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We know that more people than ever are experiencing poor mental health.
We believe that everyone should be able to access high quality care and support delivered at the right time, that is rooted in their community and centred around their priorities.
We have supported places across the UK to transform their mental health systems including Lambeth, 10 localities of Greater Manchester, York, Luton, Derbyshire and Edinburgh. Our Living Well UK programme is cost-effective & sustainable; it has supported people to get help sooner, improve their mental health and wellbeing, make real progress on their goals and build confidence and connections.
Our approach
We work holistically with NHS, local authorities and voluntary and community sector partners to create mental health systems which prioritise:
- Offering holistic, person-led practice
- Collaborating meaningfully with local communities
- Empowering practitioners to work flexibly and creatively
- Connecting partners around a shared purpose and culture
- Supporting you to tackle inequalities
- Sharing decision-making and governance
This might look like:
1. Connecting systems
Creating genuinely collaborative systems, where NHS trusts, Local Authorities and VCSFE organisations shape their vision and make decisions together.
Creating genuinely collaborative systems, where NHS trusts, Local Authorities and VCSFE organisations shape their vision and make decisions together.
2. Co-designing with people
Working with communities, people with lived experience and practitioners to create an approach that works for their place and sustain and embed co-design and learning approaches.
Working with communities, people with lived experience and practitioners to create an approach that works for their place and sustain and embed co-design and learning approaches.
3. Developing collaborative practice
Supporting multidisciplinary teams and organisations to develop shared person centred, holistic practice that considers the wider determinants of mental wellbeing, working closely with community offers.
Supporting multidisciplinary teams and organisations to develop shared person centred, holistic practice that considers the wider determinants of mental wellbeing, working closely with community offers.
4. Creating actionable learning
Creating actionable learning that can help you make the case for new ways of working and embed evaluation and improvement.
Creating actionable learning that can help you make the case for new ways of working and embed evaluation and improvement.
"I can honestly say we would never have been able to do what we did had we not had IU alongside us bringing that external accountability, that drive and that different thinking."Living Well Partner
How we can help you
We can help you transform your mental health system, delivering better outcomes, reducing costs, and improving team integration and satisfaction.
We often work with:
- NHS, Local Authority and VCFSE partners
- Organisations and systems
- National and local partners
- Funders and foundations
- People with great ideas
