The seeds we planted will outlive us: Partisan’s closing blog
In this final blog, as Partisan CIC closes, CEO and Founder of Partisan, Jay Perkins reflects back on 5 years of Partisan’s work to design alternative help systems, and imagine a more equitable future for Black and racially minoritised communities.
Landing, not falling: when community and creativity meet
In this guest blog, OJ Senessie, a young creative from Lewisham, reflects on growing up in South London, accessing career opportunities and attending Partisan x OUR PPLS’ Creative Careers Collective at Adidas UK, through the My Ends programme.
Working in Emergence: Reflection on the Role of Funders
In Part 3 of our Working in Emergence guest blog series, we return to an interview with Theo Field-Pellew, Co-Founder of TRUE Research, to look at the role of funders in supporting grassroots and community-led organisations meet their objectives and aims more equitably.
Shifting the dial: Black Men’s Mental Health in Focus
Each November, or #Movember, the spotlight turns to men’s mental health.
It’s a timely moment to reflect not just on the statistics, but on the stories and systems behind them to ask how we can build a world where all men feel able to live well, seek help, and thrive.
Peer-led, community research: developing Partisan's strategy
In our Working in Emergence Series guest spotlight, we return to an interview with Theo, Co-Founder of TRUE Research, to reflect on how Partisan went about creating and evaluating our shifting strategy, built around our 4 Rs: regeneration, repair, relationships and redistribution.
Setting the Scene: the Need for Systemic Change
In this guest blog, Theo Field-Pellew, Researcher and Founder of TRUE Research, shares his reflections on community-led research, working on Partisan’s emergent strategy, and what it means to produce knowledge that comes from and for the community.
Working in the Emergence: the Beginning, not a Blueprint
In this blog, which launches the Working in Emergence Series, Partisan Founder and CEO reflects on starting Partisan, and what’s its been like doing care-centred change-work, in it’s messiness, when it shifts, changes and grows, and what we’ve learnt in the five years since Partisan was founded.
Our new blogs and articles page
Welcome to our blogs and articles hub, bringing together a range of voices and perspectives from allies in mental health inclusion, community healing and racial justice.