source: The National Family Fund
published: 11 August 2020
We are pleased to announce that (with effect from 29 July 2020) the
National Mikey Powell Memorial Family Fund (NMPMFF) is now formally incubated by West Midlands based social enterprise Catalyst 4 Change, thereby taking on its legal identify but maintaining their operational independence.
How this helps the National Family Fund!
Being incubated by Catalyst 4 Change provides the NMPMFF with a legally constituted lead/governing body to guide and administer good governance and accountability practices. The incubation also opens up new avenues of funding and income generation for the NMPMFF until it is formally constituted in its own right.
Other long term aims of the NMPMFF include:
Mikey Powell’s cousin, Tippa Naphtali (and co-director of Catalyst) said;
“This fund has the potential to make a real difference for families and their campaign groups that need financial support during the often long and drawn out struggles for justice that can last for decades.
“The needs of affected families and children can often get lost in the equally important work of campaigning and lobbying of state institutions. We want to change that with a permanent national support fund set up specifically for their needs.“
Catalyst 4 Change has a powerful social mission to strengthen the capacity and networks of user-led, voluntary, social enterprise, grassroots, statutory organisations and businesses to ensure the right mental health care is in place.
The Catalyst 4 Change team is made up of directors and associates that came together in 2015 with a shared vision to tackle mental health inequalities, and support grassroots activities aimed at those affected. The team have several decades of combined experience in delivering a range of wellbeing and community initiatives to some of the most vulnerable people in our society.
Sandra Griffiths (co-director of Catalyst) said;
"We look forward to working with The National Family Fund to support their goals and aspirations".
MASH was initially developed as a part of the Time to Change 300 Voices Project to support young African and Caribbean men with lived experience of mental health problems in Birmingham.
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The Mentoring & Advocacy Support Hub (MASH) is an Unregistered Charity incubated by Catalyst 4 Change CIC
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