Creative Codesign
The Principles of Collaborating Out Loud
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 Gallery of Ideas and Tools
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.
Landscape Reviews and Insight Packs
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
FHFA Leadership Summary System Insights.pdf
FHFA Leadership Mapping Pack.pdf
FHFA Locality Insight Pack.pdf
FHFA Community and Citizen Insignts.pdf
Gallery of Ideas
Below are the different versions of the Gallery of Ideas as well as printable versions.
Gallery of Ideas.pdf
Opening the Archive.pdf
Powerful Prompts.pdf
How to Run the Gallery of Ideas.pdf
How to Run the Gallery of Ideas – Printable.pdf
Preparing to Hold the Gallery of Ideas.pdf
People’s Gallery of Ideas.pdf
Peopleu0027s Gallery of Ideas – Printable.pdf
Leadership Tools
A series of practical tools mapped to the Gallery of Ideas that help leaders explore and apply the ideas.
FHFA Imagineering experience.pdf
FHFA journalone pageversion.pdf
FHFA Tools Develop.pdf
FHFA Tools Feeling Safety Barriers.pdf
FHFA Tools Relating Power.pdf
FHFA Tools Seeing WhatisYour Opportunity for Change.pdf
FHFA Tools Thinking Pick Your Spot.pdf
FHFA The how designing leadership reflective questions tool.pdf
FHFA The time is now reflective questions tool.pdf
FHFA Tools Ways of feeling reflective question tools.pdf
FHFA ways of feeling safety barriers reflective questions tool.pdf
FHFA ways of relating islands of leadership reflective questions tool.pdf
FHFA Ways of relating reflective questions tool.pdf
FHFA ways of relating rethinking power reflective questions tool.pdf
FHFA ways of relating words shape what is possible reflective questions tool.pdf
FHFA Ways of seeing see beyond reflective questions tool.pdf
FHFA Ways of thinking reflective questions tool.pdf
Boards
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
Principles for Working with Communities
Principles for Working with Communities (Co-production) is a practical reflection tool that helps individuals, teams and organisations assess and strengthen how they work alongside communities. Built around eight key principles, including accessibility, collaboration, asset-based working, fair exchange and building long-term relationships, it encourages more inclusive, person-centred and community-led approaches. The resource also includes a self-assessment wheel to support reflection, discussion and continuous improvement in co-production practice
Principles for working with communities (co production) wheel.pdf
What is Inclusive Messaging
What is Inclusive Messaging? is a practical guide that helps organisations, services and community groups communicate in ways that are accessible, inclusive and easy for everyone to understand. Covering key principles such as accessibility, diversity, co-production, transparency and trauma-informed communication, the resource supports people to design messages, activities and services that reach a wider range of communities, including those with additional communication needs. It provides a simple framework for creating more equitable, person-centred and inclusive engagement.
What is inclusive messaging.pdf
Do’s and Don’ts for Bringing Policy Makers and Communities Together
Do’s and Don’ts for Bringing Policy Makers and Communities Together is a practical guide for creating more meaningful, inclusive and productive conversations between communities and decision-makers. Drawing on co-production principles, it offers simple guidance on building trust, reducing power imbalances, encouraging genuine participation and creating spaces where people feel heard, valued and able to contribute. Ideal for policymakers, public services and community leaders, the resource helps strengthen collaboration and support more equitable decision-making.
Dou0027s and dontu0027s for policy makers 2023-10-12 17_22_30.pdf
How can we value lived experience?
How Can We Value Lived Experience? is a practical resource that helps organisations, public services and community groups meaningfully involve people with lived experience in decision-making, service design and system change. It explores how lived experience can be recognised as valuable expertise, offers guidance on building trust, sharing power and creating fair opportunities for participation, and encourages approaches that are collaborative, developmental and generative rather than extractive. The resource also highlights the importance of supporting lived experience leadership, fair compensation, ongoing relationships and meaningful influence over decisions that affect people’s lives.
How can we value lived experience.pdf
A System which Supports Community Led Approaches
A System Which Supports Community-Led Approaches is a practical reflection tool that helps organisations, systems and partnerships assess whether they are genuinely enabling community-led change. It sets out the characteristics of systems that successfully work alongside communities, including sharing power, valuing lived experience, building trust, embracing cultural diversity and taking a trauma-informed approach. The resource also highlights behaviours and practices to avoid, encouraging organisations to create more collaborative, transparent and community-centred ways of working that support long-term relationships and meaningful participation.
Tool – A system which supports community led approaches 2023-11-16 16_04_12.pdf
Community Voices Process
Community Voices Process is a practical engagement framework that helps communities, decision-makers and public services work together to identify what matters most to local people and take collective action. The resource provides a simple six-step process, from reaching out and listening, through sense-making and action planning, to holding community listening events and agreeing next steps. Designed around inclusivity, trust-building, trauma-informed practice and shared accountability, it helps ensure diverse community voices are heard, valued and translated into meaningful change.
