1. Collective impact Emma Cooper, M&E Unit
West Midland Funders Network, November 2017

2. What is collective impact
‘Collective impact builds from a belief that urgent challenges faced by our society mean that we can no longer depend on the ‘isolated’ efforts of individual organisations or interventions’
Current challenges
Principles of collective impact
Collective impact in the youth sector
Considerations for funders

3. ‘isolated impact’
Organisation / commissioner seeks info to demonstrate that service meets need
Organisation / commissioner seeks extra resource to continue resource
Delivery organisation / commissioner identifies area of need
Service is created or commissioned to meet stated need

4. challenges Expensive Resource-intensive Disconnected from practice
Emphasis on individual organisations
Individual or ‘bespoke’ solutions
Lack of consensus
No common language
No community-level change
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5. Collective impact as a response
Engage a large number of organisations
Ongoing facilitated process
Comparative performance metrics
Learning community
Goal alignment
Increased effectiveness
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6. When to take a collective impact approach
Emergent understanding
Expert understanding
Immediate action
Best practice
Cynefin Framework

7. PRINCPLES OF COLLECTIVE IMPACT
Common agenda
Shared vision for change
Data-driven analysis of the present situation
Shared mission statement that sets out goal for change
Shared measurement
Common indicators for measuring and monitoring progress
One or more common tools
Agreed approach to data gathering, reporting and analysis
Agreed to performance management and accountability
Infrastructure for recording monitoring, analysis and reporting on data
Mutually reinforcing activities
Detailed mapping of existing provision
Detailed understanding of a ‘typical’ user journey
Agreement on complementary strategies
An organisational structure that allows for activities to be refined
Continuous communication
Regular meetings with the ‘right’ actors
Fully operational feedback
Balance of decision making structures
Meaningful data that allows for real time decision making
Backbone support
Neutral, funded staff team brought together for the collective impact initative
Team members skilled in facilitation, mediation and conditions for shared learning

8. Collective impact in practice

9. Collective impact: West London zone
Place-based collective impact project that supports children and young people living in three square miles of inner west London
Based on the Harlem Children's Zone, supporting 12, year-olds ‘from cradle to college’
Model
Identifying
In depth survey conducted in an ‘anchor’ to identify those at risk. Focus on ‘strengths’ as well as ‘needs’
Supporting
Bespoke package of support delivered by social sector partners
3. Monitoring
Comprehensive database bringing together data provided by anchors, charities and Link Works. Children monitored over time.
West London Zone network map

10. Considerations for funders
When would a collaborative impact approach work?
Are partners willing to commit to a collaborative impact approach?
What constitutes ‘neutrality’ for a backbone organisation?
How can backbone organisations be resourced?
How can a collective impact approach demonstrate funding compliance?
How can trust be developed within a sector to allow open communication?

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