Voices for a Better Future is our lived experience voice group. May 2026 marks four years of the group’s work. Find out more.
Voices for a Better Future is a lived experience group. Every member is registered with Future Pathways. The group works with staff at Future Pathways and at other services on different projects. The group started in May 2022 and have all worked so hard in making a difference. Here are a few of the projects they have been involved with.
Co-designing Peer Support
In 2023, Voices for a Better Future worked with Future Pathways to look at how we might develop peer support. Through the project, we learned that people we support wanted to come together, learn, share interests and support each other. This paved the way for our Peer Support programme.
Access to Records
Voices for a Better Future helped to create information and guidance about record searches. This was to help anyone who is trying to access their records from when they were a child. The group wanted to give advice and hoped that their booklet will make accessing your records a little bit easier.
Future Pathways’ animation
In this animation, we wanted to show what Future Pathways does, who we are for and the support we offer. We worked with Voices for a Better Future to do this. Their input was crucial.
The group helped us to show the perspective of someone on a journey of support, taking us on the path from before to during and after support. The animation shows how each individual is at the heart of support, taking their own pathway to a positive future.
Alliance Leadership Team
Two members of Voices for a Better Future are also part of the Alliance Leadership Team. This team makes sure that Future Pathways gives high quality support. Members from Voices for a Better Future bring their own personal insights and lived experience. They help to improve Future Pathways.
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
Members are working with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. They are helping to make sure that this service works for people. For example, by making information more clear to survivors of abuse who are going through the criminal justice system.
Better Records Together
Members of the group worked with the Information Commissioner’s Office. Taking part in the Better Records Together campaign, members shared their experiences of accessing care records. Through this, they could highlight barriers and call for improvements in how people access records.
Find out more
You can view the latest updates and articles from Voices for a Better Future.
