The WY-FI Project

"Humankind Charity has been proud to lead the WY-FI programme throughout its 7 years, during which the project has supported more than 800 beneficiaries. "We thank all our partners for their unwavering support", Paul Townsley, CEO Humankind Charity @Humankind_UK @HumankindCEO

"As we come to the end of WY-FI I wanted to take this opportunity to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone for their support to develop, set up, deliver, and now, sadly, close-down the project", Paul Townsley, CEO Humankind Charity @Humankind_UK @HumankindCEO @TNLComFund

"The West Yorkshire Multiple Disadvantage Consortium will build and expand on learning from WY-FI and the National Lottery Community Fund's Fulfilling Lives Programme" Peter Dobson @TNLComFund @yorkie_dobbo @SystemChangeTNL @NorthySue @LWilson6584 @Humankind_UK @HumankindCEO

"Thank you for all the support that’s been given to WY-FI beneficiaries, as well as the work behind the scenes not only by the WY-FI team but by partners and stakeholders," Peter Dobson, Funding Manager @TNLComFund @yorkie_dobbo

"Over the last seven years of WY-FI, there have been many successes, lots of learning, and most importantly – the project has helped a great many people make huge strides towards living a fulfilling life", Peter Dobson, Funding Manager @TNLComFund @yorkie_dobbo

"Thank you to our funder @TNLComFund and our lead partner @Humankind_UK "And to all our beneficiaries and Network members, thank you for trusting us to support you and help you achieve your goals and for allowing us to share your voices", Sue Northcott, WY-FI Programme Manager

"At the end of what has been an incredibly influential era in West Yorkshire, thank you to everyone who's worked on, supported and shared our work over the last seven years", Sue Northcott, WY-FI Programme Manager

"The legacy of the WY-FI Core Partnership Management Board is the West Yorkshire Multiple Disadvantage Consortium. It will continue to work locally, regionally and nationally to ensure support for people experiencing multiple disadvantage," Sue Northcott, WY-FI Programme Manager

"This is a very emotional time for me and the team. I'm so proud that WY-FI has been able to make such a difference to people's lives across West Yorkshire," Sue Northcott, WY-FI Programme Manager

Our project is coming to an end but don't forget that the WY-FI website will stay online until April 2022. Visit to read and download a wide range of research, workforce development and co-production resources wy-fi.org.uk/

As we come to the end of WY-FI, our Research and Evaluation Lead Mark Crowe reflects on the importance of evaluation in the Fulfilling Lives Programme @SystemChangeTNL @FLevaluation @TNLComFund @Humankind_UK

We'll be closing our Twitter account on 23 April 2021. Don't forget though that we have a wide range of reports and briefings that will be available at wy-fi.org.uk/ until April 2022. #seethefullpicture #multipledisadvantage @TNLComFund @FLevaluation @Humankind_UK

We might be saying goodbye on Twitter but our website will be around until April 2022 so you’ll still be able to browse and download our range of resources, including briefing and reports. wy-fi.org.uk/ @Humankind_UK @TNLComFund @FLevaluation @SystemChangeTNL

It’s the final countdown. WY-FI ends on 31 May 2021 and we’ll be closing down our Twitter account on 23 April. Look out for more closing tweets and signposting to a range of WY-FI resources over the next couple of weeks @TNLComFund @Humankind_UK

Read more about why we need to invest in #multipledisadvantage #seethefullpicture