partnerships

Partnership working is a collaborative approach in which The Well Communities co-produce with partner agencies, and individuals to achieve common goals and outcomes for the local communities who use our services across Lancashire and Cumbria.

Partnership working

Substance misuse cuts across a variety of social issues such as mental health, domestic abuse and homelessness. We understand the importance of contributing to regional strategic programmes to maximise resources, share knowledge and have a greater impact in communities. We work collaboratively with a range of agencies in the NHS, criminal justice, social service, education and voluntary sectors.

Our partners, to name a few, include: NHS, Cumbria Constabulary, Inspire, Change Grow Live, Westmorland and Furness Council, Cumberland Council, Lancaster City Council, Bay Medical Group and Humankind.

We also work closely with members' families and we see them as key partners in the delivery of our services.

Place-based Partnerships & Co-production

The Well Communities deliver multi-thematic interventions throughout Lancashire and Cumbria:

Changing Futures Lancashire - Supporting individuals experiencing multiple complex needs throughout North Lancashire.

Supported Housing Provision - Enabling individuals to successfully navigate independent tenancies through accommodation provision and behavioural change activity.

Hospital Inreach/ Outreach Services - The Well Communities reach into Furness General Hospital and Lancaster Royal Infirmary using lived experience approaches to support high-intensity users with their drug and alcohol support needs.

Bay Medical - TWC behavioural health coaches work alongside primary care colleagues to support patients identified as requiring additional drug and alcohol behavioural support.

Grow Your Own - TWC works with partners throughout Westmorland & Furness and Cumberland to support citizens who are economically inactive and furthest away from the labour market to become employment-ready.

New You Project - TWC and CGL work hand in hand to support individuals experiencing substance misuse disorder throughout Lancashire.

Alcohol Outreach Services - system partners work alongside TWC to engage people with identified problematic alcohol misuse issues and assertively link them into appropriate mechanisms of support.

Cost of Living FoodClubs - TWC provide weekly cost of living support foodclubs, each week in North Lancashire and South Cumbria, supporting families who are disproportionately affected by the current cost of living crisis.

Recovery Steps Cumbria - in partnership with Humankind, TWC provides lived experience substance misuse interventions throughout Westmorland & Furness and Cumberland. Operating from Barrow in Furness, Kendal, Penrith, Carlisle, Workington and Whitehaven to service support local people with all aspects of substance misuse recovery support.