Big Up Your CHESS Application Form | The Urban Mindfulness Foundation

Big up your CHESS! and welcome to our new programme application process!

Who can apply?

The current courses are for 18-24-year-olds living in the boroughs of Newham, Hackney or Tower Hamlets, and who identify as African Caribbean, Asian, Eastern, Indigenous or mixed racial heritage of native North, Central or South American origins.

However, if you do not live in these boroughs specifically but would still like to join, please confirm on your application form, and we will do our very best to allocate you a space.

Please complete the application form below to apply for your free scholarship

Price:

Free

First Name:* First Name Required

Last Name:* Last Name Required

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City:* City is Required

Country:* Country is Required

State/Province:* State/Province is Required

Zip/Postal Code:* Zip/Postal Code is Required

Age when applying :* Age when applying is Required

Gender / Pronouns:* Gender / Pronouns is Required

Racial or ethnic group?:* Racial or ethnic group? is Required

Tell us if you have any special inclusion needs, disabilities or health issues:* Tell us if you have any special inclusion needs, disabilities or health issues is Required

Reasons for doing the course:* Reasons for doing the course is Required

Help with my studies or performance Help with my working life Help me reach my full potential Proactively address racism and social inequality Help improve my mental health and low mood Reduce my stress and anxiety Try something new and expand my interests Feel welcomed in a space specifically for black, African, Caribbean, Asian and people of colour Reclaim some of my cultural heritage

Any previous experience of mindfulness or meditation?:* Any previous experience of mindfulness or meditation? is Required

What borough do you live in?:* What borough do you live in? is Required

Please confirm you are able to attend all sessions:* Please confirm you are able to attend all sessions is Required

Tell us a little more about yourself, faith, skills, interests, hobbies etc:* Tell us a little more about yourself, faith, skills, interests, hobbies etc is Required

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If you have any questions, please send an email to unity@urbanmindfulnessfoundation.co.uk

COURSE START DATES

Newham, Hackney and Tower Hamlets
Late Spring 2024
The Big Up Your Chess programme is designed to be an early preventative community health care intervention that provides young adults with important social, cultural, emotional and cognitive skills required to reduce the risk of poor health and hospitalisation. This course is, therefore, ideal for young people who are serious about developing their potential through a community-focused mindfulness practice that is culturally informed and sensitive to lived experience. Apply Here

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Big Up Your CHEES to our current Funders!
We are so excited to offer these Free scholarship places on the coming Big Up Your CHESS project. The project is being offered on a fully funded basis which means it is free for young Black, African, Caribbean and Asian people of colour aged 18 to 24 interested in experiencing a culturally relevant form of mindfulness and meditation practice for personal health, well-being and flourishing designed to feed into the flourishing of our wider communities. Apply Here

Big Up Your CHESS Application Form

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