Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) Gloucestershire
Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) brings organisations across Gloucestershire together to improve how support is provided for adults facing several challenges at the same time.
People’s needs often span health, housing, safety and wellbeing. When support is split across different services, it can be harder to respond in a coordinated way. MEAM promotes collaboration so that support is more joined‑up, compassionate and effective.
Multiple disadvantage is when someone is dealing with more than one difficult issue at the same time. These challenges can affect everyday life and make it harder to get the right help. They include:
- Mental or physical health problems
- Trauma
- Homelessness
- Addiction
- Domestic abuse
- Problems with the criminal justice system
- Poverty or discrimination
As these challenges often overlap, people may need support from several services at once. When those services are not well connected, people can miss out on the help that would benefit them most.
Working together to support people with multiple needs
MEAM Gloucestershire aims to change this by helping organisations work together, be flexible and focus on the whole person. This is not a new service or a referral route. It is a network of organisations, teams and people coming together to:
- work more closely together
- learn from each other
- improve how services support adults facing multiple challenges
Who get can involved
We welcome involvement from people and groups across Gloucestershire, including:
- Statutory services
- Voluntary and community organisations
- Lived or living experience
We want to make sure every adult is seen, listened to and supported in a way that reflects all of their needs. No single service can do this on its own, but by working together we can offer support that is kinder, more joined‑up and more effective.
How MEAM is already working
This video features practitioners and people with lived experience talking about how the MEAM approach works.
Find out more
Our information hub provides more details about MEAM including answers to frequently asked questions.
Join the MEAM mailing list
If you’d like to stay up to date, please complete this form to join our mailing list. By signing up, you’ll receive updates about MEAM, be invited to learning and networking opportunities, and help shape more joined‑up ways of working across Gloucestershire.
Any questions?
If you have any questions or would like to know more about MEAM Gloucestershire, please email: MEAMGloucestershire@gloucestershire.gov.uk