Scoping of potential partners to lead on the design of the vision
🔭 ‘Fairer co-operative communities of the future’ shared design process
We will scope out potential partners, researchers, agencies or collaboration who could lead on this work
Mon, Jan 17
Fri, Jan 28
Develop a ToR
🔭 ‘Fairer co-operative communities of the future’ shared design process
We will produce a draft, which can then be shared and built on by colleagues through a collaborative document. We will need to ensure it is built on work the Foundation and the Co-op group are already doing in this space
Mon, Jan 17
Fri, Jan 28
Interviews of shortlisted candidates and contracting
🔭 ‘Fairer co-operative communities of the future’ shared design process
Following initial conversation with potential people we will set up some interviews with a selection of colleagues and SMT
Wed, Feb 2
Fri, Feb 11
Research Takes Place
🔭 ‘Fairer co-operative communities of the future’ shared design process
We will work with the chosen researchers to ensure the research stays on brief and true to the creative and radical nature of the strategy
Tue, Mar 1
Wed, Jun 1
Research Finished 🎉
🔭 ‘Fairer co-operative communities of the future’ shared design process
Wed, Jun 1
Wed, Jun 1
Desk Based Research
🦺💸 Practical Research - Participatory Grant making
Colleagues can also do some of their own research to bring ideas and views into the Share and Build workshop
Mon, Jan 31
Fri, Feb 25
Share and Build Workshop - Participatory grantmaking practice
🦺💸 Practical Research - Participatory Grant making
This will be a ‘share and build’ session where we will present the main areas of practise we have found in our research and then build and develop this, with colleagues bringing their own experience, practise and learning
Mon, Feb 28
Tue, Mar 1
Write practical guide on Participatory grantmaking practice
🦺💸 Practical Research - Participatory Grant making
This can be put as a open source guide for others in the sector to develop and wiki
Tue, Mar 1
Thu, Mar 17
A practical guide on do-s and don’t of participative grant making.
This can be put as a open source guide for others in the sector to develop and wiki
5 interviews - Co-op Group people, YAP and sector thinkers
🦺 👟 How to involve young people the work life and decision making of the Foundation
We will do interviews with key people in the Co-op Group to understand existing mechanisms for youth participation and how these could work for the Foundation. We will also talk to colleagues about the YAP and a sector thinker or two.
Mon, Mar 7
Mon, Apr 4
Desk Based research. External and internal (learning from YAP)
🦺 👟 How to involve young people the work life and decision making of the Foundation
This research will look at the top line of research into best practise in youth participation. We will also look at any internal evaluation documents or data from the YAP work.
Mon, Mar 7
Mon, Apr 4
Youth Participation - Options Paper
🦺 👟 How to involve young people the work life and decision making of the Foundation
We will write this up into a short paper with clear options for the Foundation to take. These can help to inform the design sessions for the funds, but will also have wider ideas and recommendations for the Foundation to consider too
Mon, Apr 4
Fri, Apr 22
Short options paper on ways to involve young people in the work, life and decision making of the Foundation
Desk Based Research
🦺🎓 Practical Research - World class in learning
Looking into what other funders and organsiations that are leading the way in this area are doing and how it could be relevant to the Foundation.
Mon, Jan 24
Mon, Mar 28
6 Interviews with sector leaders
🦺🎓 Practical Research - World class in learning
We will interview sector thought leaders and do-ers who are doing innovative and exciting learning, monitoring, compliance etc
Mon, Feb 7
Mon, Mar 28
Imagine Workshop with colleagues and funded partners
🦺🎓 Practical Research - World class in learning
This will be a really creative and important point at which to look into the future about what world class could look like - how can the Foundation not just follow others but lead the way and break new ground.
This would be a great opportunity to involve people from your funded partners, to bring their experience of being at the other end of a ‘funder’ who is ‘learning’
Mon, Mar 28
Tue, Mar 29
Internal IWA Workshop to synthesize inputs
🦺🎓 Practical Research - World class in learning
We will meet as a team to bring all the ideas and insights from the research, interviews and imagine session to start to develop a deliverable plan
Wed, Mar 30
Thu, Mar 31
Write final ‘deliverable plan for becoming world class in learning’
🦺🎓 Practical Research - World class in learning
This can be put as a open source guide for others in the sector to develop and wiki
Mon, May 2
Fri, May 20
A deliverable plan for becoming world class in learning. Including a vision of what it could look like and a road map to get there.
This can be put as a open source guide for others in the sector to develop and wiki
6 Interviews with other co-op Foundation leaders/thinkers in other countries
🦺🌐 Practical Research - Being a Co-operative Funder
Mon, Feb 7
Fri, Apr 1
Discussion/webinar with leaders and thinkers
🦺🌐 Practical Research - Being a Co-operative Funder
Mon, Apr 4
Fri, Apr 8
Write paper with recommendations on initial thinking and options
🦺🌐 Practical Research - Being a Co-operative Funder
Wed, Mar 30
Fri, Apr 15
A paper with initial recommendations on how the Foundation cold work with other Co-operative Foundations around the world
Planning of the design process
We will design a participatory and co-operative process, looking at the most meaningful way to involve young people, people with lived experience and potential funded partner staff
Mon, Apr 18
Fri, Apr 22
3 design sessions with colleagues, partners and young people
Colleagues will take part in a series of ‘design sprint’ sessions to use all the research we have done to date to create some exciting, innovative, co-operative funds
Mon, Apr 25
Thu, May 5
Write up of rough ideas and propositions to be tested and iterated
We will take the ideas from the design sessions and turn these into shareable prototypes
Mon, May 2
Wed, May 11
As set of ‘prototype’ funds that will be tested. These can be made available to the wider sector
Iteration - interviews with 6 funded partners
We will do some in depth interviews with people to get their views on the prototypes and ideas on how to improve them
Thu, May 12
Fri, Jun 3
Iteration - Survey for funded partners to get their feedback
We will set up a survey that will provide an accessible and clear way for people to feed back and iterate the protoypes
Thu, May 12
Fri, Jun 3
Iteration - interviews with key internal colleagues
We will talk with key internal colleagues and Co-op groups colleagues to further iterate and develop the funds
Thu, May 12
Thu, May 19
Writing of final funds into operational plan
We will then take all the feedback and turn that into an operational plan to deliver new funds. These will be ready to them ‘plug into’ the ‘fairer cooperative communities of the future’ research to bring them to life
Mon, Jun 6
Thu, Jun 30
A plan for delivering new funds in line with the new strategy
Reflective practice Workshop to launch the work
Tue, Feb 1
Tue, Feb 1
Personal and organisational learning questions
Reactive drop-in sessions/surgeries
Mon, Jan 31
Thu, Jun 30