Roundtable Event: Black Youth Unemployment
Calling all people and organisations across the system of employment and underemployment (including young people, employers, employment services, job centres, local authority workers, youth workers, careers workers and activists). Ubele would like to invite you to discuss what the current state of play surrounding unemployment amongst young Black and Minoritised people. This roundtable is a […]
The Black Culture Market
3rd and 4th December11am – 5pm on both days The Black Culture Market returns! Please join Black Culture Market for an inspiring showcase of carefully selected black businesses this Christmas. This is an indoor, in person Christmas Market that has something for everyone. It supports emerging entrepreneurs & new black businesses of African & Caribbean descent […]
Ubele Presents: The Churchill Fellowship Networking Event
8th November6-8.30PM You are invited to this networking and engagement event for Black and racially minoritised fellows. We would love for you to come and join us; to meet and hear other Fellows stories and make new connections. You could also have an opportunity to share your own! If you are considering applying for a 2023 […]
Vacancy: Consultant for Process and Impact Evaluation
Consultant for process and impact evaluation of 81 Acts of Exuberant Defiance: Reclaiming Community Heritage project Fee £5000 inclusive VAT & Expenses Reclaiming Community Heritage, made possible with the National Lottery Heritage Fund, is led by a partnership of community organisations, including 81 Acts of Exuberant Defiance, The Ubele Initiative, and Empathy Museum, the project marks 40 years […]
Yvonne Field has been awarded The Churchill Fellowship ‘Activate Grant’ for Intergenerational Leadership
Today The Churchill Fellowship announced the winners of their ‘Activate Grant.’ £590,688 of grants from their Activate Fund will go to 22 Churchill Fellows including our Founder and CEO, Yvonne Field. The Activate Fund aims to increase the impact of Churchill Fellows’ activities across UK society. Click here to read how Yvonne Field will be using […]
The Jane Hatfield Award: Supporting the next generation of researchers and activists
This year, The Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) is launching the Jane Hatfield Award in partnership with The Ubele Initiative (‘Ubele’). This is an annual grant of £5,000 for a team of young researchers to investigate issues or topics related to community, social action and/or social justice. In this inaugural year Ubele have provided […]
Grant and learning support for Black and Minoritised charities and social enterprises looking to become more enterprising
Support from the Enterprise Development Programme enables organisations to grow financial resilience and impact by providing a mixture of grant and learning support to help get enterprise ideas off the ground. If accepted onto the programme, participating organisations will work collaboratively with The Ubele Initiative throughout the programme journey to best identify support needs (both […]
Introducing our new brand and website
Today, we mark 8 years since we founded The Ubele Initiative. We celebrate in a very special way and would like to introduce our new brand and website. We will continue to reach communities and generations of leaders offering them support and development opportunities. As the world is changing, here at the Ubele, we respond to […]
Do you work with Black children and young people aged 18 and under in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?
The £1m We Move Fund: Youth Social Action focuses on providing Black children and young people with the opportunity to engage in youth social action. Youth social action describes the activities that children and young people do to make a positive difference and drive change in their communities and for the world around them. Through youth social […]
Creative learning opportunities in Europe – Apply now to develop your leadership skills
We have exciting leadership courses coming up! Apply now to be a part of creative learning opportunities in Europe. With increased competencies and professional skills, you will be able to put new knowledge to practical use in your communities. AVAILABLE COURSES Organisational Systemic Constellations Location: Crete, Greece Dates: 31 May – 6 June 2022 Fee: […]
£2m in blended grant funding announced for the Recovery Loan Fund to support Black and Minoritised Ethnicity-led charities and social enterprises
The Social Investment Business (SIB), Access – The Foundation for Social investment, The Ubele Initiative and Create Equity have today announced £2m worth of grant and support funding to be made available to be used alongside the Recovery Loan Fund to support Black and minoritised ethnicity-led charities and social enterprises based in and delivering impact in […]
Leadership Training – Apply now for Art of Hosting in Crete
The course revealed how hosting is a fluid process that we all participate in, whether that is individually or within a group setting. As human beings we each play hosts to our own thoughts and feelings, as social beings we are also hosts to the different relationships we are part of – what kind of […]
