ue Goddard, Programme Support Officer for Changing Futures Sussex, reflects on the final Changing Futures – The Next Chapter for Sussex event held in March 2026, which brought partners together to celebrate impact, reflect on learning, and look ahead with shared purpose, energy and confidence as the programme moves into its next chapter.

"Feedback is the engine of improvement." — Unknown Sue Goddard writes and reflects on a project gathering all the feedback we have received about Changing Futures... I have been thinking about feedback lately. If I’ve managed to solve a problem or get a task completed and have positive feedback, it makes my day, I think about it for a while afterwards. I admit, I struggle with constructive criticism (I’m sure many people do) but if that same person balances criticism with some positive...

Sue Goddard, Programme Support Officer Changing Futures Sussex On a very rainy day at the start of February a group of us from CF Sussex and East Sussex travelled up by train to Birmingham to attend this event. The venue was ideally placed for both Birmingham New Street station and our hotel; an extra bonus was that it was in the Chinese quarter of Birmingham so the night before we were able to treat ourselves to a magnificent Cantonese meal. Here are a few snippets from the day. Changing...