Opportunity Details

The Black Barbers Mental Wellbeing Support Program is a targeted health intervention designed to reduce mental health and wellbeing disparities among Black men in Birmingham.

The programme aims to harness the influential role of Black barbers in their communities to foster positive mental wellbeing among themselves and their clients. By equipping barbers with the necessary skills and resources, the program seeks to create a sustainable support system that encourages open mental health and wellbeing dialogues and facilitates access to professional services.

BCC Public Health are looking for a provider for Stage 1 to establish a foundation for sustainable mental health and wellbeing support within the Black community in Birmingham.

The selected provider must investigate the current methods by which Black barbers, and their clients support mental health and wellbeing.

The provider will also explore how Black barbers would like to receive support to improve their knowledge of mental health, and mental health services to share with their clients and wider networks. This will encompass engagement, training, network establishment, and the creation of supportive resources to facilitate mental health and wellbeing support within barbershops.

Please submit responses to Florence.Hobbs@birmingham.gov.uk and Mentalwellbeing@birmingham.gov.uk by 12pm noon on Tuesday 21st January 2025.