Plymouth Changing Futures podcast

This episode is a longer version of episode 7 - ILP & The Peer Researchers - to include a portion that we needed to edit out for episode 7. This was entirely my fault. I have worked within Plymouth's housing & advice services for nearing 30yrs & never quite got around to asking where Improving Lives Plymouth came from, in fact who there were. This was my opportunity! I found it really interesting, but it did distract from the actual point of the original conversation! Please check out the ILP website for further information & how to refer into the services.

Welcome to episode 7 of our Changing Futures podcast. This is a conversation with Deborah Atter from Improving Lives Plymouth, here to talk more her role & the role of *The Peer Researchers in the Changing Futures programme* - Deb works with the team on the recruitment & support of the new Peer Researchers. Having Peer Researchers welcomed in some of Plymouth's service is really positive. They will be taking on service specific roles, with the aim to support the teams & provide some learned experience insight.If you want to learn a bit more about Improving Lives Plymouth, episode 8 includes a few extra minutes on who ILP are & their beginnings. Please check out the ILP website for further information & how to refer into the services. (clink link)

Today we hear from Paul Green who has been funded by the Changing Futures programme to improve property standards in Plymouth's temporary accommodation. Specifically properties used by Plymouth City Council & the Alliance as accommodation provided to homeless singles & families, until a permanent home can be found. Paul works closely with the residents & the landlords in doing the property standard assessment (HHSRS) & then finding solutions to any problems found. Delicate work at times.

In this episode I talk to Amanda Sherriff from Clinks. She has been doing some fabulous work for the Changing Futures programme around Cultural Inclusion within the Criminal Justice System. This has, logically, created an opportunity to open up real conversations about race. To create safe environments for groups to have open & honest conversations with the hope that we can start to really understand what it means to be a multi cultural society - how much colour diversity brings to our City. Thank you Amanda. Can't wait to participate in the training!

This was a great chat with Tracey Lovelace who is one of the Spark Assertive Outreach workers at Trevi. Changing Futures enables some great additional support to what the team are able to achieve, which Tracey will elaborate on during the conversation. Since recording the podcast, Hannah Shead, Trevi's fabulous CEO won an award for her work to combat violence against women. Congratulations to Hannah & to Trevi for their amazing work. Apologies for the sound in the is one.

We are talking to Kevin Tapscott for this episode. Kevin is the volunteer coordinator for the Changing Futures Programme. His role is one of the new roles that has been funded by the programme & it sits within Plymouth City Council. If you would like to know more about hosting or being a volunteer, please contact Kevin at kevin.tapscott@plymouth.gov.uk

We are Jane & May from Plymouth's Changing Futures team. This is our podcast to explain the work that the team are doing - Why we are here & how you can get involved. We also produce a monthly newsletter to let people know what Changing Futures is about. This includes sharing all sorts of local & national news, training & online resources.