Group

Project

Location

ACCI AND NYELA

The Mental Health Service Needs Of African And African Caribbean Women - ACCI adopts a holistic approach to addressing the range of issues affecting our members including physical, social, and emotional needs. This involves addressing various areas from housing to education to debt management.

Wolverhampton

Bangladeshi Welfare Association And Culture Works

The mental health needs of the Bangladeshi community in Portsmouth - Determine the level of awareness of mental health issues and services. As well as looking at barriers to accessing services and the impact of cultural and religious factors.

Portsmouth

Dorset Mind Community

Knowledge and Perceptions of the use of Compulsory Powers in Mental Health among Black & Minority Ethnic communities - The research was carried out with local BME communities, a second strand of the research looked at the perceptions and attitudes of professionals towards the effect of compulsory powers on people from BME communities.

Bournemouth, Poole

Irish Welfare & Information Centre

The Mental Health Needs Of Older Irish Adults Community In Birmingham - Ascertained the views of Irish elders, community groups; identified the needs of, and the barriers encountered by, older Irish service users; find out if statutory mental health services have difficulty looking past alcohol dependency; and whether  GP and mental health services in Birmingham are having difficulty diagnosing older Irish service users.

Birmingham

The Qalb Mental Health Centre

Mental Health Service Needs Of South Asian Communities -Explored  the availability of mental health services for South Asian communities in Waltham Forest, and ascertain views of both the service users and the professionals on their appropriateness with regard to faiths, cultures, and diversity generally, and suggest how they could be improved.

London, Waltham Forest

Social Action for Health and Mellow

A mental health community development project within Hackney's African and Caribbean communities - Studied individuals engaged in the programme and assessed the potential impact of the programme on the experiences of local African and Caribbean people using mental health services in Hackney.

Hackney

Bangladeshi Youth Forum

Sandwell Bangladeshi Mental Health Needs Analysis Research -The focus of this project was to explore the needs of Sandwell Bangladeshi community that will lead in buildindg  its capacity as a community based organisation.

Smethwick

The Wiltshire Trust

Investigating the extent and impact of isolation and loneliness amongst ex-service users and carers -  Investigated the extent and impact of isolation and loneliness on inpatient wards andthe communities and  looked at ways to reduce it.

Southampton, Hampshire

YWCA Doncaster Women's Centre

The Mental Health Needs Of Black And Minority Ethnic Communities -This research was carried out by YWCA Doncaster Women's Centrecommunity research group in the programme of Delivering Race Equality (DRE) Mental Health Care.

Doncaster

African Caribbean Forum

The after-care services in Mid and North Bedfordshire -This project focused on the after-care services in Mid and North Bedfordshire for male/female users with mental health issues aged 18-35 from the African/Caribbean community

Bedfordshire

BAND

Issues and Barriers - Research project focused on issues and barriers faced by the Black and Minority Ethnic communities in accessing Mental Health services and their experiences once they access mental health services in Bolton.

 Bolton

The Brunswick

Mental Health Services and Treatment For The Arabic Speaking Communities -The focus of the work was to carry out research focusing on Access to Mental Health Services and treatment for the Arabic speaking Communities in Brighton and Hove.

Brighton

Chinese Mental Health Association

The exploration of the mental health needs and experiences of the Chinese community in Barnet -The research project explored more about services and treatments of Chinese users and carers.

Barnet

Darwen Community Links Limited

Exploring The Needs, Views And Experiences Of South Asian Mental Health Carers Explored the needs, views and experiences of local South Asian Mental Health carers in Blackburn with Darwen.

Blackburn

The Mind In Tower Hamlets Community

The experiences that Adult Mental Health Service Users and survivors - This research project focused on users  and survivors from African & Caribbean, Bengali and Somali communities have had using Mental Health services in Tower Hamlets or other boroughs.

London

‘Rethink'

The Mental Health Views, Concerns And Needs Of The Pakistani Community -This report focused on the mental health views, concerns and needs of the Pakistani community in Small Heath, Birmingham.

Small Heath, Birmingham

The Sahara Spotlight Group

Mental Health Service Needs Of Asian Women - This report focused on Improving and delivering equality of access, experience and outcomes for Black, minority and ethnic mental health service users.

Middlesbrough

UKC - UK Coalition of People living with HIV and AIDS

The mental health needs of Black African people living with HIV - This report focused on the mental health needs of Black African people living with HIV carried out by UKC - UK Coalition of People living with HIV and IDS London.

London

Binoh of Manchester

Mental Health Service Needs Amongst The Orthodox Jewish Community - The research uncovered a wealth of information that is central to understanding the mental health needs and concerns of the Orthodox Jewish Community for example, a distrust of non-Jewish professionals e.g. doctors, psychiatrists andnurses who were seen to be unsympathetic or ignorant of the community's cultural and religious needs.

Greater Manchester

Light at the end of the tunnel

BME Views On Mental Health Provision - This report focused on the potential to identify the needs of the BME communities in Somerset regarding available mental health services in the area and whether or not the services and their delivery are adequate including whether the communities are able to access them 

 Somerset

Derby Millenium Network

The Experiences Of 18+ Black And South Asian Service Users And Carers - A Black and Asian mental health research project in Derby focussing on the experiences of 18 + BME services users and carers in the Derby city area.

Derby City

Like Suffer in a Dark Fridge

Mental health experiences and outcomes of BME elders and their carers - Community led research project by the Hikmat Group focussing onthe mental health experiences and outcomes of BME elders and their carers in and around Exeter.

Exeter

Penwith Community Development Trust

Potential barriers to accessing mental health services within the Black and minority ethnic community : This report focused on potential barriers to accessing mental health services within the Black and minority ethnic community in Cornwall.

Cornwall

RUN-UP

The Experience Of People From Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Groups In Adult Acute Mental Health Settings -  A qualitative research study aimed at improving the quality of mental health care for a culturally diverse community. The community led research project focussing on the experience of people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups in adult acute mental health settings in Redbridge. 

Redbridge

Saheli

The mental health needs of South Asian women who are survivors of domestic violence - Report on the community-led research project focusing on the mental health needs of South Asian women who are survivors of domestic violence.

Manchester

Talking Matters Wellbeing Centre

A needs assessment of Mental Health Services, in the Ultra Orthodox Jewish Community of North London -Research project on emotional experiences and attitudes of Orthodox Jews in Stamford Hill. A needs assessment of Mental Health Services, in the Ultra Orthodox Jewish Community of North London. 

Stamford Hill, London

Wai Yin Chinese Women Society

The Needs of Chinese Older People with Dementia and their Carers -  Community led research project focussing on: The Needs of Chinese Older People with Dementia and their Carers

Manchester