Inclusive North

It's been an exciting time, the Inclusive North team has continued championing Black and Racially Minoritised (BRM) communities through action, collaboration, and systems change work across the North West. Our team delivered a series of listening and engagement events in both Lancashire and Greater Manchester (Blackburn CVS, Burnley CVS, Catherine Beckett Community Centre, BRASS, Stockport Race Equality Partnership, Kashmir Youth Project), gathering important feedback from BRM VCFSE groups...

The document is a UK government call for evidence designed to help shape a new cross-government mental health strategy for England as part of the NHS 10 Year Health Plan. It argues that mental health should be addressed not only through healthcare services but also through broader policies involving education, employment, housing, social care, and community support. The strategy is built around three major shifts: moving care from hospitals into communities, making better use of digital...

The article is an interview with writer and campaigner Natasha Walter about her book Feminism for a World on Fire. Walter argues that climate change and gender inequality are deeply interconnected and that mainstream feminism has not paid enough attention to the ways environmental crises disproportionately affect women. Drawing on research and her own experiences working with refugees and vulnerable communities, she contends that climate disasters such as floods, droughts, and heatwaves often...