Our Projects
Lottery Project
Funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.
Improving Lives Notts has a project entitled Your Journey Forward which provides practical support to those living in the city diagnosed with a Severe Mental Illness and who are also experiencing two other intersecting forms of Severe Multiple Disadvantage such as Domestic Abuse/ Sexual Violence, harmful Substance Use, significant risk of Homelessness and/or contact with the Criminal Justice System.
The project which has been made possible due to 3 years of funding from the National Lottery Community Fund is able to take 100 referrals each year.
Your Journey Forward will provide tailored help for up to 12 months to those referred via the primary care pathway and beneficiaries will receive support to apply for benefits, access specialist debt advice and a whole a range of other practical assistance that will help overcome barriers preventing a person better managing their own mental and physical wellbeing. The charity also provides access to a regular programme of free social groups and a volunteer befriending service all designed to reduce social isolation, improve physical and mental health, and increase independence and financial security for those living with long-term mental health conditions.
Community Rehabilitation Team
In partnership with, and funded by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
This is our project funded by The Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Our workers provide a support service to people in the Community Rehabilitation Team. We offer one-to-one support and people can also access our peer support groups at Improving Lives.
J Care
Funded by Nottingham J Care
We have been commissioned by a faith organisation to support people from or connected with this community in Nottinghamshire. The contract initially ran for two years and has been renewed annually since.
Primarily, we support older people within this community to access appropriate services and to remain living independently for longer.