The Meadows in Nottingham has a large diverse community who, over decades, have come together to overcome: austerity cuts, deprivation, gun crime, drug abuse/criminality, youth crime, anti-social behaviour etc but then Covid then came along, which, as we have seen in the news, has had a severe effect on our BAME residents. The immediate and short-term effects are obvious but the long-term, now that is a wide and not so obvious discussion. Government, NHS and other health officials do seem united in that mental health will play a vital role in our lives going forward, but we believe as humans, we need to take the initiative and ensure we have the right skills and tools in our own lives to deal with whatever is thrown at us. The Bridges Community Trust have recently been talking to The Ubele Initiative, an ‘African Diaspora led intergenerational social enterprise with the purpose of helping to build more sustainable communities across the UK and support a wide range of communities, community-based organisations and groups with their community assets (people and physical spaces), though social action, community enterprise development and next generation leadership initiatives’ ( https://www.ubele.org/ ), whose latest newsletter has a raft of wonderful information of what they do and the multitude of support they provide. One of their upcoming event stood out for us. Their free Young and emerging leaders collective, ‘Community Conversation: Stigma’s, Support and Everything In-between’ event on 14th July 2021. This aims to tackle mental health in BAME communities (free tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite ). Whether you believe you have, or are going to be, affected, we encourage you to join the discussions. They also have a brilliant podcast, made for and by, young people who discuss how their mental health has been whilst navigating space through lockdown (see: https://pod.co/nsul/mental-health). We want to get back to whatever normal looks like so please take care of yourselves, your family and friends and remember, talking about your problems is a strength not a weakness.