Common Outcomes for Children and Young People Collaborative

The Common Outcomes for Children and Young People Collaborative is a coalition of an increasingly diverse group of stakeholders who have been working together towards a common approach to outcomes for all babies, children and young people across the UK – it has evolved into an experimental, collaborative effort to address a systemic problem. The work was hosted by For Baby’s Sake Trust from its inception until May 2024, and is now a distinct unit within the incubation host, Dartington Service Design Lab (DSDL). Our shared vision is of improved and better outcomes for all babies, children and young people across the UK. Our mission is to deliver a programme of activities building a movement towards a broad consensus, change in practice and embedding of what success would look like for all children, rooted in what matters most to children and young people, their families and communities, and defined and measured more consistently, efficiently and effectively. The principles underpinning our collective efforts are: - A shared and long-term aspiration for all babies, children, young people and their families - A clear focus on the child and what matters to babies, children and young people - A strengths-based approach – focusing on what is to be achieved, rather than to be avoided - A desire to keep the high level, common outcomes as simple and accessible as possible, whilst recognising the detail, complexity and diversity sitting beneath