Ethnic and racial heritage
Advice to help you to embrace and celebrate your heritage with links to find help and support.
Celebrating and embracing your heritage is a right for everyone in our community; however, we know that those from Asian, Black or other ethnic heritage often feel marginalised or unable to do so.
This page includes a number of links to help you celebrate your heritage and to feel part of our community.
But, we know this page is not complete, but we are committed to learning and improving. So, if you spot something that we are missing, please let us know.
We also understand that some people or communities experience racism and that this can have a significant impact on their mental health. That’s why we’ve included links below to some useful links for support.
Embracing your heritage
Feeling happy about how you look can help you to feel confident. It’s normal to worry about the way you look sometimes. Especially as you grow and go through puberty.
Childline provides a range of useful information to help you feel good about how you look and to understand your identity.
Growing up black
Newsround and CBBC presenters talk about their experiences in Britain: what their lives were like growing up black and what they’d tell their younger selves about racism here in the UK.
Black Girls Smile
Culturally-affirming mental wellness education, resources, and support geared toward Black women and girls. Advice is also available for their advocates, partners and supporters.
Friends, Families and Travellers celebrate the contributions Gypsy, Roma and Traveller individuals and communities bring to wider society.
Asian heritage
The Asian Youth Culture project explores the heritage and history of lives and contributions of young Asian people from the 1950’s onwards.
LGBTQ+ Black and People of Colour
On the Black Beetle Health podcast, host Elliss Lewin-Turner (she/her) speaks to LGBTQ+ Black and People of Colour across the UK.
South Asian women
Forward Culture is a social initiative focusing on the empowerment of South Asian women with support for artists and a development programme.
Understand White Privilege
White privilege is often described as an invisible force – a series of unseen, unconscious advantages, such as the ability to move through life without being racially profiled or unfairly stereotyped; to be able to buy cosmetics catered to your hair and skin at high-street stores. It is both a legacy and a cause of racism.
Mind
The Mix
YoungMinds
Talking about mental health in the Black British community
YoungMinds published an interesting and useful story by a young adult called Jade who asked other young Black people about their experiences of mental health, asking for help, and growing up Black in Britain.