Eddie Hughes MP Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government Fry Building 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF

Email: [email protected]

www.gov.uk/mhclg

17 July 2021

Dear Colleague,

Today, I am pleased to announce the selection of 15 local areas in England who will be funded to take part in the £64m Changing Futures Programme.

Changing Futures aims to change systems and improve services for people who experience multiple disadvantage, including a combination of three of more of homelessness, substance misuse, poor mental health, domestic abuse and / or 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.

Changing Futures will work with local areas to pilot new ways of working and delivering innovative services to this group of people. The work will:

• stabilise and then improve the life situation of adults who face multiple disadvantage. • transform local services to provide a more person-centred approach and to reduce crisis demand. • test a different approach to funding, accountability and engagement between local commissioners and services, and between central government and local areas.

The programme brings together £46m from HMT’s Shared Outcomes Fund with aligned funding of almost £18 million from the National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK. This means the programme can work with local areas for three years (2021/22-2023/24), enabling more vulnerable people in our communities to get the help they need.

The following areas will receive funding:

Area Amount Awarded Bristol £3,349,921 Essex £2,846,500 Greater Manchester £4,775,291 Kingston upon Hull £2,404,814 Lancashire (including Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen) £6,499,065 Leicester £2,619,664 Northumbria (covering Northumberland, Newcastle, Gateshead, £5,089,000 North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland) Nottingham £3,878,673 Plymouth £2,478,750 Surrey £2,808,000 Sheffield £3,267,000 South Tees (Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland) £3,110,000 Stoke on Trent £3,939,662 West Sussex, East Sussex and Brighton £4,425,000 Westminster, London Borough of £3,280,000

I look forward to working with colleagues across Parliament, the National Lottery Community Fund, local authorities, other statutory services and the voluntary and community sector over the coming years as the Changing Futures Programme begins its work.

Yours ever,

EDDIE HUGHES MP