Discovering the unseen

Mobilise the system

Assess maturity of the system

Area Step 1 Step 2 Step 3

Collaborative leadership &

Sustainability

Self-assessed our organisations’

capacity for systems change and factors

that influence this

Developed shared values for the

partners based on a collective

assessment of our capacity &

commitment for systems change

Agreed tangible mechanisms to translate

values into practice

Audience Mapped assets, challenges, motivations

& connections amongst target audiences

our organisations focus on to understand

what shapes people’s behaviour &

capacity to change

Mapped barriers & opportunities for

participation amongst inactive residents

with support groups

Walked around Southall through the

eyes of residents (based on above

analysis) to identify barriers &

opportunities to be active now and in

2024

Developed principles on how different

audiences can participate in the

programme and change behaviour

Outcomes Carried out initial ethnographic research

with local residents to understand how

they live their lives

Created “I” statements based on above

analysis on how people want to

experience physical activity

Developed a shared theory of change

Partnerships, commitment &

readiness

Exchanged with each other what assets

& expertise we’d like to share and gain

from each other

Surveyed people on what specific

commitments they would make

Identify how partners would be able to

mobilise and how we will work together

on each strand

+ We start by walking in each other’s shoes

to better understand each other and how we

can support each other

+ We bring people together around common

issues and invest in people working in between

organisations & communities

+ We support each other to learn & share

skills to help influence change back in our

organisations and communities

+ We commit to test out in our own

organisations and lives what we learn on the

programme and are supported to do so

+ We share what we learn with our

colleagues, friends/relatives & neighbours and

invite them to participate

Develop shared principles

+ We recognise that situations change

people, groups & places that create unexpected

challenges & opportunities for change

+ We are prepared to be challenged by

others & our own experiences of navigating

change and see these as opportunities to

learn

+ We create spaces to continuously test,

review & refine how we work to manage risk in

a changing environment

+ We invest in building sustainability from

the start to create a culture of people investing

in and improving our neighbourhood

Design for inclusion

“People are really strong here .. they come together”

Surface the invisible

“We have beautiful parks here thatI think are underused and we needto get younger people out into theparks. We support children thathave many difficulties in life –teaching life skills is a basicnecessity today and sport reallyhelps them engage. With that theyimprove greatly – at school, withfriends and with family.”

“Once I started doing the walks, Istarted losing the weight. I thoughtthis is working for me and now Iwant to help other people. Wehave a lot of Type 2 diabetes inSouthall, and I am really shockedhow many don’t know about thebasic conditions.”

“If we have a project that ishappening in the borough, onething we lack is other communitiesknowing about it. So it will be there[an activity] but few people will useit. If you advertise it wherecommunities go for help andadvertise it in their language, theyare more likely to take part.”

Develop theory of change with people

Connect people around common causes

Support communities of practice to commission, test & scale

Support people to navigate change together

Annexes

Measure impact across the system

Outcome Impact

Inactive Residents x% motivate others in their social networks to get more active

Residents running activities to get people more

active

x% embed their scaled activity in a way that helps them make a living

x% share with others how to run & scale activities

Impact on practitioners, commissioners &

policymakers & residents’ skills to apply whole-

systems change

Supported to scale whole-systems change across their organisation and with partners

Building the capacity of residents x% of all residents develop activities to meet their everyday needs and can influence

support & investment from partners

Commissioning activities Organisations & groups prioritise their commissioning on whole-systems change within

& between their organisations

Developing financial sustainability Local investors systematically pool investment to implement whole-systems change in

the neighbourhood

x% of partner organisations become self-sustaining

Evaluating & monitoring impact Evidence that processes to deliver intervention can be replicated elsewhere at scale

Commitments

Commitments

Commitments

Value Exchange