Mental health

Mental health

About this theme

This theme covers topics relating to community-based approaches to mental health. Many Fellows over the years have undertaken projects in this area including as part of our three-year programme developed in partnership with the Mental Health Foundation which ran in 2016-2018. Partnership stories

Blogs & conversations World afro day and supporting clients with alopecia

In 2017, UK thought-leader Michelle de Leon founded World Afro Day – a global celebration and liberation of Afro hair and identity that takes place annually on 15th September. This initiative brings attention to the cultural significance of Afro hair and highlights ongoing discrimination faced by Black people in the UK. As someone living with alopecia, I felt a personal connection to this topic, which led me to apply for a Churchill Fellowship.

By Jo-Anne Weekes, 2024

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