CATALYST to support MASH short and long term development plans
Site Admin • 12 April 2017
Short term plans:
MASH have already started talks and planning with three established community organisations who will be working with them to secure funding for activities that they will deliver for MASH participants whilst it secures new direct funding supported by new organisation, CATALYST 4 Change.
OrganisationsMASHare working with:
- Managing Your Money + Business Start-Up courses
- Information and support sessions on domestic violence
- Arts, drama and creative writing sessions
MASH is no longer part of the national charity Mind. Its future development will be led by a new organisation called CATALYST which will be launched in a few months time. MASH will also be supported in-kind by the Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (BSMHFT) Community Engagement Team.
Tippa Naphtali (project co-ordinator) said; “ CATALYST will provide fundraising and capacity building support for MASH and will be the accountable body for the project until such time as it is able to go fully independent as a charity or social enterprise.
“The plan is to see MASH eventually governed and staffed primarily by people with a lived experience of mental health. ”
In 2025 Catalyst will be proudly marking 10 years since its inception. The organisation was first conceived in 2015 by founders Tippa Naphtali and Sandra Griffiths.
We are very pleased to announce that The National Lottery Fund has awarded £19,984 in grant funding to the NMPMFF to further their development plans.
We are very pleased to announce that the MASH Meet & Eat sessions are back. The sessions were popular until they were discontinued in 2019 due to a lack of funding.
A lack of supported housing was the biggest reason for delayed discharges from mental health hospitals in England last year, costing the NHS about £71m, according to a report.
