Collaborate

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Collaborate

Tpas has recently completed its third in the series of our Collaborate Programmes. 

This is a series of research programmes, and each programme was an opportunity for Landlord Organisations to partner with peers, Tpas and sector leaders to create solutions together to inform and develop resident influence and outcomes across a number of current sector issues. 

  • Collaborate Programme 1 – Engagement Maximiser
  • Collaborate Programme 2 – Resident Engagement in Building Safety
  • Collaborate Programme 3 – Governance - ensuring your tenants' voices are heard

Each joining organisation had up to four places at each workshop, creating space for colleagues to participate at a detailed level or for various colleagues to attend different sessions. 

Each programme followed the same format: a launch, a series of workshops, and a finale, during which the participating organisations presented their learning and action plans. 

•    The organisations gained from being part of a collaborative, peer-led group focused on creating solutions to resident engagement challenges
•    They understood accountability and responsibility across key sector challenges, ensuring compliance with emerging regulatory and statutory obligations
•    They heard from Tpas lead associates, board members, and other sector thought leaders on proven techniques and developed a blueprint to overcome barriers
•    Learnt how to develop future practise and support the sector to innovate 
•    How to motivate staff and stakeholders to understand the importance of residents’ experiences 

After each programme, a report was published that featured the organisations that collaborated to provide solutions to real-time challenges. 
 
What do the programmes look like? 

  • Be part of a collaborative peer led group focused on the creation of solutions to resident engagement challenges 
  • Understand accountability and responsibility across key sector challenges and ensuring compliance with emerging regulatory and statutory obligations 
  • Hear from Tpas and other thought leaders on proven techniques and develop a blueprint to overcome barriers 
  • Develop future practice, supporting the sector to innovate 
  • Motivate staff and stakeholders to understand the importance of residents’ experiences 

 Our expertise is built upon:

  • We’re Tpas, England’s leading tenant engagement experts. 
  • We are a destination organisation for Regulators across the social housing sector.  
  • We regularly organise or join roundtable discussions, facilitate sessions and provide direct feedback and thought-leadership to the Regulator of Social Housing, the Building Safety regulator and The Housing Ombudsman. 
  • Alongside that we are a partner of choice with organisations such as HACT, CIH, NHF Placeshapers and LGA valuing our counsel to help ensure that through collaborative behaviours, meaningful resident engagement is developed for the benefit of the majority rather than the few. 
  • We’re a not-for-profit organisation and have been representing our members across England since 1988. 
  • We promote, support and champion tenant involvement and empowerment in social housing across England. 

Find out what participants said about our first Collaborate:

“Excellent. The project was a success for (us) as it enabled us to achieve our outcomes within timeframe and budget, using a method that is innovative, unique and collaborative”  

Read more about the results from our completed Collaborate Programme - Engagement Maximiser

Read and download the results from our Collaborate Programme - Building Safety

We have just completed the third in our series of our Collaborate Programme - Download the report on Tenant Influence in Boards and Governance.

Click on any of the above three reports and the information will be downloaded.

If you would like any further information, please contact consultancy@tpas.org.uk

Collaborate with Tpas and your peers

As Engagement Experts our Collaborate reseearch programmes have been designed to deliver a real difference and positive impact on your organisation and communities.

The organisations who joined our recent Collaborate programmes, are now well prepared for the Regulatory changes, and more importantly, they now have a deeper understanding of the changes they need to make.  Or they are satisfied that they have done everything they can do to sustain trust between your organisation and the residents they serve.

 

What people said:

"Learning from the project will inform our overall approach to engaging our community."

"It was a positive learning experience and it was great to work with others."

"We will develop an overarching building safety engagement strategy based on focus group feedback."