What do strong communities look like? by Alex Augustin
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize London Festival of Ideas launched 28 June – 23 July with intentions to explore the many different individual and collective plans for strong communities in London, and help the city become more equal, connected and inclusive. With activities ranging from spoken word, dance, cooking, films and parties […]
Football Hit Home
In the wake of a wave of violent racism, after England lost the Euro 2020 final – we want to extend our empathy to the players affected and to all those triggered by the reports of abuse. For every young person who saw themselves in Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, Bukayo Saka in that moment, and […]
Pride is Every Month by Micheal Hamilton
A member of our team called me aside this week and asked what the position of the Ubele leadership was in terms of the liberation of queer folk? As I sat and listened and asked more and more questions, it became clear to me that the people that make up the Ubele team and who […]
I am so surprised, that you claim you are surprised by Michael Hamilton
The death of George Floyd a year ago today, has another focus on racism by the majority European community in a way that only happens when that community is forced to do so. In the UK, there was the murder of Stephen Lawrence in 1993, the Brixton uprisings in 1981. Published facts that Black people are nine time more likely to […]
EVENS: Your experience of COVID matters
Reports of the uneven effects of the pandemic on ethnic minorities suggest that certain groups have experienced severe and long-lasting impacts on their health and economic circumstances. These reports have spurred much debate about why such inequalities are emerging; however, one of the problems in advancing these debates – and policy responses – is that […]
Guest blog: Black Funding Network – Putting Words into Action by Patricia Hamzahee
Visit Black Funding Network website In 2020, the world slowed down and witnessed the Coronavirus pandemic’s disproportionate impact on Black and Asian communities. Then, after the brutal murder of George Floyd in May 2020, the world connected for a moment to their humanity and acknowledged the disparity of treatment of Black people globally. Both moments […]
Black Rootz and the journey to become the first Black-led Growers enterprise by William Welch
I was appointed by The Ubele Initiative to support the development of Black Rootz (BRz), a Black growers’ collective, committed to Black empowerment and self-reliance who, collectively have over 100 years of organic food growing experience in their respective fields. The group had been in existence for over 18 months when I got involved, and at the […]
Black on Track: Building Pathways for Black & Minoritised Community Based Entrepreneurs in Lambeth by Tishauna Mullings
Tishauna Mullings, Black on Track Project Manager with one of the participants Clayton ‘Milo’ Myles of Flavours Caribbean Cuisine with his family supporting him as he provided food at an event in the Garden at Brixton Dominoes Club Imagine an evening filled with empowering words of inspiration from the man dubbed as a […]
Ubele responds to the Commission on Race and Ethnic disparities’ report
Yvonne Field, Founder and CEO of The Ubele Initiative I expressed shock and dismay as to the outcomes of the summary report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities today. The Commission had a unique opportunity to act as trailblazers for the future of race relations in this country. Unfortunately, this was completely missed. […]
You be you: A thank you to Malcolm Ball
You be you I’ll be me Let’s see what we can do Together I arrived at the St Andrews centre aged 23 in 1985 having won a place on a youth and community work course. My interview for my placement was a very strange one, where the chair of the panel started reading […]
Statement of Intent: Can the truth of a pandemic and centering a previously hidden sector present a once-in-a-generation opportunity for funders to address structural racism?
As the second wave of the pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the country, hopes that it would be possible to turn to a “post-Covid” rebuilding and recovery phase have been dashed. Yet again, we are seeing disproportionate impacts on black and brown people due to structural inequalities. Yet again, this reality continues to be […]
The Ubele Emergency Conversation: Lockdown, Vaccines and the Virus Roundup by Natalie Armitage
On January the 28th, The Ubele Initiative hosted a two-hour long conversation around the virus, vaccine and lockdown’s impact on our community. Prior to this event, we ran a survey to hear your concerns and questions about the COVID-19 vaccinations. These included: Will I be forced to have it? What are the side effects? How […]
