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The National Picture Neil Coulson. The A-Z of Consortium-Working. Birmingham Blackburn Coventry Doncaster Leeds London Knowsley Preston Salford Sheffield Stockport Wakefield. 19 May 2011. Drivers. Scale
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The National Picture Neil Coulson
The A-Z of Consortium-Working Birmingham Blackburn Coventry Doncaster Leeds London Knowsley Preston Salford Sheffield Stockport Wakefield 19 May 2011
Drivers Scale Joint working at the frontline – improved services for client groups Driving up standards Building capacity Strengthening competitive position 16 April 2014
Scope Sector-wide or sub-sector Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) Membership ownership and control Commissioner investment 19 May 2011
Challenges From culture of entitlement to culture of enterprise Seeing ‘the bigger picture’ In it for the long haul 19 May 2011
Greater Together • CYP Consortium across Lancashire • Idea emerged in 2011 • Set up as formal consortium (‘super provider’)
Vertical Alliance Commissioner Managing Body Frontline VCS Providers
Horizontal Alliance Commissioner Frontline VCS ‘Super Provider’
Benefits of a horizontal model • Grass roots ownership and ‘buy-in’ • Level playing field – mutualism, co-operation • Peer-to-peer mentoring/capacity building • Shared risk and reward • Creating a step change in VCS delivery capability
Greater Together’s approach to Localism • ‘Local Rootedness’ criterion within Membership Prospectus • Large and small • National and local
Successes • Over 70 members • 2011 - Investment from Lancashire Children and Young People’s Trust Board • 2012 - first contract secured - £700k for targeted youth support • 2013 – investment from Social Investment Business/second contract secured - £2.5m for Early Support services • 2014 – currently going for £3m Domestic Abuse contract
Critical Success Factors • Strong value proposition • Clear Theory of Change • Building on track records of constituent members • Proactive, entrepreneurial working group/board • Focus on innovation/new ways of doing things • Calculated approach to risk • Critical mass • Capacity building support from the second tier • Receptive commissioners