Together We Will Change

Community development, mental health and diversity

Community development is central to the government's drive to improve mental health support for people from Black and minority ethnic groups. There is passion but little consensus about how this can be achieved.

This publication profiles an example of good practice, the Sharing Voices project in Bradford, which works with a diverse community where many people share a South Asian, Muslim heritage.

It shows how self-help approaches can enable local people to find their own solutions to mental distress and engage in active lives in their communities, moving on to education and employment. It draws out lessons of wider relevance.

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