Supporting South Asian Women

Roshni Ghar is a mental health and wellbeing charity that provides culturally appropriate and responsive services, aimed predominantly at South Asian women.

About Roshni Ghar

Roshni Ghar is a mental health and wellbeing charity that provides culturally appropriate and responsive services, aimed predominantly at South Asian women. Based in Keighley, West Yorkshire the organisation covers the Bradford & Keighley District areas.

The organisation aims is to provide a range of support services to women with a diagnosis of mental ill health. The organisation adopts a holistic approach to promoting positive mental health and wellbeing with a particular focus on providing culturally appropriate support in a number of ways. This includes reducing barriers to accessing services and empowering clients to make their own decisions about the support they would like to receive and offering these choices to the wider community.

Our Objectives

Roshni Ghar follows these objectives:

Culturally adapted services

To provide culturally sensitive support for predominantly South Asian women experiencing mental and emotional distress

Supporting Women Experiencing Mental Distress

To help women manage stressful situations by providing support and equipping them with effective coping skills and service information

Assisting Women through support

To provide a safe space for women to explore issues relevant to their well-being and development and prevent further crisis reactions by equipping them with effective coping skills and service information

Understanding Mental Distress

To promote a better understanding of mental distress and develop appropriate coping mechanisms

Overcoming Barriers

To empower South Asian women to engage more responsively to mainstream services where they may experience barriers

Equity in Access to services

To increase the awareness and choice of available services and improved pathways into those services

Improving Access for all

To create accessible information and provide pathways for South Asian Women

Empowering South Asian women together

To provide and promote social inclusion and access to opportunities available to young and adult South Asian women

Education through Accessibility

To provide and promote access to educational and vocational opportunities

Testimonials

"This group was needed in the community. I can feel alone when caring for my son and coming to the group helps me receive peer support, engage in activities to take my mind off my caring responsibilities and receive useful information"

"I make sure I take the time to attend the group. It is the one place where I feel accepted and not pitied and judged"

“I have started managing my time better because this group has given me routine. I look forward to coming here.”

“I feel safe at Roshni Ghar and know that my information and personal details won’t go anywhere.”