Changing Futures Leicester

The Changing Futures programme is a four-year, £77million programme, hosted by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government and funded through the government’s Shared Outcomes Fund, with aligned funding from The National Lottery Community Fund.

A cross-governmental, cross-organisational initiative, it seeks to test new ways of bringing together the public sector and community sector to address cross-cutting issues and to drive the modernisation of public services for people experiencing multiple disadvantage.

Working with 15 local area partnerships across England, the programme will work with people who experience a combination of homelessness, substance misuse, mental health issues, domestic abuse and contact with the criminal justice system.

People in this situation are among the most vulnerable in our communities, often with past experiences of trauma. Getting coordinated support from local services can be difficult, and this can lead to greater risk of homelessness, ill health, and increased contact with the criminal justice system.

This in turn can result in greater pressures on services that respond to crises such as A&E, policing and homelessness services.
Bringing together £55m of funding from the government and over £21m from The National Lottery Community Fund – the largest community funder in the UK – means the programme can work with local areas for a third year, enabling more vulnerable people in our communities to get the help they need.

The funding builds on The National Lottery Community Fund’s ‘Fulfilling Lives’ programme – a £112 million investment over eight years (2014-2022) – that focuses on improving support for vulnerable people, by giving them a greater voice in the design and delivery of services.