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WMHD2021 – Stalls booking form
The Big Inclusive get together & World Mental Health Day Festival Venue: The Midlands Greek & Cypriot AssociationMagnet CentrePark ApproachBirminghamB23 7SJ Friday 8th October 2021 As part of World Mental Health Day and The Big Inclusive Get together, Common Unity, Forward For Life and Community Flow will be working in partnership to see the coming […]
Our Collaborative Approach
Providing upstream solutions to community wide health & wellbeing challenges. We work tirelessly to make a real difference at a grassroots level within communities. We recognise the urgent need to provide health and wellbeing programmes that have communities at the heart; this is through delivering a range of programmes which focus on an upstream approach […]
BIG INCLUSIVE GET TOGETHER & WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY FESTIVAL
As part of World Mental Health Day and the Big Inclusive Get-together, Common Unity and associates have worked in partnership to celebrate the wellbeing of our local communities.
Suicide doesn’t discriminate
Suicide takes thousands of lives per year in the UK. Years of love, memories, relationships and possibilities are lost each time a person dies by suicide. We are losing our family members, our friends, our neighbours and work colleagues. It affects every community so we need to support our communities to have to prevent suicide […]
Suicide Prevention Training Feedback
Suicide doesn’t discriminate Death by suicide is devastating and far reaching across our communities. It takes 3 times more lives per year in the UK than lives lost in accidents on all our roads. The most recent data tells us that over 6000 people died in the UK by suicide in one year. That means […]
Happy Birthday to us!
At Common Unity & Forward For Life we are celebrating the 6th Birthday of The Waiting Room (TWR). Tailored for Birmingham and Solihull citizens and providing links to over 1000 services both locally and nationally, The Waiting Room has been a huge success. Thank you for your support Adopted and supported by Public Health, the […]
WISE STEPS – Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training (online)
WISE STEPS is an online ‘gatekeeper’ training workshop built on years of experience and best evidenced based approaches in the field of suicide prevention. Designed, developed and delivered by Forward For Life and Common Unity, WISE STEPS provides a strong foundation for those seeking the tools needed to support people who may be struggling with […]
SCHEMA – An Approach to Suicide Prevention
An Approach to Suicide Prevention SCHEMA is a suicide prevention course that supports professionals and community members in effectively helping people with suicidal thoughts. Suicide doesn’t discriminate Death by suicide is devastating and far reaching across our communities. It takes 3 times more lives per year in the UK than lives lost in accidents on […]
LITA – Life is the AIM online training
LITA (Life is the AIM) was developed by Forward For Life and Common Unity with the recognition that in today’s uncertain times there is an ever pressing need to provide people with gatekeeper skills training in suicide prevention through an online platform. Directed at organisations and communities, LITA is a short and practical 2.5 hour online introduction to supporting people with […]
ManMade
The Background to ManMade Forward For Life, in partnership with Common Unity and associates developed ManMade to empower are men to have the strategies and coping skills to manage the challenges they may experience as a result of job loss including reduced financial income, loss of time structure, isolation, loss of purpose and changes in identity and relationship […]
SafeTALK
Nearly 6000 people take their own lives across the UK each year. safeTALK is a half-day course that offers you practical steps to help someone with thoughts of suicide and helps you both to connect with more specialised support. The safeTALK course was developed by LivingWorks in Canada and is delivered worldwide. It complements our more comprehensive […]
ASIST
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) trains frontline staff in early intervention. The 15-hour workshop held over two days teaches participants to connect, understand and assist people who may be at risk of suicide. Saving Lives Through Suicide Prevention Skills – The Two Day ASIST Course is suitable for people from all walks of life. […]
Reaching a milestone
The Waiting Room (TWR) Team are proud to present a milestone in community engagement. In the last twelve months TWR have had over 100,000 visits to the website by Birmingham and Solihull communities. The smart online directory has offered support to professionals and the citizens within our communities across Birmingham and Solihull. It has played […]
Getting the message out in many different ways
Getting the message out in many different ways has always been a core message from Common Unity in respect of the importance of good health and wellbeing across communities. However, with the devastating impact of Coronavirus, the importance of getting the messages out there to help people keep themselves and their loved ones around them […]
The Excellence in Third Sector Award
Early in 2020 we were excited to be told that we had been shortlisted for the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce Award “Excellence in The Third Sector.” This nomination was alongside 7 other local organisations who provide essential community support across our region. The other nominees were: Black Country Living Museum Breast Cancer Haven, West […]
SCHEMA – An Approach to Suicide Prevention
SCHEMA is a suicide prevention course that supports professionals and community members in effectively helping people with suicidal thoughts. Suicide doesn’t discriminate Death by suicide is devastating and far reaching across our communities. It takes 3 times more lives per year in the UK than lives lost in accidents on all our roads. The most […]
Introducing LITA our two hour interactive online workshop
LITA (Life is the AIM) Suicide prevention gatekeeper training was developed by Forward For Life and Common Unity with the recognition that in today’s uncertain times there is an ever pressing need to provide people from all walks of life with gatekeeper skills training in suicide prevention through an online platform. What you will learn: […]
Our Community recommendations on wearing face masks
It is important that all our communities are aware of the recommendations when it comes to wearing face mask. With the input of Healthy Brum (Public Health Birmingham) here is the most up to date information on wearing face masks in 12 different languages. Please find below translations in 12 languages, on where and how […]
Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983: supporting documents
The Mental Health Act Review African and Caribbean group (MHARAC) has been established to support the aims of the Independent Review. MHARAC will make recommendations designed to ensure that people of African andCaribbean descent with mental health challenges receive the treatment and support they need, when and where they need it, are treated with dignity, […]
BLACK, ASIAN AND MINORITY ETHNIC STUDENT ATTAINMENT AT UK UNIVERSITIES: #CLOSINGTHEGAP
FOREWORD BY BARONESS VALERIE AMOS, DIRECTOR, SOAS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON When the extent of the BAME attainment gap in universities was brought to my attention, I was shocked, because universities should be places where opportunity and aspiration come together. Of course I knew that, given its extent in society, discrimination would exist in our universities. […]
The Lammy Review
An independent review into the treatment of, and outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals in the Criminal Justice System. Across England and Wales, people from minority ethnic backgrounds are breaking through barriers. More students from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are achieving in school and going to university. 1 There is […]
Beyond the data: Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on BAME groups
There is clear evidence that COVID-19 does not affect all population groups equally. Many analyses have shown that older age, ethnicity, male sex and geographical area, for example, are associated with the risk of getting the infection, experiencing more severe symptoms and higher rates of death. This work has been commissioned by the Chief Medical […]
Challenging times require a proactive approach
We are in unprecedented times and facing uncertainty as the Coronavirus pandemic continues to affect our daily lives. We want to assure you that Common Unity is fully committed to the safety and health of our communities. During this period we all need to be there for each other even more so than usual which […]
Time for take off – Our Waiting Room is coming to yours.
The Waiting Room Smart Directory (TWR), as an initial concept, was born out of the fact that paper-based directories were often out of date before the ink had dried and online alternatives were difficult to navigate. This meant that the public didn’t know what services were available and how to access those services which in […]
Birmingham & Solihull – World Mental Health Day 2019
October 10th is here again and for this years’ World Mental Health Day event we have amassed many of the key wellbeing services from across from the local area to showcase what they do at The Being Well Works Well Emporium. Organised by ourselves at Common Unity and hosted in partnership with Birmingham City University, this year’s event […]
Welcome to The Waiting Room (TWR) #TWRFoundIt – Health and Wellbeing at your Fingertips
The second version of The Waiting Room was released in May 2018. Faster, smarter and cleaner, the new TWR can translate into well over 80 languages, has full search capabilities, offers direct call functionality and a simple but effective “share this service” facility both through personal media options and social media platforms. Housed within our […]
Common Unity’s URBRUM Resource key #commonunity @commonunity
Please note you will need to download a free QR code scanner from your mobile app store to use QR’s Accessing information to specific services can be difficult at the best of times. In modern day life technology plays a key role in ensuring information is at our fingertips. The URBRUM resource key gives you […]
