Vulnerable supported through 'Changing Futures' programme
Housing and Rough Sleeping Minister Eddie Hughes has announced that vulnerable people in communities across England will be presented extra support through the Changing Futures programme.
A joint initiative using the National Lottery Community Fund, the programme will provide almost £55 million to fifteen local areas across England within the next 3 years, a part of a wider £64 million programme.
The Programme can help probably the most vulnerable in society get the support they need, by funding local partnerships to higher co-ordinate public and voluntary services and provide joined up support. Types of the job Changing Futures will fund include: helping get rough sleepers registered having a GP to ensure they can access healthcare; outreach teams to assist sex workers build a new life; skills and training to help disadvantaged adults gain employment; and new support pathways to help individuals with learning difficulties access local services.
Local areas will require a ‘person-centred’ and ‘trauma-informed’ method of tailor support to the people as well as their needs. Changing Futures will transform how services operate by linking up support across areas such as health, employment, and drug misuse.
The 15 areas across England which will receive funding under the programme are: Essex, Westminster, Sussex, Surrey, Bristol, Plymouth, Nottingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Hull, Sheffield, Leicester, Northumbria (Northumberland, Newcastle, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and Sunderland), South Tees (Middlesbrough, and Redcar and Cleveland), Lancashire (Blackpool, Lancashire, and Blackburn with Darwen) and Greater Manchester.
Hughes said: “Our ground-breaking programme using the National Lottery Community Fund will help probably the most vulnerable in today's world, providing them with the various tools they have to turn their lives around. By providing specialist, signed up support we are able to create long-lasting change, helping these people reach their full potential and build a brighter future.”
