THE HEALTH FORUM 

The project is using funding to work with six local BME community groups in North West London to address health inequalities by improving access and engagement with NHS health services and public ....more

The project is using funding to work with six local BME community groups in North West London to address health inequalities by improving access and engagement with NHS health services and public health services. The funding will enable each of the Health Forum’s partner organisations to recruit a bilingual health advocate from the communities that they work in or extend the hours of their existing workers. The aim is to help BME communities navigate health and social care services and in doing so will gather evidence of barriers and issues faced that potentially lead to lack of access late diagnosis and/or poor outcomes.

£23,000 towards the development phase of a user-led partnership to mobilise local organisations and influence statutory policy and provision to reduce health inequalities amongst people from BAME ....more

£23,000 towards the development phase of a user-led partnership to mobilise local organisations and influence statutory policy and provision to reduce health inequalities amongst people from BAME communities in North West London.

COVID19 related funding. The Multilingual Emotional Wellbeing Support Service supports people who are going through an emotionally difficult time and are not fluent English speakers. We will work ....more

COVID19 related funding. The Multilingual Emotional Wellbeing Support Service supports people who are going through an emotionally difficult time and are not fluent English speakers. We will work with 5 partner organisations so that the project will be delivered in Arabic (focusing on Moroccan and Sudanese dialects), Bengali/Sylheti, Farsi and Kurdish. We will train staff and volunteers to use simple counselling skills, and CBT skills (such as goal setting and problem solving skills) to provide clients with emotional support and to help them access the services they need to resolve issues. The training lasts 24 hours (6x4 sessions) but may be shorter if delivered online. The trained staff or volunteers meet clients in a confidential space (or on the phone/online as needed). They support clients with emotional problems in their own language, and support clients to access other services and offer informal interpreting support to help them do so, (for example they might accompany clients to the citizens’ advice bureau and interpret for them).They also help them access health and wellbeing services and social or educational activities and access mainstream mental health services if necessary. Most clients have emotional problems that are tied up with practical problems and they therefore really benefit from a holistic service that targets both. Each client will normally receive 4 sessions, preferably face to face but by telephone when circumstances require it. The staff have adapted to have 3 way conversations with clients and other service providers so that they can continue supporting clients access other services when necessary. The project also provides for additional staff time for staff members to be able to support clients by filling in applications, researching services, writing letters etc. The model combines bilingual support and knowledge of the workers and volunteers with community provider organisations' deeper connections, trust, and roots with their target communities through shared language and culture. We have seen the importance of the service for clients increase exponentially during COVID and especially during the lockdowns.

COVID19 - We will fund community organisations to work with first generation migrants, asylum seekers and refugees from North Africa, East Africa and French Speaking Africa, China, Iran and the ....more

COVID19 - We will fund community organisations to work with first generation migrants, asylum seekers and refugees from North Africa, East Africa and French Speaking Africa, China, Iran and the Middle East. Journey of funds: National Emergencies Trust and The Clothworkers’ Foundation funds to Comic Relief, Comic Relief to intermediary partners, and intermediary partners to grassroots organisations. Co-funded by National Emergencies Trust, Esmee Fairburn Foundation and The Clothworkers’ Foundation (with the amount of £225,607.05)

towards a partnership of BAME community organisations providing direct support, advice and assistance to people in need. Please note that your organisation will the responsible for the grant and the ....more

towards a partnership of BAME community organisations providing direct support, advice and assistance to people in need. Please note that your organisation will the responsible for the grant and the other organisations will submit invoices to you for their respective costs

£27,400 over twelve months to enable The Health Forum to deliver training in community-based research, to five BME member organisations. Funding will cover a proportion of salary costs of two ....more

£27,400 over twelve months to enable The Health Forum to deliver training in community-based research, to five BME member organisations. Funding will cover a proportion of salary costs of two part-time staff members, volunteer expenses, contribution to running costs and rent, publication costs and venue hire.

£21,642.00 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners