Changing Futures Fund: to help adults facing multiple disadvantages
Added: 14/12/2020
Changing Futures Fund
New funding available to local partnerships in England to help adults facing multiple disadvantages like homelessness and mental health issues from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG). The fund will help improve the way that systems and services work to support individuals experiencing multiple disadvantage – including a combination of homelessness, substance misuse, poor mental health, domestic abuse, and contact with the criminal justice system.
The Fund will bring together a selection of local areas that are committed to working with government and with each other over an initial two-year period to improve outcomes for people experiencing multiple disadvantage. Together, the programme partners will develop local delivery models, deliver system change and test a new joined-up approach between government and local partners that will shape future government policy.
A local partnership will be responsible for delivering the programme in selected areas, with the following representation as a minimum:
- Local Authority: areas might wish to include representation from public health, housing support, substance misuse and/or adult social care services
- Strategic NHS partners, including one or more of Clinical Commissioning Group, Integrated Care System/Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, Mental Health Trust, and NHS England commissioners
- Police and/or Police and Crime Commissioner
- National Probation Service: areas might also wish to additionally involve representation from prison, HM Courts and Tribunals, and Youth Offending Services
- Voluntary, social and community sector partners.
Grants of up to £15,000 will be available for shortlisted areas in year one (2020/21) to develop a more detailed delivery plan in partnership with the central government programme team.
Initially up to £35.7 million will be available for delivery in year two (2021/22) and year three (2022/23). It is envisioned that grants will be in the range of £1.5 million – £4.5 million per area across the initial two years.
The central team will be running two webinars on 16 December and 6 January for areas interested in applying. Please contact the MHCLG for joining details.
Expressions of interest (EOIs) must be submitted by the deadline of 21 January 2021.