Minorities Group

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We wish you and your loved ones good health and happiness, as well strength and resilience to meet any challenges that arise this year 🙏🏽

Happy Diwali to all to celebrate!.✨️ At it's essence, Diwali (or Dipavali) is a time of renewal and re-energising. Positive energy is welcomed and negative energy expelled - as symbolised by the lighting of diva (candles) 🪔

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Various resources were mentioned including the valued voices mentoring scheme - ucl.ac.uk/pals/valued-vo… @SNAPbam2020 @OCPC_ On Facebook we have our generic group facebook.com/share/g/zo1Z8d… And group for those with mental health difficulties facebook.com/share/g/jw8gcY…

We want to say a big thank you to all who contributed to last night from the trainees to the attendees to the committee! We couldn’t do events like these without the support of the wider community! So a big thank you to everyone who came for such an inspiring, helpful evening!

What a pleasure to meet fellow trainees at @MinoritiesGroup event for aspiring psychologists, and hear about all the diverse journeys to their doctorates. All roads lead to #DClinPsy Repeat - ✨ALL✨roads. There isn’t (and there should never be!) a one “perfect” psychologist.

For all those coming tonight we are looking forward to seeing you and have sent the zoom link out by email.

There are loads of posts today on #WorldMentalHealthDay2024, of folks saying they are husbands, wives, professionals, leaders, authors, parents, and academics despite their mental illness. But let’s be clear: you don’t have to be any of these things to matter—today or any day.

Have you been a mentee on the Valued Voices mentoring scheme (formerly called the DCP BME Mentoring Scheme) at any point since its launch in 2011? We want to hear from you! Monitoring the ongoing impact of the scheme is v important - please take a few mins to complete, & share

can’t believe i’m a third year now 🥹 buttt yeah, it’s thesis time! any BLACK MALE UK STUDENTS (undergrad or postgrad, international students too) who are able to take part in this important study on uni wellbeing services please sign up! Please RT🖤 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/leicester/bl…

Our annual application event for those applying to the dclin who hold a marginalised identity is back on the 24th October. Register here eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-appli…

Call for volunteers: We will be holding our applicant event on the evening of 24th October we hope to assemble a panel of trainees from across the UK who have one or more protected characteristics. If interested in taking part, please email us at minorities.cp@gmail.com

Together, we must continue to challenge racism and discrimination within the psychology profession and wider society, uplift marginalised voices, and create a society where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

In the wake of the recent civil unrest, our subcommittee stands in unwavering solidarity with the affected global majority communities. No one should have to live in fear or face hatred simply because of who they are.

Are you a self-identified carer of someone who has experienced #psychosis? I am now recruiting for my doctoral thesis, and looking for participants aged 18-65 (particularly #BIPOC). Please see poster, contact me, and share!

It’s official. VIVA DAY: Pass with NO Amendments 🥳🙏🏾. Can’t wait to share our research ! Forever grateful to my supervisors . A big shout out to @DawsonOntonio for the collab❤️ #Blackfathers #Blackfatherhood #doctor #Dclinpsy

Our colleagues over at @LancsDClinPsy have produced a fantastic resource for aspiring clinical psychologists, explaining the application process, giving tips about applying and thinking about candidates well-being. The link to the website is here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/dclin-critical… 👏

*CALLING TRAINEE & QUALIFIED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS - PLEASE SHARE* We are recruiting mentors for the 2024-2025 Valued Voices Mentoring Scheme, to support racially-minoritised aspiring CP's. See details: Trainee CP: lnkd.in/guEhatHe Qualified CP: lnkd.in/gjREqQet