10/03/20
Practices that stretch boundaries to benefit the people who use our services Ang Broadbridge, FLNG Research and Evaluation Lead A key area of learning on our programme has been exploring what makes a good multiple and complex needs worker. As well…
08/03/20
Our EBE Network harnesses the power of our members’ lived experience and using our expertise can work with you and your service to help improve your service offer. Find out more and get in touch to explore how we could work together…
18/12/19
Alex Smith is FLNG’s former Operational Lead who played a major role in setting up our Critical Time Intervention pilot. Before she moved onto pastures new with Homeless Link in August 2019 we asked her to share her experiences…
18/12/19
Alex Smith is FLNG’s former Operational Lead who played a major role in setting up our Critical Time Intervention pilot. Before she moved on to pastures new with Homeless Link in August 2019 we asked her to share her…
29/11/19
Being an ethical peer researcher Ang Broadbridge, FLNG Research and Evaluation Lead In my last blog (available here) I shared some of my learning from training eight cohorts of peer researchers as part of FLNG’s peer research programme. Our Peer…
25/11/19
“You’re not talking to the suits, you’re talking to one of your own” by Ang Broadbridge, FLNG Research and Evaluation Lead Peer research is research that is conducted by people with lived…
21/11/19
In 2019 we published interim evaluation reports about two of our major strands of work: our Workforce Development programme and our Critical Time Intervention (CTI) pilot. These are available to read using the links below: CTI Interim Evaluation…
12/11/19
Friday 8th November: our fifth annual event was finally here at FLNG and what a day it was! By Lindsay Henderson, Programme Manager I don’t think I realised just how powerful the day would be when we began to plan the…
04/11/19
Keith joined Fulfilling Lives Newcastle Gateshead (FLNG) in August 2018. His academic background includes degrees in Physics, Applied Mathematics and Engineering. He has a passionate interest in inequality and poverty and joined FLNG to use his skillset to contribute to…
19/07/17
Gateshead’s Recovery Walk, now in its seventh year, is organised collaboratively by local charities to celebrate the supportive recovery community in the North East, and to raise awareness of addiction and recovery. National charity Changing Lives, Fulfilling Lives…
21/10/16
Since opening the project in 2011 we’ve been acutely aware that Basis has unique access to those who visit the service, they want to be there and they trust us. These two things give us a great opportunity to…
06/10/16
The Recovery Shield was held on 27th September 2016 at Redheugh Boy’s Football Club in Gateshead, and was organised by a staff member of Changing Lives: David McCormack. With this being it’s 5th year it was decided to make it…
18/07/16
The Newcastle and Gateshead systems change project has identified a number of principles underpinning its programme development and approach to systems change. These include: Meeting and understanding the needs of beneficiaries, based on service user involvement and the Experts…
20/06/16
Fulfilling Lives hosted their annual recovery walk on Friday 17th June, walking the 16.8miles from Chopwell Community Centre to Gateshead High St in just over 6 hours. 84 people completed the walk – some in recovery and some working to…
14/06/16
We all want to feel connected. We are creatures of connection: family, friends, homes, neighbourhoods, communities. In reality, however, these connections can vary and for some, there are no positive connections…
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