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In 2020 we asked public sector and the Scottish government “The Family and Children Leadership
leaders across Tayside how we are currently funding that Academies (FCLAs) funded by the Hunter
we could help them lead and programme across Tayside. Foundation create space for committed
innovate in public services and people to step back from their titles and
in some respects join up the sector boundaries to
dots in service delivery…We Our hope in time is that we process ideas, form questions and frame
brought together the three Local can scale this across Scotland challenges within the systems they
Authority leaders, CEO of the putting the customer at the operate. The similarities in frustrations
health service and commander heart of service delivery, asking and the drive for a common purpose
of the police there… them what they need and can quickly simplify complex, time-
services being tailored to that consuming, ineffective processes. This
In short, we through the need… leads to the leveraging of a network of
inimitable Norman Drummond relationships and cross agency teams
of Columba 1400 supported We are in awe of all of the committing to interventions which will
their leadership and their vision participants and their willingness and do challenge the status quo –
for service innovation and to do and think differently something everyone claims to want ……but
leadership within and across – all they ever needed was few actually tackle.
services – it was and is amazing. permission and many didn’t seek
it in the first place…Here’s what The activity arising from the
This took us to understand a couple of the CEO’s thought of determination and inspiration of the
that the frontline services like the programme: Hunter Foundation to leap or kick down
Children’s and Family Services – hurdles rather than stop has created a
unlike our Head Teachers across movement in the cross agency public
Scotland – had no access to and third sector leaders in Tayside.
Values based leadership hence The opportunity to engage with like-
alongside our five leaders minded people hell bent on holding true
to why they joined their profession: to
improve lives, has an impact where the
responsibility for our all children and
Summarising the experience, Our online sessions and most recently young people’s successes is owned and
Greg Colgan CEO of Dundee inspired encouragement and gratitude ambitious.
Council noted; to all our roles and refocuses our
shared amibition to enhance services The pioneering projects sketched as an
“The Families and Children Leadership and continue to deliver on the Christie outcome of the leadership academies
Academies (FCLAs) working in recommendations. are being co- designed right now with the
partnership with Columba 1400 families at the centre. It is the agency of
has allowed colleagues from Local Linking the work from the Tayside these families with their asks and offers
Authorities, Health and Police to re- Collaborative and WM2Y has created the which believe will deliver The Promise. “
connect and re-affirm our leadership conditions and appetite to drive change
values and use learning from Covid-19 to by investing jointly in Council, Health Margo Williamson
harness system and leadership reforms. and Police colleagues through Columba CEO of Angus Council
1400.” Our online sessions and most
recently inspired encouragement