Partnerships that move from idea to delivery
We help connect the right capital, expertise and delivery capability around shared priorities, supporting partnerships across philanthropy, impact investment, purpose-driven business and government.
How we partner
The Collective is not a delivery vehicle in its own right. Our role is to bring together the partners best placed to act around a clear shared priority — and to help broker the structure, capital and accountability that turns intent into delivery.
Partnership models in practice
Match funding
Pooling philanthropic and government capital around a specific outcome — as in the Best Start: Family Hubs Match Fund being developed with the Department for Education.
Blended finance
Combining grant, social investment and government support to make ambitious propositions investable — for example the Childcare Blended Finance Vehicle now in development.
Social outcomes
Designing and structuring outcomes-based partnerships that tie payment to measurable social impact, including work supporting Health and Growth.
Place-based investment
Connecting the impact economy with the work that Mayoral Strategic Authorities are doing in place-based renewal.
Co-designed policy
Working with government to design policy that draws effectively on the impact economy's capability — turning ideas into operational propositions with clear delivery routes.
Working with the Office for the Impact Economy
The Collective works closely with the Office for the Impact Economy in the Cabinet Office. The relationship is complementary: the Office provides the institutional home for government's own work in this space; the Collective provides independent convening and cross-sector expertise across the impact economy.