# AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1067108
- **Other names:** ACMHS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Dec. 29, 1997
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1067108


## Contact

- **Address:** WINDRUSH MILLENNIUM CENTRE, 70 ALEXANDRA ROAD, MANCHESTER
- **Postcode:** M16 7WD
- **Phone:** 0161 226 9562
- **Email:** admin@acmhs-blackmentalhealth.org.uk
- **Website:** www.acmh.services.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING AND REHABILITATING MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY LIVING IN GREATER MANCHESTER WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER OR CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT

**Activities:** ACMHS is a community based organisation providing free confidential and culturally appropriate services to African and African Caribbean people suffering from mental ill health. Main activities are assessment and management of care, Mental health services,  IAPT, CBT, Advocacy, Volunteering, Carers Group, Student Placement,  Advice and Support, Counselling, Drop-ins, Befriending/peer support




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** GREATER MANCHESTER
- Manchester City





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **CHRISTOPHER AUGUSTINE BINNS** | Chair | March 12, 2013 |
| Canon Dr Addy Lazz-Onyenobi |  |  |
| Dr Jaswinder Singh Bamrah |  | July 29, 2014 |
| Izetta Enisouh |  | Jan. 30, 2014 |
| JACQUELINE DIANA THORN |  |  |
| TREVOR BENJAMIN |  |  |




