Changing Futures Cambridgeshire & Peterborough is a partnership approach to improving outcomes for people who face multiple disadvantage. Multiple disadvantage means someone experiencing three of five of homelessness, mental health issues, substance misuse, domestic abuse and offending behaviour, at any one time. It does this by encouraging involvement of people with lived experience at all stages of our system and service design and looking at how our partnerships affect people. The current programme (2025-28) has 6 areas of focus:
- Systems Leadership, Learning & Change
- Coproduction
- Trauma Informed Systems
- Trusted Person Approaches
- Supporting Practice in the System
- Measuring Impact
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Changing Futures Cambridgeshire & Peterborough
One of the areas of focus for Changing Futures is to support practice within the system. We support professionals or services who are working with individuals facing Multiple Disadvantage. We particularly try to identify those who have ineffective contact with services, those who are vulnerable to others or themselves and those who face barriers to accessing support. We assess cases to identify the barriers and we facilitate connections between professionals and services to improve outcomes for the individual.