Living Well Systems
Living Well UK supports transformation of adult community mental health systems in the UK through person-centred, strengths-based design that centres lived experience. Activities include co-design and co-production, formation of multi-agency collaboratives, rapid prototyping of service models, workforce and practice development, development and publication of implementation tools, and independent evaluation to inform adoption and scaling.
Industries
Nr. of Employees
small (1-50)
Living Well Systems
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Services
Advisory and facilitation to design and implement person-centred community mental health systems, including collaborative design, governance setup and system convening.
Support for local teams to co-produce service offers with people with lived experience and to run rapid prototyping cycles to test and adapt new models.
Design and delivery of accredited training to equip community and faith leaders with skills for early, culturally appropriate support and navigation to statutory services.
Support for commissioning independent evaluations, designing mixed-methods monitoring and using findings to guide scaling and adaptation.
Developing and publishing handbooks, toolkits, templates and case studies for frontline facilitators and system leaders.
Advisory and facilitation to design and implement person-centred community mental health systems, including collaborative design, governance setup and system convening.
Support for local teams to co-produce service offers with people with lived experience and to run rapid prototyping cycles to test and adapt new models.
Design and delivery of accredited training to equip community and faith leaders with skills for early, culturally appropriate support and navigation to statutory services.
Support for commissioning independent evaluations, designing mixed-methods monitoring and using findings to guide scaling and adaptation.
Developing and publishing handbooks, toolkits, templates and case studies for frontline facilitators and system leaders.
Expertise Areas
- Community mental health system transformation
- Co-design and participatory service development
- Collaborative leadership and system governance
- Practice development and workforce capability building
Key Technologies
- Ethnographic and narrative research methods
- Participatory co-design methods
- Rapid prototyping methodologies
- Person-centred outcomes measurement
News & Updates
Blog reflecting on prioritising people and lived experience in system change (Nov 30, 2022).
Blog on the role of storytelling and shared purpose in sustaining transformative change (Sep 29, 2022).
Blog on shifting clinical cultures from risk-aversion to conversation-based practice (Jul 28, 2022).
Programme awarded £3.4 million from a national community fund to support local partnerships (2018–22).
Independent evaluation (published Nov 2022) reported that during the prototype phase 3,438 people experienced improved mental health and increased ability to manage wellbeing; documented benefits for staff and evidence of system-level changes.
Site-level evaluations reported reduced referrals to secondary care, reduced waiting times, increased numbers supported and lower average per-person support costs in prototype sites (examples include Lambeth Hub outcomes and Hub evaluations).
Blog reflecting on prioritising people and lived experience in system change (Nov 30, 2022).
Blog on the role of storytelling and shared purpose in sustaining transformative change (Sep 29, 2022).
Blog on shifting clinical cultures from risk-aversion to conversation-based practice (Jul 28, 2022).
Programme awarded £3.4 million from a national community fund to support local partnerships (2018–22).
Independent evaluation (published Nov 2022) reported that during the prototype phase 3,438 people experienced improved mental health and increased ability to manage wellbeing; documented benefits for staff and evidence of system-level changes.
Site-level evaluations reported reduced referrals to secondary care, reduced waiting times, increased numbers supported and lower average per-person support costs in prototype sites (examples include Lambeth Hub outcomes and Hub evaluations).