We are commissioning the development of a tool, resource or process, that supports public and community sector actors to take evidence-informed-actions to strengthen multisectoral collaborations that improve community wellbeing.
In the next phase of our work on Community Wellbeing and as part of the Resourceful Communities Partnership (RCP), we are seeking to commission a partner to lead the prototyping, testing and refinement, and delivery of the tool/resource, building on the research and stakeholder engagement underpinning this tender. We are open to joint applications from existing collaborations, partnerships, consortium bids, and/or bids with the potential to evolve into a strategic partnership from public, third or private sector organisations.
As part of the RCP, we intend to steward this process and broker relationships but we are looking to commission a partner with a fresh perspective, relevant skills, and who can maximise project impact and longevity (in terms of relevance and uptake of what is delivered). Recent engagements helped us develop key principles for how we would like to work together with our partner:
- Take a co-productive approach that mobilises practice-based expertise and fosters collective ownership of the final output.
- Take a flexible approach to enable a wide-range of Welsh public service stakeholders to input at various points throughout the development process given the networked nature of the RCP and range of interests in this tool/resource.
- Avoid duplication and keep stakeholders informed and engaged by ‘working out loud’.
The need for this commission is underpinned by our previous research with the RCP on the role multisector collaboration plays in improving community wellbeing. The research highlights the critical ‘ingredients’ for initiating and sustaining multisector collaboration as well as actions that can foster those ingredients.
WCPP Senior Research Fellow Amanda Hill-Dixon said, “We are looking forward to finding and working with a partner to help us deliver a practical resource that can actively help public and community sector organisations to strengthen their collaborations by drawing evidence, insights and relevant tools and support”
“A key output from our recent research on multisector collaboration to improve community wellbeing was a Framework for Action which, while useful, stops short of supporting potential users to assess which actions are most suitable for their collaboration and context. Through deeper engagement, we learnt that what’s needed to address this isn’t to make this research more engaging and accessible, rather, to develop a tool/resource that bridges the gap between evidence and action.”
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