Black on Track particularly aims to address the underemployment and underemployment of Black people in Lambeth who are in early middle age (35-65) to improve employability and entrepreneurial skills.
Black on Track will encourage 35-65-year-old Black people from Lambeth to use community action as a first step to becoming active citizens in order to re-engage with the economy.
Funded by Lambeth Black Thrive and Impact on Urban Health.
“In Lambeth, the proportion of 25-49-year-olds not engaged with work is 8.1%compared to a national percentage of 7.1% for the same age group. Even more stark is the number of 50+ people who are unemployed in the borough running at 10.3% as opposed to a national figure of 4.9% for the same age group.”
Source: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/1946157253/printable.aspx
This short film gathers inspiring lessons from community innovators involved in the Black on Track programme.
READ: NEW MAPS: SOCIAL SYSTEMS MAPPING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH
Findings from participatory mapping research undertaken with Black and minority communities in the London Borough of Lambeth as part of the Black on Track programme. The research brief for the mapping was to create a ‘Systems Map’ of the relationship between the pilot group and members of the Dominoes club in Lambeth and surrounding communities to identify the barriers and leverage points to their economic engagement. Find out more
