Small consultancy focused on helping government organisations adopt new people first operating models that focus on being purpose led and the delivery of value that we think could transform government

Human Learning Systems draws on and brings together the practice, ideas and contributions of many people of an alternative approach to public management which embraces the complexity of the real world,

Annual online conference hosted by The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute (THIS Institute) bringing together 1000s of people all working to improve the NHS system and the quality of care provided

We have the potential to help transform the wider grant-making landscape and redefine how social justice work is enabled in the UK and beyond.

• Get funding
• Foundation initiatives

A space to meet for people who care about making government work better, whether they're inside or outside government; each meet-up features presentations and discussions about innovation in the public sector

Meeting ever 6 weeks-ish. A space for open discussion, shared learning, and peer support around operating model challenges and innovations across government. The community drives the discussion topics.

Innovation incubator and DISSEMINATOR particualrly around neighbourhood health and care, especially for older populations. Led by user research and innovative (though often simple) technology

Our mission is to inspire and support better government and public policy around the world

• Learn about civic tech
• Civic tech catalogs

Britain’s preeminent public services think tank. Our vision is of outcomes-driven, value for money public services that help transform lives, strengthen communities and build a strong, dynamic economy.

• Research and policy centers
• Civil society research outfits
• Think tanks

The Health Creation Alliance is the leading national cross-sector movement improving health and wellbeing and reducing health inequity through Health Creation.

Movement convening people who draw on adult social care and people who work in the field to re-imagine how people can be supported to lead good lives & to co-create solutions and action

helping forward thinking Local Authorities / Mayors and communities think through changes and evolve.

We are a full-service digital agency working across public, charity and nonprofit sectors. We believe successful innovation happens when we embrace constraints, not resist them. We take a system view and complexity-aware approach.

Open international partnership for research, learning, experimentation and evaluation on innovation for transformative system change

A monthly hybrid event series aimed at highlighting interesting data projects in government and bringing 'data' communities together

Coalitions of active citizens and civil society organisations committed to making government work better for people through transparency, participation and accountability.

Free, annual unconference for people who want to make the public sector better, run since 2008, which also funds other activities

Launched in 2023, the Sheffield Policy Campus is the UK Government’s first policy campus, pioneering a new approach to transform Civil Service presence across the Sheffield and South Yorkshire region. It’s ambition is to build a concentration of policy makers across government departments in one city, encouraging even better policy making and supporting development of the region.

London Funders is the only cross-sector network for funders and investors in London’s civil society.

• Get funding
• Fieldwide resources
• Tools for Funders

A market place to select healthcare AI; infrastructure to test, deploy and monitor it locally; support in NHS AI strategy and education.

• Slacks, Discords, Teams

One of the first OneTeamGov communities set up outside of London

Our mission is to help people, organisations and partnerships work better together to develop more effective and equitable approaches to tackling complex social challenges. We are a CIC and offer consultancy services as well as doing thought leadership work

Innovation consultancy set up by Irenie Ekkeshis and Jon Alexander

Supports innovation and dissemination of good practice in local area use of data and intelligence

Collaborative development within the local government sector, where innovation is freely shared. An active community around a shared CMS platform, built by councils for councils.

AI-for-policy product lab, building tools for foresight, policy analysis and decision support, to expand the analytical capacity the public sector has to hand. Contact for collaborations, design partnerships, or to stay up to date on events, research, and product launches.

Just getting started and building on the work of Dom Williamson Consultants on multiple disadvantage and system change

• Research and policy centers
• Civil society research outfits
• Think tanks

We are a network across different sectors committed to changing the way the public sector works for the better.

We support people, teams and organisations to create sustainable digital transformation, and make public services: designed around the people who use them; simple, secure, and convenient; accessible, inclusive, and cost-effective

We produce policy-relevant research on all aspects of public sector productivity – what it is, how it can be measured, and how it can be increased.

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

Movement of thinkers and doers in Liverpool City Region

Cross sector transformation partnership for Local Authorities, Central Govt and public agencies aiming to modernise planning services i England

We believe the people who live in a town are best placed to shape its future. Our role is to back their leadership, connect them to national networks, and create the funding and conditions that make long-term change possible.

LOTI helps London boroughs, the Greater London Authority and Mayor of London work together to use innovation, data and technology to be high-performing organisations, improve services and tackle big challenges for London. It convenes >1,500 local government officials and runs ~100 events a year.

Improving public policy through the more effective use of evidence and expertise

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

Research institute based within the University of Cambridge, bringing together academia, policy, healthcare practitioners, NHS patients and wider publics to shape better healthcare

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

We partner with organisations that deliver public services to achieve better outcomes for citizens and businesses.

The Data and AI Civil Society Network brings together diverse civil society organisations and campaigners to share and collaborate on policy, campaigns and advocacy on data and AI

A network of people working in or around Service Design in UK Local Government

A 10-point plan to fix UK government data sharing

• Research and policy centers
• Civil society research outfits
• Think tanks

A network of people or organisations using or interested in the Local Area Coordination approach to working with people, families and communities.

Tools and resources shared by policy practitioners working on innovation for transformative system change

Nascent network for people interested in freedom of information

Placing participatory practice platforms at the centre of small and large government reform programmes as described in the Public Design Evidence Review