments
- Virtues project & skills builder
