£1M FUNDING FOR 40 NEW COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS
On Wednesday 23 May 2007, health minister Rosie Winterton announced funding for 40 new community engagement projects, which includes ours.
This announcement forms part of the Delivering Race Equality in Mental Health programme in the United Kingdom.
Black Students Project responsible to
Tees Valley Voices For Justice (TVVFJ)
Ground Floor - Erimus House,
4 Queens Square,
Middlesbrough
TS2 1AA
This project has now come to the end. Funded by CSIP via the University of Central Lankeshire, the project explored the mental health needs and experiences of African men living in the Tees Valley. The report came out with very strong recommendations. Some member have now benefited from mental health first aid training funded by MHDU and delivered by developing partners cic. New projects and partnerships are being developed by BSP to further the recommendations. the report can be viewed here (PDF).