Acknowledgements

I am extremely grateful to everyone who took time to contribute to this report, via discussion groups, one-to-one conversations and email, including Kirklees Council colleagues and representatives from the following organisations:

• Barnardo's Young Carers , Brunswick Centre, Carers Count, Carers Trust, CGL, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT), Community Links Engagement and Recovery Service (CLEAR), Fusion Housing, Huddersfield Mission, Jo Cox Foundation, Kirklees Ethnically Diverse Communities Network, The Kirkwood, Laura D Pusey, Local Services 2 You, Locala, Masjid-e-Umar Mosque, Mencap, Muslim Burial Services, Ravensthorpe Community Centre, Sikh Temple, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SWYFT), University of Huddersfield, Welcome Centre, Whitehouse Centre.
• Kirklees Council colleagues from the following teams: Housing Services, Welfare and Exchequer, LGBTQ+ Employee Network, BAME Employee Network, Wellness Service, Support Options.
• A big thank you to Public Health colleagues who helped to facilitate and analyse the discussion group sessions: Evie Brailsford, Alison Cotterill, Rebecca Elliott, Martin Gonzalez, Maxine Hamilton, Jo Hilton-Jones, Alasdair Menmuir, Louise Muhammad, Vicki Stadnicki.
• And finally, I would like to thank the project team who helped to create and coordinate this report: Sadaf Adnan, Sharni Athwal, Kieran Banner, Nicole Cartmell, Rebecca Gunn, Vicky Lawton, Priscilla Nemieboka, Emily Parry-Harries, Owen Richardson, Leah Squire, Daniel Voyce, Lucy Wearmouth.