Participating in PatHERways London sessions by Shaneka Knight
I was initially apprehensive about having to the attend the first PatHERways session, I didn’t know many of the females in the group and I was anxious about having to meet them all. With so many of us it was obvious that the first obstacle would be learning names, Odiri combated this by beginning the […]
Pandora: Palermo Visit – 17th July to 15th September 2017 by Yvonne Witter
My office location in Palermo, Human Rights Youth Organisation was Via M Puglia No:21, Palermo. I represented The Ubele Initiative, London on the Pandora Project, and visiting Palermo in Sicily to participate in shared learning. “The HRYO – Human Rights Youth Organization is a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in Palermo in 2009 by its president […]
The Positive for Youth Awards 2017 Winner – Meet Shwetal Shah
At the beginning of August 2017 in London took place The Positive for Youth Awards ceremony which recognized and rewarded outstanding youth contribution to the Three Global Goals of Educational Innovation, Empowering Everyone and Environmental Rejuvenation. We are more than happy to present you Shwetal Shah who won The Environmental Rejuvenation: Beyond Sustainability Award. Shwetal […]
Mali Enterprising Leaders Launch Event, 29th July 2017
Mali Enterprising Leaders Launch Event Leadership Day Saturday, 29th July 2017 On Saturday, 29th July 2017, an intergenerational group of almost 50 people from London and Manchester gathered for the Mali Enterprising Leaders – MEL launch event at Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre, London. This national inititiative for BAME communities, which is the first of its […]
PatHERways International – First seminar by Sandra Vacciana, Partnership for Young London
Introduction In March I flew to Portugal with Laurie Fitzgerald of Ubele and Rasha Fara of FORWARD to attend PatHERways, an international seminar, funded by Erasmus +. This initiative intends to forge routes that lead more young women to greater civic activism. I was inspired by the potential to engage in dialogue on an international […]
Pandora – Staff mobility: My time at The Ubele Initiative by Anita Duda, Autokreacja Fondation, Poland
Introduction It is great to be part of the project Pandora that focuses on female entrepreneurship and to get a chance to exchange practices between partners and explore new opportunities in different countries. The Ubele Initiative is a new inter-generational community building initiative which aims to increase community’s capacity to lead, and create innovative and […]
Churchill Travel Fellowships: broadening horizons and to gaining new ideas
The ‘Communities that Work’ travel fellowships were part of a three-year partnership between the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and the Rank Foundation. 58 travel fellowships were awarded under the theme. A hastily completed application form led to a robust interview process and an offer of an opportunity of a lifetime for me in 2012. Across 2013-14 […]
Forward Thinking – Ayo Wallace reflects on our Second Young Emerging Leaders Event
In light of the recent murders of our brothers and sisters in the USA and the continued violence on the streets of UK and within mainland Europe in response to Brexit Backlash, we need to find real solutions to our struggles. How do we and respond to our needs with real purpose and intention? How […]
Five Years Since the Death of Mark Duggan: Where are we now? George Amponsah’s ‘The Hard Stop’ explores
“We reject pedestals, queenhood, and walking ten paces behind. To be recognized as human, levelly human, is enough.” The Combahee River Collective Statement Last week I found myself at the BFI Southbank watching the preview of George Amponsah’s The Hard Stop, a documentary following the lives of Kurtis and Marcus, two close friends of Mark […]
Ubele Meets Our Young Emerging Leaders
By Zahra Dalilah The Baton Passing Begins Creaking along the wooden floors in the corridors of the Cockpit Yard on a quiet Tuesday evening earlier this month, no one was quite prepared for the bursting excitement that met them when arriving at the door to step into The Ubele Initiative’s ‘Young Emerging Leaders’ evening’. After six […]
About The First Steps programme by Yvonne Field
Over the past year, the Ubele Initiative has provided more than 30 small BAME led organisations with practical advice, guidance, support and learning and development experiences about the opportunities available under the Localism Act 2011. We have tried to do this, (albeit as a team of volunteers), to try to help make the Localism agenda […]
Let them eat cake! The story of Chestnuts Community and Community Arts Centre, Tottenham by Yvonne Field
After almost 20 years as a hallowed ‘organisational consultant’, I recently found myself in an interesting and at times rather uncomfortable place. As a result of this unexpected change of status and place, socially and physically, I ended up in the forefront of a campaign to save an African Diaspora managed community centre in Tottenham […]
