Threadwork Collective’s Commitment and Vision

Threadwork Collective provides comprehensive and adaptive support for those people and organisations who deliver work that supports a just transition.

We do this through forging close working relationships, flexibly responding to needs, and focusing on building capacity for systemic change.

Create Lasting Change

We know from our collective experience the pressure faced by individuals and organisations in the social and public sectors, particularly the challenge of balancing short-term deliverables and the long-term systemic shifts they want to create.

People are exhausted and frustrated. Tried-and-tested approaches are failing. The crises are multiplying. Resource is diminishing.

We need a new way. One that is responsive, multi-disciplinary, connects people and projects, and is future-focused.

Using the skills and experiences of a collective, together we can build new capabilities, change the status quo, and build dynamics for the future we need,

Flexible

The right support at the right time

The Collective provides the skills and expertise we need for whatever stage in the delivery, and will adapt and change as the work emerges.

Focused

Realise your mission

The Collective dives deep into the mission to drive the activity we need, helping to strategise, gather data to inform decisions, and forge new paths forward.

Futures

Unlock long-term change

The Collective designs ways to unlock creative potential and help us all reimagine what’s possible in creating a healthy, fair and equitable future.

The Threads We Weave

Threadwork Collective explores your work across 5 strands, weaving them together for holistic support.

Systems

Viewing through a systems lens

Envisaging the future system our work is seeking to create as well as identifying how current actions interact with existing systems, seeking new opportunity and impact of our projects.

Transitions

Shifting towards what’s possible

Exploring the practice and processes to develop in order to make the transition from the current modes of operation onto a new – often emergent – system and a different way of working.

Communities

Involving the many voices

Developing and embedding participatory practices which increases ownership and agency, deepens understanding, and improves equitable outcomes for your work.

Innovations

Designing impactful change

Bringing multiple new ideas to life, co-developing products and services alongside your teams and wider community, and to implement them in ways which maximise their impact across the scope of work.

Strategies

Exploring routes to lasting change

Focusing on the changes and impacts of your mission, test and develop paths to help achieve it, and gather real-world insights to root goals and actions in a relevant, accessible framework.

Our Collective Values

These fundamental principles help guide our work within partnerships, steering our actions and approaches.

Coupled with our 5 core threads, they help us rethink the status quo, critique business as usual, and activate the shifts we need.

Regenerative

Holistic changes

Applying principles of regenerative action, including setting out a shared future, mapping change, evolving and measuring work over the long-term, and supporting internal development.

Emergence

Navigating uncertainty

Embracing the complex nature of the challenges we face, developing strategies and decision-making processes with humility, deep understanding, and a focus on creating purposeful change.

Openness

A sharing culture

Creating open spaces for reflection, supporting individuals, teams and organisations to deepen collaborative practice, and develop a culture of shared learning and understanding to drive coherence.

Participatory

Action-for-all

Developing inclusive, plural and engaged practices, facilitating greater agency and representation, and scaling the opportunities for more significant reach, impact and transformation.