Wolves Lane Development: Community Co–Design Workshop Day by Aisha Khan
Ubele has been leading on the Wolves Lane Community Consultation process, we understand that community involvement in the redevelopment of the site is key. Earlier this month we hosted two Community Co-design Workshops with local children (Under 11) and Young People (Over 11). The workshops were delivered by Ubele Associates, experienced Children & Youth workers, Sandra […]
Communities responding to Covid-19 – Stories from 2020
We believe it is essential to share our learnings and practice. In Spring and Summer 2020, we collected stories from our communities across the country. Learn more about how they responded to Covid-19 pandemic. Arts ACE DANCE AND MUSIC BLACK ARTS FORUM (BAF) COLLAGE ARTS THEATRE PECKHAM CREATIVE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE Read here Community organisations […]
Collective intelligence for social change by Karina Morales
View fullsize A friend told me that she went to this training and it transformed her mindset and she said to me “You should go! “ So, I did go and took part in the Appreciative Leadership training (25th-31st August 2020). It was a great experience taking part in MEL Europe project in Crete, […]
CommUnity through Yoga by Amenda Davis
A big thank you to Amenda, Yogamenda’s online commUnity yoga Classes organiser, and to everyone who made donations via her classes to the Majonzi Fund! Yogamenda’s yoga classes had been running in Millfield House in Edmonton for just under a year before lockdown in March. Classes were held twice a week on Monday and Thursday […]
A personal reflection on the past 100 days by Yvonne Field
As I write this personal reflection, I deliberately shift focus from what Ubele (and I) have been doing and what has resulted during this period ….that is indeed a whole other story…..which I will share when the time feels right. Yesterday marked 100 days since lockdown began on 23rd March and was for most of us, […]
BlackRootz: Impact of COVID-19 and plans for the future by Alinah Roberts
BLACKROOTZ is our incubation project with its home at Wolves Lane Horticultural Centre. Upon arrival at the Wolves Lane Horticultural Centre you can find volunteers and local growers by the main gate happily chatting away, sharing plant tips, requesting advice and information, and purchasing seedlings. Founded in April 2019, BLACKROOTZ is a black growers group […]
Ubele goes to Manchester and the North East by Yvonne Witter
My involvement with The Ubele Initiative has remained constant as an organisation close to my heart since its inception. It is somewhat like being close to a pregnant mother and having a relationship with her child when it is born. To witness that metaphorical child, mature into the nucleus of the superb organisation that the […]
The Emerging Leaders Advocacy project & #WeNeedAnswers campaign
The Emerging Leaders Advocacy project was created as a result of young BAME leaders within the Ubele network wanting to understand the reasons Covid 19 is having such a vast and disproportionate impact on BAME communities. A conversation was organised by our Director, Michael Hamilton, bringing together the young emerging leaders. It was here that the idea […]
WE ARE TIRED: Racial Battle Fatigue and Trauma by Yansie Rolston
We have all read and heard the news over the past two months about the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affecting Black Asian and Minority Ethnic people (BAME). To BAME people the huge gap in health outcomes was always evident, but to many others the disparities only became obvious by the numbers of BAME health care workers, […]
Brother George Floyd by Michael Hamilton
I can hear me brother crying I can’t breath Now I’m in the struggle Saying can’t leave Brother George Floyd I was drawn to today by a lurching in my belly I was called to today by A madness in my head I am Confused Saddened Horrified Angry Mad By the news of yesterday […]
Why an independent inquiry? by Michael Hamilton
I was 31 in 1993 when Stephen Lawrence was murdered. I remember, as if it was yesterday, the anger, the frustration, the feeling that we (black people) had had enough! That this was not right, that something needed to be done. I remember at the time wanting to find a place to vent that anger. […]
Reflection on the last night’s Emergency Community Conversation by Yvonne Field
Over 2000 people joined our Emergency Community Conversation last night. As one of our panellists, Dr. Elizabeth Henry, mentioned, the global devastation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, also offers us a ‘Kairos’ moment. I last experienced a similar moment back in 2013, when visiting Atlanta Georgia. I spent the day with Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley a […]
