Getting ready for collaboration

Learning from experience

June 2010

Mariana Bogdanova, Sam Brier, Jane Harris

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Getting ready for collaboration: Learning from experience was written to help staff, trustees and volunteers from voluntary organisations to get ready for working in collaboration. The guide covers all forms of collaboration – from sharing information and developing a common policy response to mergers. Getting ready for collaboration can help you and your organisation to:

make an informed choice about whether and how to work in collaboration with another voluntary organisation
think carefully and thoroughly about the process of working in collaboration, so that any possible change to your organisation can be safe, inclusive and cause minimum disruption
become more aware of the practical implications and requirements of collaborative working.