BLACK THRIVE BIRMINGHAM
The positive deviants
Since 2016 Black Thrive Lambeth had been working with various partners to address inequalities facing Black communities. In 2020 Black Thrive Global received a significant grant from The National Lottery to expand into Birmingham and Haringey, London. Read more >
FROM SURVIVING TO THRIVING
Catalyst is the lead organisation for Birmingham, and in 2021 Co-Director, Sandra Griffiths, said;
“We have already been working with community organisations, social enterprises, faith groups, statutory services and businesses across the West Midlands over a period of six years to address the mental health needs of people from African and Caribbean communities in our region.
"Last year we secured two-year funding from the National Lottery Leaders with Lived Experience programme to support emerging Black entrepreneurs and grassroots organisations to create innovative approaches to mental health support and community role models. I am absolutely delighted that this new funding through the Black Thrive Partnership will build on what we are doing and enable us to drive forward solutions so that Black Communities in Birmingham and the West Midlands to move from just surviving to thriving".
RELATED NEWS AND UPDATES
There are a number of news stories and updates on the Black Thrive Partnership in our blog.
THE CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND
Due to structural inequalities, the experiences and outcomes for Black people in White-majority countries are on average significantly worse than those of their White counterparts in every sphere of life.
Black people in the UK have been more likely to die from Covid-19 than White people. Black people are 4 times more likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act (or “sectioned”); and Black men are 10 times more likely to be diagnosed with a psychotic disorder than White men.
These shocking disparities have their roots in decades of inequality and discrimination in most aspects of life.
