Making Stuff Better - Episode 18 - Chris Dickinson

We are in conversation with Chris Dickinson who is Head of Commissioning for Children and Families at Leeds City Council.  A native North American now living and working in the Leeds.  

I have worked with Chris throughout the COVID19 pandemic in Leeds, very much as a partnership, on the Clinical Extremely Vulnerable people project in the City for them to receive the support and messaging they need.

What prompted me to get in touch with Chris was a tweet he published where he was talking about collaborative commissioning. I was keen to understand what he meant by this and to explore how we can all value the contribution made in the city by the 3rd sector.

We talk about the commitment to being a child friendly city and reference the children and young people plan which you can read more about from this link https://www.leeds.gov.uk/childfriendlyleeds/Documents/CMT18-022%20Childrens%20and%20YP%20Plan%2018-23.pdf

Chris describes 2 Big Questions towards the end of the episode so sit back and enjoy.