Sharing Voices Bradford is a Community Development Mental Health Organisation and became operational in August 2002. Sharing Voices primarily works within the inner city areas of Bradford comprising over 50% of Black Minority Ethnic Communities (BMEC). 
These are predominantly of south Asian backgrounds but there are also substantial African / African-Caribbean, Irish and Eastern European communities.
There is a growing acceptance that traditional ways of thinking about mental distress / well being and the development of services have not always served individuals and families from these coomunities well.
Our experience so far confirms that when it comes to mental well being often individuals, families and communities have untapped expertise and hold many of the solutions.
A community development approach is about working to explore this expetise, to realise these solutions and promote greater choice.