What we do
At Partisan, we work closely with community groups and grassroots organisations to ensure our practice - whether that be therapeutic support, clinical supervision or project delivery - remains connected to the people we serve.
All our work centres marginalised and racialised communities.
Our strategic objectives are to…
Develop alternative help systems for marginalised and racialised communities
Build capacity and sustainability within communities
Embody approaches that share power, knowledge and resources
Current funded projects:
“[Taking part] has really helped me feel better about myself.”
- Young Person, My Lewisham, 2026
We welcome interest in partnership working
We’re always on the look out to support or partner with relevant work, at the frontiers of mental health, liberation, justice and anti-racism.
If you or your organisation would like to collaborate or discuss an idea, please get in touch!
Past programmes
For information concerning previous programmes and projects please contact
Jay Perkins, Chief Executive at Jay@partisanuk.org.uk
Our Current Supporters
At Partisan, we believe an approach to change is more active than a theory of change.
It’s the action that we are taking to start to address some of the challenges, problems, and inequalities marginalised and racialised communities experience in current help systems.
Our Approach to Change
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To develop an understanding of who else
is trying to shift their mindset and unlearn the current colonial system
is moving towards alternatives, when it comes to how society connects, works and heals together.
We imagine these stakeholders may not be mental health professionals, and could be campaigners, justice worker, lawyers, African Centred Psychologists, change makers etc, in a different field but applying similar principles.
We really want to test the boundaries and remit of who we can work and learn from, and with.
If this sounds like you, join our community.
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Partisan thinks about the world and our networks through:
places
people and
communities of practice
who are pushing for a future world, where help systems centre repair and healing for marginalised and racialised communities.
Our strategy over the next 3-5 years is to grow our network beyond mental health and the youth sector, asking current and new connections and supporters for help to do this.
“Our approach is exciting because we don’t know where we might be next year, as we haven’t really tested the boundaries enough of what people are doing and what’s been done.”
- Jay Perkins, Founder
Test, Learn and Adapt over time
As we are working with the complex and systemic issues facing communities, we need a way of learning that is dynamic and adaptable. A learning approach that can respond as fast as things change and is a way of life for Partisan, a culture and paradigm shift in itself.
We work with a learning partner and build and learn in context and have structured the organisation around its weekly learning spaces. We draw on a range of tools to help us, developing a culture of collective responsibility and impact. We learn through failure and welcome the growth that it brings
Collaboration is key to our process
Who we’ve partnered with
