To help bolster mental health support in deprived communities across the Black Country we have provided funding for voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations in each of our four localities.
These organisations will work to address the wider determinants of health and wellbeing within these communities. Here are the organisations supporting residents in each area of the Black Country:
Dudley Consortium:
Lead Provider: Beacon
Partner Organisations:
- CHADD
- Top Church Training
- Just Straight Talk
- Advance Beyond CIC
- Centre for Equality & Diversity
- Aspire4U
- Phase Trust
- Creheart
- Saltmine Theatre
- Lighthouse Counselling
- What Centre
- Headway Black Country
- Arts of Change
Sandwell Consortium:
Lead Provider: Communities in Sync
Partner Organisations:
- Ideal For All
- Sandwell African Caribbean Mental Health Foundation
- Kaleidoscope Plus Group
- Sandwell AGE UK
- St Albans Community Association
- Breakthru CIC
- Beat It CIC
- Black Country YMCA
- Members of Sandwell Consortium
- Bangladeshi Women’s Association
- Brushstrokes Community Project
- Community Connect Foundation
- Ileys Community CIC
- Smethwick Youth & Community Centre
- Skills Work Enterprise & Development Agency (SWEDA)
- Just Straight Talk
- European Welfare Association
- Life In The Community CIC
Walsall Consortium:
Lead Provider: Brownhills Community Association
Partner Organisations:
- The Walsall Community Network
- Aiana Community Hub
- Aspire4U
- Brownhills Community Association
- Citizens Advice Bureau
- Manor Farm Community Association
- MindKind
- Rethink Walsall
- Walsall FC Foundation
Wolverhampton Consortium:
Lead Provider: Refugee and Migrant Centre
Partner Organisations:
- Age UK
- Aspiring Futures
- Good Shepherd Ministries
- Refugee and Migrant Centre
For more information about this work, please contact: bchft.bcmhstakeholdergroup@nhs.net