Chatting with friends over the weekend the topic turned to the works of Keanu Reeves (don’t ask) and his big break: the film Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989!). We all agreed that the central philosophy of ‘Be excellent to each other’ was a pretty sound one.
When we first began working on the Fulfilling Lives: Supporting people with multiple needs evaluation, a question we asked was ‘how many people are affected by multiple and complex needs?’ It seemed like a simple enough starting point. Two years on we’ve learnt very little is simple in trying to address issues that are inter-related and mutually reinforcing, particularly when the service response is too often inflexible and designed to address single issues only. The disconnected nature of support is reflected in the data which can provide an indication of levels of homelessness, offending etc, but not how these commonly related issues overlap. However, a recently published report from Lankelly Chase Foundation goes some way to addressing this and helping to answer that […]
I recently spent an informative and enjoyable afternoon at the CLINKS event “Justice Data Lab – one year on”.
The Justice Data Lab is an exciting step forward in making use of government data to better understand what works in reducing reoffending. It is part of a wider, ambitious project led by NPC to open up government data to the not-for-profit sector to help them understand the impact of their work.
A key, but challenging, element of the Fulfilling Lives: Supporting people with multiple needs evaluation is using administrative data, on offending, benefits, use of health services and so on to estimate the cost of supporting people with multiple needs, and evidence the impact of the programme. So we will be keeping a […]
