A collaborative effort towards common outcomes for all babies, children and young people
About us
The Common Outcomes for Children and Young People Collaborative is a coalition of an increasingly diverse group of stakeholders who are working together towards a common approach to outcomes for all babies, children and young people – it has evolved into an experimental, collaborative effort to address a systemic problem.
Our shared vision is of improved and better outcomes for all babies, children and young people.
Our mission is to build consensus, transform practice and embed a shared vision and route to greatest impact for babies, children and young people.
The case for collaboration
The movement towards a common approach to outcomes seeks to address the lack of agreement about and understanding of what ‘good’ or ‘improved’ outcomes look like for children, with even less understanding of how babies, children and young people themselves would view and define success, and what is most important for them. This is perpetuated by a disconnected array of competing outcomes and performance frameworks, separate data systems and fragmented data collection, feeding an ever-growing set of disparate goals and purposes, exacerbated by different language and understanding.
All this results in wasted efforts, money and opportunities, to maximise the impact of our collective resources, and undermines our efforts to do the very best for children.
The wide and ever-expanding coalition has come together through a shared recognition of the problem, the myriad of consequences but also the potential to address it through collaboration, to move towards a common approach, focusing on what really matters to children, their families and communities.
The framework
Where next
The Common Outcomes for Children and Young People Collaborative is supported by a group of aspirational and like-minded funders who each have allocated core funding grants contributing towards the next phase of development of the Collaborative – Ethos Foundation, Collective Futures, KPMG Foundation and Elevate Great. Discussions are underway with others who may join the funders’ group to support the next stage of development.
Building on the previous work, our aim as a small team of Elaine Fulton, Director, and Hannah Wilson, Assistant Director, is to lead, coordinate and deliver the next phase of the programme:
Develop a theory of change for the common outcomes movement
Continue to work across traditional boundaries and systems, seeing linkages, addressing barriers and drawing together disparate elements into an increasingly cohesive, combined approach
Convene and collaborate across the system – sustaining and building the wide network of partners and interested individuals and organisations
Scope and specify work packages and projects, bringing together those with the skills, expertise and capacity needed, matching to interested funders
Developing a web platform for sharing learning and communicating about our collective efforts
Contact Us
If you are working with babies, children and young people and would like to explore how you can contribute to a common outcomes approach, through funding or direct involvement, get in touch here.
