Overview

Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) is an approach that works across multiple agencies and organisations.

Who it's for

MEAM aims to help people with multiple disadvantage. This means people who are facing a combination of problems including:

  • homelessness (or risk of)
  • complex mental health challenges
  • substance misuse (such as drugs and alcohol)
  • contact with the criminal justice system
  • domestic abuse

Multiple disadvantage

The MEAM strategy 2021 to 2025 definition of multiple disadvantage:

People [experiencing] a combination of problems. For many, their current circumstances are shaped by long-term experiences of poverty, deprivation, trauma, abuse and neglect...

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How this works in Stockport

In Stockport, the MEAM Hub is a weekly multi-disciplinary team meeting. It includes:

They also work in partnership with:

  • the NHS
  • Greater Manchester Police
  • mental health services
  • probation services
  • the third sector (charities, social enterprises and community groups)

These organisations work together as part of the MEAM Hub to directly improve the lives of people facing multiple disadvantage.

More information

To find out more, you can: