Healthy Communities

A healthy community has access to information, has access to services that meet its needs and is able to make informed choices. Healthy communities will feel safe and secure to voice their opinions, contribute to society and feel part of society.




Young Black Peerspectives
Young Black Peerspectives (formerly the Young Black People’s Peer Education Project) have been working with BME and Refugee and Asylum Seeker young people aged 13-25 in inner city Manchester, Trafford and Salford since 1999.

Manchester Drugs and Race Unit
MDRU exists to address inequalities in service provision and policy for drug users and their families from BME communities. The broad aim of Manchester Drugs and Race Unit (MDRU) is to ensure that drug users from Black and Ethnic Minorities communities (BME) have access to appropriate treatment, support and information.

Reaching Out
Reaching Out provides drugs and alcohol related education, training and support to Black and minority ethnic (BME) communities living in the city of Manchester.

Routes Project
The Routes Project provides support to international new arrivals and families with children aged between 0-19, newly arrived in Manchester. Many clients come from refugee and asylum seeking communities. We provide assistance to families to access mainstream support services such as schools, GPs, dentists, housing services, benefits advice etc. We also aim to help families become less isolated and excluded from society by meeting people from their home community and locally in the area where they are living. We work with families, providing emotional support, accessing services and advocating where services are limited or inaccessible. We provide information about the needs of international new arrivals, asylum seeking and refugee families to other services.

Sahara Project
Sahara is a unique and dedicated resource focused on the health and well being of refugees and asylum seeker communities living in north Manchester. The project aims to inform, support and develop links between refugees and asylum seeking communities and mental health related services.

Project Jeena and Jeena Health Project
The projects work with South Asian women in Salford and Trafford around health and well being.

Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Outreach ProjectThe Black Health Agency are working with the NHS Sickle cell and Thalassaemia screening programme in Manchester to raise awareness of Thalassaemia and sickle cell disease and of screening offered by the NHS.