Partisan
@partisanuk.bsky.social
We design alternative mental health help systems for Black and racially minoritised communities in London. #BlackMentalHealthMatters
"For generations, Black men have been told, implicitly and explicitly, by themselves, by others in the community, and by dominant patriarchal narratives, to “man up,” to stay strong and to shoulder pain in silence.’"
Read our latest blog, inspired by #Movember: www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/b...
Read our latest blog, inspired by #Movember: www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/b...
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"For generations, Black men have been told, implicitly and explicitly, by themselves, by others in the community, and by dominant patriarchal narratives, to “man up,” to stay strong and to shoulder pain in silence.’"
Read our latest blog, inspired by #Movember: www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/b...
Read our latest blog, inspired by #Movember: www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/b...
An invaluable and interactive afternoon, inviting new collaborators into the partnership to help shape and steer Harambee’s work.
We want to ensure it stays true to its purpose: building fairer, more caring systems of help and healing, led by and for Black communities across Lambeth and Southwark.
We want to ensure it stays true to its purpose: building fairer, more caring systems of help and healing, led by and for Black communities across Lambeth and Southwark.
November 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
An invaluable and interactive afternoon, inviting new collaborators into the partnership to help shape and steer Harambee’s work.
We want to ensure it stays true to its purpose: building fairer, more caring systems of help and healing, led by and for Black communities across Lambeth and Southwark.
We want to ensure it stays true to its purpose: building fairer, more caring systems of help and healing, led by and for Black communities across Lambeth and Southwark.
Did you know that Harambee means “to pull together”?
Last week, #Harambee project partners (Lougborough Community Centre (LCC) @ Max Roach, Milk Honey Bees, Parentskills2GO CIC, Word on the Curb & us!) came together, joined by seven community members from #Lambeth and #Southwark.
Last week, #Harambee project partners (Lougborough Community Centre (LCC) @ Max Roach, Milk Honey Bees, Parentskills2GO CIC, Word on the Curb & us!) came together, joined by seven community members from #Lambeth and #Southwark.
November 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Did you know that Harambee means “to pull together”?
Last week, #Harambee project partners (Lougborough Community Centre (LCC) @ Max Roach, Milk Honey Bees, Parentskills2GO CIC, Word on the Curb & us!) came together, joined by seven community members from #Lambeth and #Southwark.
Last week, #Harambee project partners (Lougborough Community Centre (LCC) @ Max Roach, Milk Honey Bees, Parentskills2GO CIC, Word on the Curb & us!) came together, joined by seven community members from #Lambeth and #Southwark.
Partisan were thrilled to attend the #Lambeth Peer Action Collective Research Launch, hosted by @high-trees.bsky.social on Tuesday.
Their latest reported, Trusted Adults & Safe Spaces, explores how youth organisations and trusted adults can protect young people from violence.
#safeguarding
Their latest reported, Trusted Adults & Safe Spaces, explores how youth organisations and trusted adults can protect young people from violence.
#safeguarding
October 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Partisan were thrilled to attend the #Lambeth Peer Action Collective Research Launch, hosted by @high-trees.bsky.social on Tuesday.
Their latest reported, Trusted Adults & Safe Spaces, explores how youth organisations and trusted adults can protect young people from violence.
#safeguarding
Their latest reported, Trusted Adults & Safe Spaces, explores how youth organisations and trusted adults can protect young people from violence.
#safeguarding
The path to freedom is still being laid, and apartheid and state-violence are real threats to that vision. Palestinian people have the right to self-determination, and the right to decide what their realities, and their futures, look like.
Conflict is never the solution.
Conflict is never the solution.
October 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The path to freedom is still being laid, and apartheid and state-violence are real threats to that vision. Palestinian people have the right to self-determination, and the right to decide what their realities, and their futures, look like.
Conflict is never the solution.
Conflict is never the solution.
"We will raise our voice for Gaza, we will raise our voice for Palestine"
This weekend saw over tens of thousands of people come together for lasting peace in Gaza.
Our CEO, Jay Perkins attended what proved a vital reminder that resistance to oppression is real and thriving.
This weekend saw over tens of thousands of people come together for lasting peace in Gaza.
Our CEO, Jay Perkins attended what proved a vital reminder that resistance to oppression is real and thriving.
October 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"We will raise our voice for Gaza, we will raise our voice for Palestine"
This weekend saw over tens of thousands of people come together for lasting peace in Gaza.
Our CEO, Jay Perkins attended what proved a vital reminder that resistance to oppression is real and thriving.
This weekend saw over tens of thousands of people come together for lasting peace in Gaza.
Our CEO, Jay Perkins attended what proved a vital reminder that resistance to oppression is real and thriving.
4. Regeneration
Our current systems take more than they give, sustaining white supremacy & other forces of oppression.
We must return to what our bodies, cultures and communities once knew - small acts of resistance honouring what came before to create something different
Our current systems take more than they give, sustaining white supremacy & other forces of oppression.
We must return to what our bodies, cultures and communities once knew - small acts of resistance honouring what came before to create something different
October 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
4. Regeneration
Our current systems take more than they give, sustaining white supremacy & other forces of oppression.
We must return to what our bodies, cultures and communities once knew - small acts of resistance honouring what came before to create something different
Our current systems take more than they give, sustaining white supremacy & other forces of oppression.
We must return to what our bodies, cultures and communities once knew - small acts of resistance honouring what came before to create something different
3. Repair
In our lives, rupture is inevitable. Repair is thus vital
Many of us have been harmed by years of systemic violence (capitalism, racism, homophobia, misogyny, colonialism ) and subsequent injustice.
Repair means tending to that inherited pain - not with quick fixes, but with steady care
In our lives, rupture is inevitable. Repair is thus vital
Many of us have been harmed by years of systemic violence (capitalism, racism, homophobia, misogyny, colonialism ) and subsequent injustice.
Repair means tending to that inherited pain - not with quick fixes, but with steady care
October 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
3. Repair
In our lives, rupture is inevitable. Repair is thus vital
Many of us have been harmed by years of systemic violence (capitalism, racism, homophobia, misogyny, colonialism ) and subsequent injustice.
Repair means tending to that inherited pain - not with quick fixes, but with steady care
In our lives, rupture is inevitable. Repair is thus vital
Many of us have been harmed by years of systemic violence (capitalism, racism, homophobia, misogyny, colonialism ) and subsequent injustice.
Repair means tending to that inherited pain - not with quick fixes, but with steady care
2. Relationships
Relationships are what make the world go round, and sites of radical transformation.
What if our systems gave time and space for relationships to thrive, between others and to ourselves?
Relationships are what make the world go round, and sites of radical transformation.
What if our systems gave time and space for relationships to thrive, between others and to ourselves?
October 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
2. Relationships
Relationships are what make the world go round, and sites of radical transformation.
What if our systems gave time and space for relationships to thrive, between others and to ourselves?
Relationships are what make the world go round, and sites of radical transformation.
What if our systems gave time and space for relationships to thrive, between others and to ourselves?
1. Redistribution
Right now, power, knowledge and resources are held by too few.
How can we be more active in featuring redistribution in our work/lives?
Right now, power, knowledge and resources are held by too few.
How can we be more active in featuring redistribution in our work/lives?
October 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
1. Redistribution
Right now, power, knowledge and resources are held by too few.
How can we be more active in featuring redistribution in our work/lives?
Right now, power, knowledge and resources are held by too few.
How can we be more active in featuring redistribution in our work/lives?
[THREAD]
This #WorldMentalHealthDay, we're drawing attention not to individual actions, but to mechanism that, if centred by the architects, policymakers and decision-makers in our world (in the broadest sense of those terms), could create the conditions for mental health & wellbeing for all.
This #WorldMentalHealthDay, we're drawing attention not to individual actions, but to mechanism that, if centred by the architects, policymakers and decision-makers in our world (in the broadest sense of those terms), could create the conditions for mental health & wellbeing for all.
October 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
[THREAD]
This #WorldMentalHealthDay, we're drawing attention not to individual actions, but to mechanism that, if centred by the architects, policymakers and decision-makers in our world (in the broadest sense of those terms), could create the conditions for mental health & wellbeing for all.
This #WorldMentalHealthDay, we're drawing attention not to individual actions, but to mechanism that, if centred by the architects, policymakers and decision-makers in our world (in the broadest sense of those terms), could create the conditions for mental health & wellbeing for all.
Tomorrow is #WorldMentalHealthDay.
Whilst we realise the importance of raising awareness of mental health & positive messaging about seeking support + self-care, we believe that current systems and institutions need to be reimagined, to fundamentally create well-being & health for all.
Whilst we realise the importance of raising awareness of mental health & positive messaging about seeking support + self-care, we believe that current systems and institutions need to be reimagined, to fundamentally create well-being & health for all.
October 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Tomorrow is #WorldMentalHealthDay.
Whilst we realise the importance of raising awareness of mental health & positive messaging about seeking support + self-care, we believe that current systems and institutions need to be reimagined, to fundamentally create well-being & health for all.
Whilst we realise the importance of raising awareness of mental health & positive messaging about seeking support + self-care, we believe that current systems and institutions need to be reimagined, to fundamentally create well-being & health for all.
💫 C O M M U N I T Y
Our #MyEnds work shows us that being in #community matters.
From showing up to fortnightly sessions, to offering ideas & suggestions linked to creating #safety in Lewisham, young people are invested in their neighbourhood.
📷 PC: Luke Agbaimoni
Our #MyEnds work shows us that being in #community matters.
From showing up to fortnightly sessions, to offering ideas & suggestions linked to creating #safety in Lewisham, young people are invested in their neighbourhood.
📷 PC: Luke Agbaimoni
October 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
💫 C O M M U N I T Y
Our #MyEnds work shows us that being in #community matters.
From showing up to fortnightly sessions, to offering ideas & suggestions linked to creating #safety in Lewisham, young people are invested in their neighbourhood.
📷 PC: Luke Agbaimoni
Our #MyEnds work shows us that being in #community matters.
From showing up to fortnightly sessions, to offering ideas & suggestions linked to creating #safety in Lewisham, young people are invested in their neighbourhood.
📷 PC: Luke Agbaimoni
"Community-led research isn't the easy route...but it leads to solutions that go deeper, and impact that runs longer" says Theo Field-Pellew, Researcher.
Read more about how we worked with peer-researchers to shape our strategy: www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/peer-led-research-strategy
Read more about how we worked with peer-researchers to shape our strategy: www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/peer-led-research-strategy
October 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"Community-led research isn't the easy route...but it leads to solutions that go deeper, and impact that runs longer" says Theo Field-Pellew, Researcher.
Read more about how we worked with peer-researchers to shape our strategy: www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/peer-led-research-strategy
Read more about how we worked with peer-researchers to shape our strategy: www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/peer-led-research-strategy
Partisan’s strategy is shaped by young peer researchers with lived experience — bridging community insight + academic rigour.
Read how we developed it (the things that went well + the challenges) in our latest guest blog: lnkd.in/gu-d5UM4
#PeerLed #CommunityResearch #YouthVoice
Read how we developed it (the things that went well + the challenges) in our latest guest blog: lnkd.in/gu-d5UM4
#PeerLed #CommunityResearch #YouthVoice
October 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Partisan’s strategy is shaped by young peer researchers with lived experience — bridging community insight + academic rigour.
Read how we developed it (the things that went well + the challenges) in our latest guest blog: lnkd.in/gu-d5UM4
#PeerLed #CommunityResearch #YouthVoice
Read how we developed it (the things that went well + the challenges) in our latest guest blog: lnkd.in/gu-d5UM4
#PeerLed #CommunityResearch #YouthVoice
🖤Collaborating with and celebrating Black-led organisations who hold the knowledge, skills and relationships across our communities
#BlackHistory365 #StandingFirm #PowerAndPride #BHM2025
#BlackHistory365 #StandingFirm #PowerAndPride #BHM2025
October 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🖤Collaborating with and celebrating Black-led organisations who hold the knowledge, skills and relationships across our communities
#BlackHistory365 #StandingFirm #PowerAndPride #BHM2025
#BlackHistory365 #StandingFirm #PowerAndPride #BHM2025
🖤All Black therapeutic and clinical team, with a range of expertise drawn from different, intersecting traditions
🖤Programme, like our #Harambee Partnership, that are designed, led by, and for, Black people in London
#BlackHistory365 #StandingFirm #PowerAndPride #BHM2025
🖤Programme, like our #Harambee Partnership, that are designed, led by, and for, Black people in London
#BlackHistory365 #StandingFirm #PowerAndPride #BHM2025
October 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🖤All Black therapeutic and clinical team, with a range of expertise drawn from different, intersecting traditions
🖤Programme, like our #Harambee Partnership, that are designed, led by, and for, Black people in London
#BlackHistory365 #StandingFirm #PowerAndPride #BHM2025
🖤Programme, like our #Harambee Partnership, that are designed, led by, and for, Black people in London
#BlackHistory365 #StandingFirm #PowerAndPride #BHM2025
🖤African Centred training (led by expert facilitators) for all our staff, embedding indigenous and diasporic knowledge and practice
🖤 Realising Sankofa - the Adinkra concept of "retrieving" or "going back and fetching what you forgot", which guides how we learn and move forwards
#BHM2025
🖤 Realising Sankofa - the Adinkra concept of "retrieving" or "going back and fetching what you forgot", which guides how we learn and move forwards
#BHM2025
October 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🖤African Centred training (led by expert facilitators) for all our staff, embedding indigenous and diasporic knowledge and practice
🖤 Realising Sankofa - the Adinkra concept of "retrieving" or "going back and fetching what you forgot", which guides how we learn and move forwards
#BHM2025
🖤 Realising Sankofa - the Adinkra concept of "retrieving" or "going back and fetching what you forgot", which guides how we learn and move forwards
#BHM2025
#BlackHistory is our history at Partisan.
Not just through October, but through all our work - from the moment we were founded, to today.
Below are the ways we are committed to centring Black stories, voices and histories in all that we do 👇
#BlackHistory365 #StandingFirm #PowerAndPride #BHM2025
Not just through October, but through all our work - from the moment we were founded, to today.
Below are the ways we are committed to centring Black stories, voices and histories in all that we do 👇
#BlackHistory365 #StandingFirm #PowerAndPride #BHM2025
October 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#BlackHistory is our history at Partisan.
Not just through October, but through all our work - from the moment we were founded, to today.
Below are the ways we are committed to centring Black stories, voices and histories in all that we do 👇
#BlackHistory365 #StandingFirm #PowerAndPride #BHM2025
Not just through October, but through all our work - from the moment we were founded, to today.
Below are the ways we are committed to centring Black stories, voices and histories in all that we do 👇
#BlackHistory365 #StandingFirm #PowerAndPride #BHM2025
💬 "There is no one size fits all model" to interventions, says Founder of community-led #research org, TRUE Research, Theo Field-Pellew.
🖊️ In our new blog, we interviewed Theo on why he moved from youth work, to systems-change work in #SouthLondon.
buff.ly/5aOKBDG
#ethicalresearch #communityled
🖊️ In our new blog, we interviewed Theo on why he moved from youth work, to systems-change work in #SouthLondon.
buff.ly/5aOKBDG
#ethicalresearch #communityled
September 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
💬 "There is no one size fits all model" to interventions, says Founder of community-led #research org, TRUE Research, Theo Field-Pellew.
🖊️ In our new blog, we interviewed Theo on why he moved from youth work, to systems-change work in #SouthLondon.
buff.ly/5aOKBDG
#ethicalresearch #communityled
🖊️ In our new blog, we interviewed Theo on why he moved from youth work, to systems-change work in #SouthLondon.
buff.ly/5aOKBDG
#ethicalresearch #communityled
Working in the Emergence is messy.
It's scary. It's unclear.
But, we embrace this uncertainty on the path to new possibilities.
In our latest blog, our CEO reflects on our approach to designing a world that prioritises #healing:
www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/working-in-the-emergence
It's scary. It's unclear.
But, we embrace this uncertainty on the path to new possibilities.
In our latest blog, our CEO reflects on our approach to designing a world that prioritises #healing:
www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/working-in-the-emergence
September 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Working in the Emergence is messy.
It's scary. It's unclear.
But, we embrace this uncertainty on the path to new possibilities.
In our latest blog, our CEO reflects on our approach to designing a world that prioritises #healing:
www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/working-in-the-emergence
It's scary. It's unclear.
But, we embrace this uncertainty on the path to new possibilities.
In our latest blog, our CEO reflects on our approach to designing a world that prioritises #healing:
www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/working-in-the-emergence
What should we prioritise to centre collective healing in decision-making?
If you're a #policymaker or leader, then consider the questions below. From our new blog "Working in Emergence: a beginning, not a blueprint" 👇
www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/w...
#reform #justice #healing
If you're a #policymaker or leader, then consider the questions below. From our new blog "Working in Emergence: a beginning, not a blueprint" 👇
www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/w...
#reform #justice #healing
September 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
What should we prioritise to centre collective healing in decision-making?
If you're a #policymaker or leader, then consider the questions below. From our new blog "Working in Emergence: a beginning, not a blueprint" 👇
www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/w...
#reform #justice #healing
If you're a #policymaker or leader, then consider the questions below. From our new blog "Working in Emergence: a beginning, not a blueprint" 👇
www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/w...
#reform #justice #healing
🖤 “Healing for Black girls starts with being seen, heard and valued. This partnership is about restoring power, choice and ownership to our communities.” Ebenehita Iyere, founder of #MilkHoneyBees
Through #Harambee, we're reinvesting in Black Mental Health: www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/harambee
Through #Harambee, we're reinvesting in Black Mental Health: www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/harambee
July 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🖤 “Healing for Black girls starts with being seen, heard and valued. This partnership is about restoring power, choice and ownership to our communities.” Ebenehita Iyere, founder of #MilkHoneyBees
Through #Harambee, we're reinvesting in Black Mental Health: www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/harambee
Through #Harambee, we're reinvesting in Black Mental Health: www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/harambee
Jay Perkins, our CEO said: “This partnership is not just about designing services and interventions, it’s about redistributing power and resources to communities who’ve long been excluded from shaping the systems that impact their lives."
#MentalHealthMatters #Communityled #Blackled
#MentalHealthMatters #Communityled #Blackled
June 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Jay Perkins, our CEO said: “This partnership is not just about designing services and interventions, it’s about redistributing power and resources to communities who’ve long been excluded from shaping the systems that impact their lives."
#MentalHealthMatters #Communityled #Blackled
#MentalHealthMatters #Communityled #Blackled
🚨 New partnership alert!
We’ve joined forces with Black-led orgs Milk Honey Bees, Loughborough Community Centre & ParentSkills2Go to launch Harambee: Our Say, Our Way — investing £150k in Black community-led mental health in #Lambeth & #Southwark.
Find out more: www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/h...
We’ve joined forces with Black-led orgs Milk Honey Bees, Loughborough Community Centre & ParentSkills2Go to launch Harambee: Our Say, Our Way — investing £150k in Black community-led mental health in #Lambeth & #Southwark.
Find out more: www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/h...
June 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🚨 New partnership alert!
We’ve joined forces with Black-led orgs Milk Honey Bees, Loughborough Community Centre & ParentSkills2Go to launch Harambee: Our Say, Our Way — investing £150k in Black community-led mental health in #Lambeth & #Southwark.
Find out more: www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/h...
We’ve joined forces with Black-led orgs Milk Honey Bees, Loughborough Community Centre & ParentSkills2Go to launch Harambee: Our Say, Our Way — investing £150k in Black community-led mental health in #Lambeth & #Southwark.
Find out more: www.partisanuk.org/blogs-news/h...