Our Research…

  • Welcome Team Report

    An evaluation of the Welcome Team Pilot Project in 2024, drawing on 49 interviews with service users, CoLab partners and CoLab staff and external partners. It includes recommendations for the future resourcing of the Welcome Team as well as the wider City/System. The report details what the Welcome Team does (Triage, One Stop Hub, Community Knowledge, Risk Management and Diffusion) and the psychologically informed relationships that support the work of CoLab, CoLab Hub partners and external partners. 

  • CoLab Connect Report

    Colab Exeter hosted a one year project in 2020, bringing together different organisations to co-design and test new ways of providing a ‘community response’ to mental health support in Exeter.

  • CoLab Evolution Report

    The CoLab Evolution Review presents an independent perspective of CoLab’s work, priorities and strategic direction, this report will support the organisation to begin to look strategically into the future.

  • Community Evolution: Insights from the journey of CoLab Exeter

    Stakeholders were invited to complete a Community Cultural Values Survey which gave a profile of the strengths and challenges in the system at that time.

  • CoLab Urban Learning Academy Model

    An alliance of organisations in Exeter developing a vision of an Urban Learning Academy (Intern Report written by University of Exeter student)