Common Unity

Common Unity are a Health and Social Care organisation specialising in delivering mental health and well-being solutions across communities.

Common Unity have more than 30 years’ experience working within health and social care. They are well-respected with established roots in the community having a history of delivering a range of ground-breaking programmes that engage seldom heard sectors of society.

These programmes have included the wellbeing youth inclusion programme URBRUM, the Birmingham Barbershop Project and the Connecting Communities Networks programme across Birmingham and Solihull.

Forward For Life

Forward For Life operates with the core belief that although there are many challenges that exist across and within our communities, solutions to these challenges are also to be found across and within our communities.

Forward For Life adopt forward thinking approaches to reduce inequalities and promote opportunities for enhanced well-being and improved quality of life – We believe this is both an achievable expectation across all our communities and the right of every citizen.

Our Collaborative Approach

Forward For Life and Common-Unity have been working together as Associate organisations since 2012 delivering tailored programmes of work in respect of suicide prevention, mental health and well-being promotion, peer support programmes, social media engagement and social inclusion initiatives including the joint developed and highly respected online health and well-being directory for Birmingham and Solihull citizens known as The Waiting Room.