Coventry and Warwickshire Mind in partnership with Tamarind Centre have been funded by Mind to work with Black Men aged 11–30.

The aim of the YBM project is to promote empowerment, increase resilience and help address some of the issues that affect young black men and their families.

The YBM project offers

Group based and one-to-one interventions

Parent programmes

The YBM project is

Free to access

Delivered across schools, community spaces and places of worship

Designed to be culturally appropriate

YBM accepts

Self-referrals

Professional referrals

Opportunities to work in partnership with other groups and organisations working with young black men and their families

Why young black men?

We know that young black men (YBM) are one of the most overrepresented BME groups in in-patient mental health services and are over-represented in the criminal justice system. YBM are also massively under-represented in asking for help, speaking about mental health or seeking out services and we want to work to see this change.

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