Synergi Leeds
About
Welcome to the Synergi-Leeds microsite, which provides you with a brief description of the network, the approach, and the workstreams.
Synergi-Leeds is an award-winning innovative and ambitious citywide approach to tackling ethnic inequalities in mental health.
The Partnership’s growing network of statutory and voluntary sector organisations is instrumental in supporting Priority 2 of the Leeds All-Age Mental Health Strategy, ‘reducing the over representation of people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities admitted in crisis’. The network adopts a whole system, life course approach and uses ‘Creative Spaces events’ to centre the voices of people with lived experience.
Language is important, so throughout this platform we will use the term BME – Black Minority Ethnic – to inclusively describe people who are not ‘White British’ and who have a shared history of racism and discrimination.
However, people will have a preference for different terminology such as ‘BAME’, ‘culturally and ethnically diverse groups’ or ‘racialised groups’ and we respect that. When terms other than BME are used in this document, this will reflect the language of the source.