Black Minds Matter UK is a registered charity operating in the UK.

Our purpose is to create and champion safe and accessible mental health support with and for Black community.

Our vision is to see a community of Black people readily accessing Mental Health support, recovering fully from mental illness and thriving.

Here’s a brief overview of our journey so far:

June 2020 BMMUK Crowdfunder was launched by Agnes Mwakatuma and Annie Heyes

July 2020- Approximately 2600 signed up to the waiting list to access therapy with BMMUK

January 2021- BMMUK was granted official Charitable status

March 2021- Launch of the #BMMUK21K challenge to find long term donors and help raise additional funds for those looking to access therapy with BMMUK.

2022 - Focus on clearing waitlist and developing infrastructure as start up organisation.

January 2023 - Change in Leadership signals growth and scale mode for BMMUK

June 2023 - Waitlist cleared and recruitment drive initiated.

June 2024 - Staff team grown by 100%

Clients are invited to apply for therapy using the Access our therapy button on this website

You will recieve an email with further details regarding the next steps.

After a comprehensive Eligibility and Readiness Asessment, if eligible, you will be sent the Full Assesment and Consent Registration form. Once you have completed this, we will match you with a qualified Black therapist for 10 weeks of 121 virtual talking therapy.

View our client experience flowchart to learn more about how therapy works at Black Minds Matter UK.

According to the NHS and NICE guidlines talking therapies are defined as follows: Talking therapies are psychological treatments for mental and emotional problems like stress, anxiety and depression.

There are lots of different types of talking therapy, but they all involve working with a trained therapist.

We offer one to one virtual talking therapy and cover a number of modalities (methods) including but not limited to CBT, Somatic, Interpersonal and Integrative.

If you’d like to make a donation to our work you can give monthly or a one of gift here

Help us turn awareness into action by choosing to fundraise for us by:

● Making a monthly donation towards our work

● Making a one off donation towards our work

● Fundraise through your company or employer

● Organise a fundraising event for example a cake sale or a poetry evening. Participate in a fundraising challenge event eg. The London Marathon

● Donate as a business - if you'd like to make a donation via a company or business, please contact our fundraising team.

Get in touch today at info@blackmindsmatteruk.com to learn more about how we can work together in demanding better mental health support and resources for Black people in the UK.

We create and champion safe and accessible mental health support with, and for the Black community.

Our vision is to make mental health topics more relevant and accessible for all Black people in the U.K., removing the stigma and remodelling the services to be relevant for the Black community

You can stay up to date with BMMUK by signing up to our mailing list where we share client testemonials, spotlight our upcoming events, workshops and fundraising opportunities and case studies.

Click here and scroll to the bottom of the page to sign up.