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My Life My Future 2.0

Duration: 2026–2033 (7 years)         

Funding: £900,000      Collaboration Circle by National Lottery & City Bridge Foundation

Target Group:

Young people aged 11–25 with long-term health conditions (LTHCs), especially those from racially minoritised and low-income backgrounds.

Programme Vision:

To transform life outcomes for young people with LTHCs by embedding youth-led, trauma-informed, and health-aware practices across education, healthcare and housing systems.

Programme Strands

There are six programme strands involved in My Life My Future 2.0

1. Return to Learn:         

Trauma-informed re-entry into education after health-related absence or bereavement.

2. CYP Expert Patients Programme (CYP/EPP):

Peer-led health confidence and self-management programme.

3. MyHealth MyVoice Panels:

Youth-led governance and advocacy in school and hospitals Boards.

4. Youth-Led CPD & Undergraduate Degree Modules: 

Communication training for professionals and healthcare undergraduates working with children and young people with Long-Term Health Conditions, co-designed and delivered by young people.

5. VR Learning Tools:     

Immersive simulations of LTHC experiences for educators and social/healthcare professions.

6. Longitudinal Study:       

7-year tracking of impact and youth-led storytelling.

Publish 7-year longitudinal study, together with evaluations and launch replication strategy.

DocuFilm:

Annual DocuFilms charting the progress of My Life My Future 2.0

Curtain-raiser of 30-minute docufilm of systems change process and programme

     Years 1–2: Foundation & Pilot Phase:

  • Establish partnerships with schools, NHS Trusts, universities & community orgs
  • Launch Return to Learn and CYP/EPP pilots in 3–5 schools and 2–3 hospitals
  • Recruit youth panels and peer researchers
  • Begin longitudinal study with 30 young people
  • Develop CPD modules and VR prototype
  • Host inaugural Systems Change Symposium
  • Annual DocuFilms

     Years 3–7: Expansion & Legacy:

  • Scale Return to Learn and CYP/EPP across boroughs and Trusts
  • Embed youth voice in commissioning and governance, youth-led data collection and stories
  • Pilot, then roll-out CPD modules and VR tools nationally
  • Publish 7-year Longitudinal study, evaluations and launch replication strategy
  • Final 30-minute documentary in Year 7

    

Evaluation & Learning:

Peer-led impact evaluation – partner to be confirmed

Economic modelling – partner to be confirmed

Youth-led data collection and policy briefings

  • Annual docufilms and impact reports

Please contact Anne for further details.

“This work is funded by Propel Pooled Fund, which is held through the Collaboration Circle on behalf of City Bridge Foundation and The National Lottery Community Fund. Propel is a collaboration of funders powered by London Funders, the membership body for public, private and independent funders in the capital”.

Propel is a collaboration of funders powered by London Funders, the membership body for public, private and independent funders in the capital.

Funding for Propel’s long-term grants programme is pooled through Collaboration Circle, a subsidiary company of London Funders that can hold ‘‘pooled’ money on behalf of multiple cross-sector collaborations both within and beyond the capital.