Service providers play a vital role in supporting communities — but meaningful engagement requires trust, cultural understanding, and understanding lived experience.
At Changing Suits, we work in partnership with service providers to improve access, engagement, and outcomes for ethnically diverse communities through culturally competent, community-led approaches.
Watch the film below to see how Changing Suits works with organisations, the public sector and local leaders to build bridges within the community and create lasting change:
Research suggests that the ethnic diverse communities have a low rate of engagement with local organisations, despite needing the support which is available. Those who do engage tend to do so when the problem has become very serious, resulting in the issues becoming harder to treat and support.
Factors which are preventing engagement with services include being unaware of the services available and being unwilling to approach services due to cultural stigma. However, it has become evident that service providers and organisation need support in understanding the ethnic diverse community culture and background.
Changing Suits has worked with various local and national organisations, to raise awareness about their services, break down barriers between the community and service providers, and to engage with the South Asian community.
How We Support Service Providers
We support service providers to:
- Engage more effectively with ethnically diverse communities
- Improve cultural competency across services
- Reduce barriers to access and participation
- Build trust through community-led engagement
- Design services informed by lived experience
Our work is collaborative, practical, and tailored to local need.
We provide tailor-made services to organisations to engage with ethnic diverse communities, through events, research and podcasting.
Next Steps…
If you want to work with Changing Suits:
- Email us on: info@changingsuits.org
- Connect to us on LinkedIn to keep up to date on the work we do
Reports and Evidence of Impact
Our partnership work is underpinned by robust insight and evaluation. The following reports document findings from previous projects, highlighting community experiences, engagement outcomes, and lessons for culturally competent service delivery.
