Future Focus
Future Focus is a collaborative service available in East Staffordshire, Lichfield District, and Tamworth Borough. We work alongside your existing support networks to help you take charge of the changes you want to make in your life.
We support you in areas such as:
• Social Networks – building and strengthening your relationships with friends, family, and your community.
• Home – improving your living situation and financial stability.
• Self-Care – encouraging healthy routines around sleep, eating, and exercise.
• Effective Support – connecting you with other helpful services.
• Active Citizenship – encouraging community involvement.
• Ambitions – exploring work, education, or volunteering opportunities.
• Personal Goals – focusing on what brings you joy, purpose, and hope.
• Growing Future Focus – involving you in shaping and improving our service.
Our Recovery Workers will take the time to get to know you, building trust at your pace. While they are not clinically trained, they will help you to focus on the wider factors that influence your mental health, helping you create a personalised action plan that works for you.
Whether you’re facing challenges with housing, finances, or simply want to try something new, our 1:1 and group support can help you overcome barriers and move forward with confidence.
Future Focus is delivered in partnership with:
• Burntwood Be a Friend (Burntwood)
• Community Together CIC (Tamworth)
• Curborough Community Centre (Lichfield)
• YESS – Your Emotional Support Service (Uttoxeter)
Together, we’re here to listen and help you to make change happen — with you in the driving seat.
Who is Eligible for the Future Focus?
Future Focus is available for:
- People with long term mental health problems and complex needs
- Aged 17 plus (with no upper limit)
- Living in East Staffordshire, Tamworth Borough or Lichfield District
- People with existing support and care planning from Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (for instance IMHT, Older Adults or CAMHS)
How can Future Focus support your Mental Health?
Offering individual or group sessions to help identify the barriers affecting your mental health and to develop an action plan for addressing these challenges and maintain mental health.
How can people Sign Up for Future Focus?
Enquiries to come through a keyworker within the Community Mental Health Team via RIO
Who Facilitates Future Focus?
We will have more information on our Future Focus team coming soon!
Future Focus is FREE for participants to have access to once they have been referred.
The impact of Future Focus
Participants actively engaging with the service from 2024.
“I don’t think I would still be here if it wasn’t for my Recovery Worker. I have had really good support and feel I can go it alone more now from being a broken person.”
– 2023 (Participant)
“I just wanted to also say it was noted how much future focus and you personally do and what an invaluable resource the team is, well done and thank you for all of the support and effort that you put into each person, it is greatly appreciated and does not go unnoticed, particularly by our service users, but also by the wider teams.”
– 2024 (MPFT colleague)
“Please do pass on our sincere thanks and recognition of your Recovery Worker’s exceptional contribution. It’s clear that their work is not only valued by those they support, but also by the wider network of family members who walk alongside them.”
– 2025 (Family member of participant)
