Welcome to Colbear Consulting
Colbear Consulting is built on my strong belief in the public sector's ability to improve people’s lives, particularly through the front line services provided by local government.
I work with clients to enable them to improve outcomes for their service users and balance their budgets.
Colbear Consulting builds on my 20+ years' experience of working with and for the public sector, working at every level from Chief Executive to front line teams.
What we do
At Colbear Consulting I support clients through direct project delivery, working with wider teams to deliver change, and targeted support including facilitation and coaching.
I can help you by:
- Developing evidence-based opportunities to transform your services
- Working directly with management and front line staff to deliver change.
- Providing expertise and experience gained from working with dozens of local authorities.
- Providing high quality deliverables that will enable you to make the case for change, and communicate the changes you are making.
- Increasing the skills of your team to deliver change and to maintain it as business as usual.
Local Government Reorganisation
Working with groups of councils to navigate local government reorganisation - projects have included working with a group of district councils to develop the their September 2025 submission, focusing on their model for delivering housing and children's services.
Children's
Social
Care
Working across a service - and it's partners - to set strategic direction and translate this into practical action. This includes working with senior management to understand the challenges they face and how they can be addressed, and sitting side-by-side with social workers to test and implement changes.
Home to
School
Transport
Developing an understanding of the local challenge with front line teams to identify opportunities across the system to manage demand for transport. This includes working with transport and SEND teams, schools, parents and providers to find ways to provide the right type of transport at the right time for a child or young person.
Adult
Social
Care
Understanding local demand and the implications this has for service delivery and allocation of funding. This includes analysing where demand is coming from and what form it takes, and then working with partners - including health and providers - to identify opportunities to manage this more effectively.