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Principles met

  • Co-production

    We will develop systems that enable citizens to be equal partners in designing and commissioning public services and in determining the use of public resources.

  • Innovation

    We will embrace innovation in how we work with local communities to drive positive change.

  • Learning

    We will capture and ‘expand’ the experience and learning from individual projects and approaches in order to encourage broader application of co-operative principles within individual member Councils and across the Network.

  • Maximising social value

    We will support the development of a framework and criteria for social value, giving substance to the concept and supporting Councils with the tools to ensure better local social and economic outcomes.

  • Walking the talk

    As a membership organisation, we will make this statement of our principles operational by: • Co-operation among members: Our members work together to help each other implement our values, sharing experiences and learning. • Openness of membership: Full, Associate and Affiliate Membership is open to any qualifying Council, organisation or individual who shares our values and is committed to putting them into action. • Co-production of the Network’s work: Members help shape the Network’s work programme and the content of events and written products. • Action-focused: The network is a vehicle for helping councils translate co-operative values and principles into policy and practice. •Membership-based: The network is majority funded by modest membership subscriptions from its member Councils, Associates and Affiliates. •Non-party-political: Members share the belief that working co-operatively within and across communities holds the key to tackling today’s challenges.

RedQuadrant working with London Borough of Newham

The London Borough of Newham launched Tackling Racism, Inequality and Disproportionality (TRID), an ambitious work programme aiming to dismantle systemic racism and ensure Newham is a beacon of social change. RedQuadrant was appointed as a provider and partner with the council to design and deliver the introduction of a best-in-class reciprocal mentoring scheme, a key element of the TRID programme.

We co-developed the programme with Newham, running design workshops with a design group including TRID programme leads, senior managers, and Black, Asian, African, Caribbean, and minority ethnic and heritage staff. We ran a ‘train the trainers’ programme to help Newham develop the capacity to continue the scheme into the future.

The core training consisted of a launch event with an exercise exploring identities in the group; four half-days of deeper group work focusing on self-awareness, developing self within a (mentoring) relationship, and skills development. During this core training, the co- mentor pairs were formed and started their contracting process. Action learning sets in peer mentor groups (Black Asian, African, Caribbean, minority ethnic, heritage non-senior staff and senior managers) occurred after the 1st and 4th mentoring sessions followed by a learning workshop with the cohort.

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