Workstreams

The all-age Synergi – Leeds grants programme has been designed to support grass roots projects/services that address the wider determinants of serious mental illness (including racism and discrimination); and supports Synergi Leeds ambition to tackle ethnic inequalities in mental health. The programme is funded recurrently by the Leeds Integrated Care Board (ICB) and delivered via Leeds Community Foundation (LCF).

Supporting grass roots organisations in this way reinforces the principle of choice in accessing services for minoritised groups and facilitates ‘proof of concept’ for those services which could and do meaningfully contribute to the mental health service landscape- enabling grass roots projects to thrive and not solely survive.

Remembering What’s Forgotten is an exhibition championing community and lived experience narratives to tackle the overrepresentation of black and South Asian men detained under the Mental Health Act in Leeds.

Co-founded by Synergi-Leeds and Words of Colour, the programme draws on 50 years of unsung community initiatives, allyship and knowledge to reimagine a more inclusive and equitable mental health system, guided by racial justice.

The Skills Library is created as a community resource where network members can offer their skills and mentorship to support grant holders who require further support to upskill in particular areas such as Monitoring impact and evaluation or building capacity across the organisation.

Service user and carer involvement is at the centre of everything we do. All of our Creative Spaces events have been co-curated, and we are currently developing a model / framework for involvement which is creative, flexible and sustainable.