Midlothian early action partnership
Systems change
Midlothian Council and National Lottery Community Fund Scotland
The Dartington Service Design Lab was selected to support the Midlothian Early Action Partnership (MEAP), a National Lottery Community Fund programme dedicated to effect system change so that children, young people and young adults get timely and appropriate mental health support.
The need
The proposal responded to perceived weaknesses in community-based support and prevention, and pressures on those services providing high-support interventions.
Our response
Dartington’s core responsibilities included; mapping out the current financial resources to see where the money is being prioritised in the mental health provisions, further systems mapping of current services in place to identify gaps in provisions and collecting qualitative data from service providers and young people to understand the journey one might take to receive help.
Resources
You can read our final report here.
Our partners are Midlothian Council, NHS Lothian, Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnership, Sure Start, Midlothian Third Sector Interface, Midlothian’s Young People Advice Service and Midlothian Youth Platform.
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