The Principles of Collaborating Out Loud are a values-based framework for creating meaningful collaboration, social innovation and positive change. The principles encourage people and organisations to work openly, build trusted communities, embrace diverse perspectives, share power, act with generosity and kindness, and turn ideas into practical action. Rooted in co-production and fair exchange, they provide a foundation for creating inclusive spaces where lived experience, professional expertise and collective learning come together to drive change and strengthen communities. 

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Fairer Health for All Leadership Approach is a collection of insights, tools and resources designed to help leaders rethink how they lead in order to tackle health inequalities and create a fairer future for all. Co-developed through conversations with people with lived experience and those working across health and care, the approach encourages leaders to think differently, build stronger relationships, share power, and place communities at the heart of decision-making. It provides practical resources to support inclusive, compassionate and community-centred leadership across Greater Manchester and beyond. 

Below are the insights that we gathered across Greater Manchester and informed the Gallery of Ideas and tools that were developed. 

FHFA System Landscape Review.pdf 

2. FHFA Leadership Summary System Insights.pdf
3. FHFA Leadership Mapping Pack.pdf
4. FHFA Locality Insight Pack.pdf
5. FHFA Community and Citizen Insignts.pdf

Below are the different versions of the Gallery of Ideas as well as printable versions.  

1. Gallery of Ideas.pdf
2. Opening the Archive.pdf
3. Powerful Prompts.pdf
4. How to Run the Gallery of Ideas.pdf
5. How to Run the Gallery of Ideas – Printable.pdf
6. Preparing to Hold the Gallery of Ideas.pdf
7. People’s Gallery of Ideas.pdf
8. Peopleu0027s Gallery of Ideas – Printable.pdf

A series of practical tools mapped to the Gallery of Ideas that help leaders explore and apply the ideas. 

1. FHFA Imagineering experience.pdf
2. FHFA journalone pageversion.pdf 
3. FHFA Tools Develop.pdf
4. FHFA Tools Feeling Safety Barriers.pdf
5. FHFA Tools Relating Power.pdf
6. FHFA Tools Seeing WhatisYour Opportunity for Change.pdf 
7. FHFA Tools Thinking Pick Your Spot.pdf
8. FHFA The how designing leadership reflective questions tool.pdf
9. FHFA The time is now reflective questions tool.pdf
10. FHFA Tools Ways of feeling reflective question tools.pdf
11. FHFA ways of feeling safety barriers reflective questions tool.pdf
12. FHFA ways of relating islands of leadership reflective questions tool.pdf
13. FHFA Ways of relating reflective questions tool.pdf
14. FHFA ways of relating rethinking power reflective questions tool.pdf
15. FHFA ways of relating words shape what is possible reflective questions tool.pdf
16. FHFA Ways of seeing see beyond reflective questions tool.pdf
17. FHFA Ways of thinking reflective questions tool.pdf

Below are the print ready boards, if you want to run the Gallery of Ideas yourself then use these to get the boards printed. There are packs around Greater Manchester and please email hello@collaborateoutloud.org if you want to access one of these to run your event. 

A1 FHFA peoples gallery of ideas cream background 1.pdf 

A1 FHFA peoples gallery of ideas cream background 2THE TIME IS NOW.pdf 

A1 FHFA peoples gallery of ideas cream background 3 WAYS OF SEEING.pdf 

A1 FHFA peoples gallery of ideas cream background 4 WAYS OF THINKING.pdf 

A1 FHFA peoples gallery of ideas cream background 5 WAYS OF FEELING.pdf 

A1 FHFA peoples gallery of ideas cream background 6 SAFETY BARRIERS.pdf 

A1 FHFA peoples gallery of ideas cream background 7 WAYS OF RELATING.pdf 

A1 FHFA peoples gallery of ideas cream background 8 RETHINKING POWER.pdf 

A1 FHFA peoples gallery of ideas cream background 9 WORDS.pdf 

A1 FHFA peoples gallery of ideas cream background 10 CONNECTING.pdf 

A1 FHFA peoples gallery of ideas cream background 11 THE HOW.pdf 

A–Z of Different Conversations is a practical and inspiring resource that explores 26 key words, from Affiliation to Zen, to help people build more meaningful, person-centred conversations. Designed to encourage empathy, curiosity, trust and understanding, it offers simple insights that support stronger relationships, greater inclusion and more positive interactions in everyday life. 

A5 A-Z of different conversations print version.pdf 

Bonnet Toppers is a community-led craftivism resource that uses simple handmade creations to spark conversations about the risks of drinking during pregnancy and raise awareness of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Through practical activities, reflection and gentle activism, the pack helps individuals and communities turn creativity into action, spreading important health messages one Bonnet Topper at a time 

Bonnet Toppers Community pack.pdf 

Bonnet Toppers at Christmas is a festive community craftivism resource that encourages people to raise awareness of the risks of drinking during pregnancy through creativity, conversation and gentle activism. Using handmade Christmas-themed Bonnet Toppers, the campaign combines seasonal community engagement with practical actions that help spread the message that there is no safe time or amount of alcohol to drink during pregnancy. 

Bonnet Toppers at Christmas.pdf 

How to Make a World of Difference is a creative community engagement resource that uses craftivism to help people share what matters most to them. Through a simple hands-on activity, participants create a “World of Difference” that explores their hopes, strengths, communities and aspirations, encouraging meaningful conversations between residents, decision-makers and public services. Suitable for all ages, it offers an accessible and inspiring way to amplify community voices and support co-production. 

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 A World of Difference Activity Sheet.pdf 

Facilitating a Collaborative Mentoring Process Playbook is a comprehensive guide for organisations, facilitators and leaders who want to design and deliver collaborative mentoring programmes. Packed with practical tools, workshop plans, communication templates, reflective activities and evaluation resources, it provides everything needed to create trust-based learning partnerships that promote inclusion, shared learning, equity and meaningful organisational change. 

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Collaborative Mentoring Journal is an interactive reflection and learning resource designed to strengthen collaborative mentoring relationships. Built around the five principles of Collaborating Out Loud, it features over 50 practical activities that encourage trust, empathy, inclusion, shared learning, generosity and creative action. Perfect for mentors, mentees and peer learning partnerships, the journal helps individuals turn conversations into meaningful insights, stronger connections and positive change. 

Collaborative Mentoring Journal.pdf 

Developing a Collaborate Out Loud Mindset is a six-week self-guided learning experience designed for people who want to collaborate differently, build stronger connections, and create positive change. Through a series of interactive guides, reflection activities, and practical tools, participants explore the Collaborate Out Loud principles and develop the confidence, mindset and skills needed to work more openly, creatively and collaboratively in their communities, organisations and networks 

5. COL Mindset Journal.pdf
6. Space 1 Exploration Book.pdf
7. Space 1 Exploration Book.pdf

COL mindset Space 2 experimentation.pdf 

COL mindset Space 2 exploration book .pdf 

COL mindset Space 3 exploration book .pdf 

COL mindset Space 3 exploration book .pdf 

COL mindset Space 5 exploration book .pdf 

COL mindset Space 6 exploration book .pdf