Collaborate with your local MP's
23 Oct 2025
Published in: Member News
It was an honour for WWBH to welcome MP Pat McFadden and his team to our Chatty Cafe Morning for Black History Month & World Mental Health Day
MP Pat McFadden says "We have much more to discuss and implement Awareness, change, and collaborative working to support our communities".
Winston Lindsay and the Volunteers (Wolverhampton Wellbeing Hub CIC) hosted a Black History Month Coffee Morning with their Local MP Pat McFadden and his team on Friday 10th October 2025.
One of the hearth touching topics of discussion was the need to communicate engage with our local young people regarding the rising issue of mental health and wellbeing needs and support.
see artical (The context: Nationally, research points to a worsening in children and young people’s wellbeing and mental health over recent years, and to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in deepening that need and deepening existing health inequalities. Given the relationships between socio-economic deprivation and mental ill-health, the cost-of-living crisis is placing further strain on the emotional and mental health of children, young people and families. In Wolverhampton, where many children live in low-income families, many areas experience high levels of socio-economic deprivation relative to the rest of the country, and the population is ethnically diverse, this context increases children and young people’s vulnerability to mental ill-health. An all-ages survey carried out by The University of Wolverhampton in 2022 found significantly lower wellbeing and higher anxiety in Wolverhampton than that seen in the general population in the UK.)
Ark Training Social Care Consultancy and Wolverhampton Wellbeing Hub Volunteers is committed to be a beacon of hope for our young adults and future leaders. Partnership working with the City of Wolverhampton Collage has now started through inviting students to become volunteers at WWBH.
Skills Development Students for the City of Wolverhampton Collage volunteer to support WWBH while gaining work experience.
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