Memorial Family Fund

The National Mikey Powell Memorial Family Fund is the first, and only, national resource of its kind providing small grants and wellbeing support for those  affected by deaths in state custody. They also run (or are developing) a range of other support services for families, children and young people in need.

MASH Network

The Mentoring & Advocacy Support Hub (MASH), works primarily with African-Caribbean men and women in Birmingham with lived experience of mental health to provide leadership development, social activities, build resilience and provide easy access to a range of community-based services.

Red Alert HELP!

Red Alert HELP! provides a 24/7 DIY Advice Portal , and seeks to develop a 24Hr telephone / text support, advocacy and advice for families affected by deaths or abuses in state custody, or concerned about vulnerable relatives or friends detained in various types of institutional custody .

Synergi Programme

Synergi focuses on the intersection between racial justice and mental health, distress or trauma and connect activists and organisers into a network and shift power and resource to grassroots groups. They celebrate the history of activists, and in collaboration, build on this important legacy.

The service incubation provision provides the safety net of Catalyst acting as the accountable body for fledgling and / or developing organisations until they have the necessary infrastructure to be fully independent.

Our incubation support is not based on traditional business incubation models, and is not time limited.

In line with our mission and operational approach, organisations can be incubated until they are full ready to become independent. Until such time Catalyst acts as the accountable body for funders and contracts, and the supported organisation is effectively a project within our wider portfolio.