Join us for Reconnect and Reflect events in London and Liverpool!
One-week long WELCOMESHIP Training in Solna, Sweden
Wow what an amazing journey! During the Welcomeship six days training in Solna, Sweden, we were taken on a complete journey of identifying personal passions, learning systems and methods to bring those passions into organisations to create real change in our communities and finally to create and manage organisations that will enable us […]
Mayor of London announced his backing of our Wolves Lane solar crowdfunding project!
Photo credit to Amanda Stockley Back Wolves Lane fundraising campaign The former Council plant nursery in Wood Green, now run by community organisations, inlcuding The Ubele Initiative, has just received a great promise from Sadiq Khan. City Hall has pledged £7500 towards our current fund-raising campaign. Under the title ‘Wolves Lane, Wood Green’s […]
Young Men Speak Out: London Kick-off
We just hosted our partners from the Netherlands, Stichting Interlock and Hirda Amsterdam, for a kick-off meeting. Young Men Speak Out is an Erasmus+ project that aims to encourage young men and boys to raise the topic of FGM in their families and to provide boys with the understanding and skills to challenge the myth […]
Apply for our new social leadership programme!
We’re introducing new social leadership programme Sankofa Intergenerational Learning Hub. Check the flyer and find out more by contacting Michael Hamilton at Michael.Hamilton@ubele.org Deadline for applications is Monday, 3rd December 2018 Click here to read more about the programme. ABOUT THE COURSES Appreciative Leadership While traditional leadership focuses on problems, Appreciative Leadership focuses on […]
We have moved to a new office – check the space and support our Wolves Lane fundraising campaign!
We have changed our official address to: Wolves Lane Horticultural Centre Wolves Lane London N22 5JD Wolves Lane is a thriving centre for growing and distributing wholesome food and a space for the local food economy to develop through education, enterprise and events, making good […]
Be part of the steering group of 81 Acts of Exuberant Defiance – a community-led programme!
Brixton based, arts activists Tony Cealy and Chloe Osborne are catalysing a cultural programme called 81 Acts of Exuberant Defiance – a community-led programme of activity that will draw on the 40 year anniversary of the Brixton uprisings (2021) to: a) provide a lens on our contemporary experience of equity in the area […]
Impactful methods of working with communities: Action Learning and Theory U, European Summer School in Berlin
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize European Summer School: Towards Resilient Communities Part 2. took place in Berlin and it was as powerful time as in Amsterdam. Together with our partner, we organized 4 courses, […]
Black in Academia: Staying the Course
Leading Routes designed new events to encourage and support black students who are studying in the UK and considering a Masters, PhD or career in academia. We’re pleased to support such a great initiative! Join us for informative discussions, exciting academic speakers and an evening to discover opportunities in academic research. Spaces are limited, so […]
Black to the Future Evaluation weekend in London
The ‘Black to the Future – A Sankofa approach to the exchange of youth work practice’ was an Erasmus+ innovative intergenerational project for youth workers from the African Diaspora in Amsterdam, Bonn/Cologne and London. It was based on the principles of Sankofa which in the Twi language of Ghana translates as ‘go back […]
We are pleased to share with you the first BME-led Community Enterprise toolkit!
With funding from Power to Change (PtC), along with our national partners, including Locality, we have been working with BME community-based organisations to support their development and their sustainability through the Mali Enterprising Leaders (MEL) Programme. Over eighteen months the MEL Programme delivered tailored support to five London and Manchester organisations, which collectively managed a […]
Capturing the stories and history of BME community assets (people and spaces) of value to our community
The Ubele Initiative started to collect stories about BME led (predominately African Diaspora) community assets i.e. community based people who acted as change agents and community spaces we ‘own’ or ‘owned’ in 2014/15. The information collected was put on a unique digital and an audio map which were included in our ground breaking […]
