Royal Recognition

It was an honour and a privilege to be able to welcome HRH Queen Camilla to CoLab on Thursday 6th February 2025, in recognition of our commitment to collaborative approaches and the work of our CoLab Women team in ending violence against women and girls.

We were delighted to share the breadth of our work with HRH as well as giving a platform to our beneficiaries to bravely share their stories and celebrate the city wide partnerships that contribute to the unique successes of our work.

The recognition from HRH of our innovative approaches and partnership working enabled us to highlight both the necessity and complex nature of our work, with one of our visitors remarking to The Queen that “If CoLab wasn’t here, I would not be here.”

It was so impactful to hear that HRH shared our aspiration to make a difference in communities, and her parting comment that there should be CoLab’s like ours across the country was a wonderful reflection of both her compassion and dedication to meaningful change.

Photo credits to Alys at Dirty Martini.