Meet The Team
Hi, we're the Co-Founders of Young Black Psych.
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A social enterprise committed to improving access to Child & Adolescent Mental Health through useful, easy-to-use diverse mental health resources for children, young people and families.
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Hover over our pictures to get to know us a little more.
Shy Bundy
Co-Founder & CEO
Trainee Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
Shy is a Trainee Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist working in the NHS and the CEO of Young Black Psych Psych, an organisation committed to improving access to mental health education in diverse communities.
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With over over five years experience working with children, young people, families and systems within both Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and in private practise as a practitioner, Shy is an advocate for mental health and is committed to raising awareness on this topic. His passion for his work is infectious, and he is dedicated to empowering young people to achieve their full potential. Through his work with Young Black Psych, he is making a significant impact in the field of mental health and wellbeing.
Lauren Fernandes
Co-Founder & Creative Director
Lauren is a First Class BA (Hons) Graphic Design graduate from the University of Hertfordshire.
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She enjoys using her artistic and creative skills such as design, photography and illustration to create innovative and unique content.
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Besides running and designing for Young Black Psych, Lauren is also a freelance Graphic Designer, specialising in logo & brand identity, product design and video editing.
Maya Bundy
Digital Curator
Maya is a Digital Curator and Psychology
graduate from the University of Huddersfield.
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Over the course of her studies, she completed modules in social, contemporary, developmental, behavioural and clinical psychology as well as states of consciousness and research methods.
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During her time at university, she joined Pole Fitness and needless to say, she loved it from the very first lesson. This took her out of her comfort zone, and she met so many amazingly strong and resilient women. She went on to become the clubs president.
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Her role as Digital Curator will include crafting blog posts on a variety of different topics that are interesting, informative, and insightful, from mental health to concepts and phenomena that address how to improve your well being.
Our Journey
We have put together a little timeline of our achievements for you to follow...
We officially launched Young Black Psych as a company.
We reached our £5k target on our Kickstarter campaign.
We launched the pre-sale for our first mental health resource.
First batch of 50 orders ready to be posted!
We began selling our A-Z Coping Strategy Cards in Inspitafields, London. Officially one year after launching!
We collaborated with Black Brits UK once again to be a part of their Easter Market.
We partnered with Sangita, Owner of Happy Souls UK as an official Young Black Psych stockist.
Guest speakers for the Redbridge Race & Equality Awareness Scheme.
We attended our first Christmas market stall in collaboration with Black Brits UK.
Shy was invited to speak on the panel of the Young Change Makers Event. This programme is created by UK Youth, Diana Award & Centre for Mental Health and aimed at equipping young people with the tools to produce youth-led social action projects aimed at tackling these mental health inequalities.
Lauren, our Creative Director, led our first community project: Meet the Customers.
We launched our KS1 and KS2 lesson plans in collaboration with Now and Beyond for the UK’s first Mental Health festival for schools.
We won Mental Health Advocate of the Year 2022 during the Inside Out UK Awards.
We spoke about our work with Now and Beyond, and how others can get involved in their Mental Health Festival for Schools in 2023