Findings from the September 2025 NECG National Meeting
This handbook was written following the September 2025 meeting of the National Expert Citizens Group (NECG), which brought together NECG and Changing Futures members with civil servants, service providers and justice staff.
Taking lead from innovative practice from Nottingham Changing Futures and the West Midlands Offending to Recovery scheme, we explored how diversion from the criminal justice system can be a positive solution for ‘the revolving door group’ trapped in the cycle of crisis and crime.
*The NECG is co-ordinated and supported by Revolving Doors and consists of people with lived experience of multiple disadvantage who represent the 15 Changing Futures areas. The Changing Futures programme is a £91.8 million joint funded initiative between Government and The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest community funder in the UK, which funds local organisations working in partnership to better support those who experience multiple disadvantage.*
