a gentle reminder that it's okay to not be okay. 💛 we hope you enjoy this sneak peak of something special we have been working on! any guesses?! stay tuned!
Taraki
Mental Health Care
Birmingham, England 2,351 followers
Working with Punjabi communities to reshape approaches to mental health 🔆
About us
Taraki works with Punjabi communities to reshape approaches to mental health. The movement was founded in October 2017 by Shuranjeet Singh after his personal experiences with mental health challenges as a student. Shuranjeet felt incredibly lucky as he was supported through his struggles by his friends. However, he observed that many facing mental health challenges within Punjabi communities were unable to access adequate support. Taraki envisions that Punjabi communities perceive and embrace mental health as an integral facet of their lives. We hope that Punjabi communities will engage in conversations, support, and care for their mental well-being at an individual and collective level. We want to see an environment which enables mental health awareness, education, support, and research centred on autonomy and community knowledge, working across intersections of culture, faith, and other markers of identity.
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- Industry
- Mental Health Care
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Birmingham, England
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2017
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This week has been busy: I've been in Vancouver for the 7th International Association for Youth Mental Health conference where I spoke to advocates, clinicians, researchers and policymakers about my journey and approach with Taraki whilst supporting the work of Wellcome Trust. Then this Saturday I'll be in Surrey, BC, attending one of the spaces for Punjabi men we have helped to start through Taraki's international peer support programme!
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Taraki: 1 MILLION STEPS CHALLENGE ✨️ join us this april for our 1 million steps challenge, a fundraising initiative where a group of us aim to collectively walk 1 million steps throughout the month. you can be based anywhere to undertake this challenge with others from around the world. you’ll be helping us raise funds to continue our essential work, reshaping approaches to mental health alongside punjabi communities. 💛 email fundraising@taraki.co.uk to register your interest!
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Taraki: 1 MILLION STEPS CHALLENGE join us this april for our 1 million steps challenge, a fundraising initiative where a group of us aim to collectively walk 1 million steps throughout the month. you can be based anywhere to undertake this challenge with others from around the world. you’ll be helping us raise funds to continue our essential work, reshaping approaches to mental health alongside punjabi communities. 💛 email fundraising@taraki.co.uk to register your interest!
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This month our men’s peer support team, Taimour and Gurpreet, started delivering our peer support facilitation curriculum to our wonderful partners Shakti and Umeed Psychology in Melbourne, Australia. It was a pleasure to start delivering our session to a diverse room of South Asian men and we look forward to the next 5 months of working and building culturally safe peer support spaces with all the attendees! 🌷
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join the heera foundation for their cha in the city forum for punjabi men in leicester! peer support spaces for punjabi men are a part of our cha in the city movement. over the last three years we have been able to partner with organisations like the heera foundation who are now running their own peer support groups for punjabi men! follow the link below to register! https://lnkd.in/e9mn4han
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at taraki we are rebranding our punjabi women’s forum and we want to hear from you! 🌷 taraki’s punjabi women’s forum is evolving, and this is your chance to shape it. • what resources would actually help you? • what would make this a community you’d want to be part of? share your thoughts in this short survey—your responses will directly influence how we grow. let’s build something meaningful together for punjabi women. complete the survey by clicking below: https://lnkd.in/eKxDEe23
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"not everyone feels like they have someone they can talk to." 🌷 we asked attendees of the punjabi mental health summit to share their positive vision for the punjabi mental health space. we invite you to check out our resource hub! a place that brings together and shares mental health resources for punjabi communities in one place. follow the link below to access! https://lnkd.in/e54V7Qxm ✨
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taraki are excited to be partnering with prem to support punjabi men in surrey, BC. we believe that a key avenue towards positive health and wellbeing is through conversation and connection. 💛 join us for an in person open group for punjabi men discussing work and wellbeing on saturday march 22nd. ✨ you can register on eventbrite through the link below! https://lnkd.in/eB2Qhhz7
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