Visit highlights award-winning Wolverhampton mental health charity
On Wednesday (March 11), representatives from the Green Party of England and Wales visited the African Caribbean Community Initiative (ACCI) in Wolverhampton to congratulate the organisation on more than 35 years of supporting people living with mental health challenges.
The charity was recently recognised internationally as the first UK based charity to be nominated as a finalist for the US-based Opus Foundation Prize for its long-standing humanitarian work within the Wolverhampton community.
Among those attending were Hardev Singh, Green Party candidate for Bilston North, along with local representatives including former Mayor of Wolverhampton, Claire Darke, Paul Darke, Adetoyese Anifalaje (St Peter’s), Monika Kapoor (Wednesfield South), Fareed Enver (Penn), and Sukhi Bains (Graiseley).
The representatives met with staff and service members to learn about the service and its 39 years of impact, to personally congratulate them on their international recognition and ultimately, praise the charity for its decades of dedicated service supporting people across Wolverhampton.
The representatives shared the organisation’s commitment to develop and sustain robust mental health services and improve wellbeing in the community through preventative holistic care, stating ACCI is something the city should be proud of.
