This month we were pleased to publish the final report from our five-year national evaluation of the MEAM Approach, a non-prescriptive framework that aims to help cross-sector voluntary and statutory partnerships to design and deliver better coordinated services for people experiencing multiple disadvantage.

The evaluation shows that co-ordinated, flexible and person-centred approaches bring improvements to support for those experiencing multiple disadvantage and that this support enables positive change and progress towards personal goals. The report also highlights the value of co-production in the design and delivery of this support, and the importance of embedding these principles across local systems to facilitate necessary systems change.

The report can be accessed by clicking here. We have welcomed the opportunity to help build the evidence base around multiple disadvantage, and we are continuing to deliver research and evaluation in this area as part of the national evaluation of DLUHC and the National Lottery Community Fund Changing Futures programme among other projects.

To read more about this and other developments this month, please download the Pulse below.