A Review of Fullscope’s Year
Fullscope and wider team at An Invitation to Think
A quick look at our highlights from a very busy 2024, from projects, events and system impacts, to a refreshed website
2024 has been a busy year for Fullscope, as we continue to pursue the ambitious goals set out in our 2023 – 2026 strategic plan.
Whether you've followed us online or seen us at meetings, you’ve witnessed impactful projects like Understanding Self-Harm, Our Voices, and CB4Ward. These initiatives reflect our innovative thinking and collaboration with the Fullscope community, including children, young people, families, and colleagues across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
While much of our work happens behind the scenes, through system networks and meaningful conversations with colleagues, these incremental steps are crucial in shifting the local mental health and wellbeing system. At Fullscope, we are deeply committed to measuring and communicating our impact, moving beyond mere numbers to explore the deeper roots of challenges and the stories of change. This commitment will continue to guide us into 2025.
This year, we have firmly embedded our core strategic areas of Learning, Amplifying, and Influencing into our work. A highlight was our inaugural event in June, An Invitation to Think, at Storey’s Field. Here, we shared our Guiding Principles, and keynote speaker Professor Nicola Walshe inspired us to disrupt conventional thinking and shift towards a system integrated to care. Workshops led by partners fostered a collaborative environment where the community could think together. Attendees left with a copy of Hilary Cottam’s Radical Help, a book that has significantly influenced our recent work (and would make a great stocking filler).
Inspired by the success of this event, we hosted An Invitation to Think: Act One in September, where over 50 participants gathered online to ask, “What next?”, exploring system change examples from across the UK, considering the steps we could take together in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
Our commitment to involving children, young people, and families remains unwavering. This autumn, we launched Help You, Help Them, a wellbeing toolkit co-created by local young people to support conversations about wellbeing.
Our Understanding Self-Harm project made significant strides, partnering with schools to co-produce resources for young people, and with YMCA Trinity for the delivery of workshops for professionals. The film Ask Me How I Am was shortlisted for an NHS Parliamentary Award and featured in several film festivals, winning awards and Honourable Mentions.
We wrap up the year with a refreshed website, one of those projects that takes a huge amount of energy and teamwork behind the scenes, culminating in what we hope will be a useful resource for many.
We’d like to extend a huge thank you to the Fullscope partnership board, our collaborative partners, and the wider Fullscope community.
Wishing everyone a restful break, and we look forward to working together in 2025.
Read our Strategic Plan
Read about our Projects
Take a look at the Help, You, Help, Them toolkit