Elevate takes off!
January saw the culmination of almost a year’s planning and preparation with the launch of the Elevate Women’s Leadership Development Programme. This 7 month pilot programme for thirty women from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities (BAME) employed as academic and professional services staff at Bristol, Bath, Cardiff and Exeter universities, offers a creative learning […]
Ubele Emergency Conversation Part 2: Lockdown, Vaccines and the Virus
register There are a lot of questions without answers around the vaccine and virus impacts for the BAME community. Disproportionately affected by the health system, valid reason to mistrust the government and the vaccine- are issues now added to a high level of grief, bereavement and loss in our communities. The death count is rising […]
Join our Team! We’re looking for a Digital Content Officer
The Digital Content Officer is a new post created to shape and drive forward The Ubele Initiative’s online content and presence. They will be responsible for maintaining and developing Ubele’s brand, identity and messaging. Working as part of the Communications Team, the Digital Content Officer proactively develops and designs content to present it in an […]
Are you a 35-65-year-old living in Lambeth? Do you want to learn skills that will help you transform your community?
Black on Track programme aims to encourage 35-65-year-old Black people from Lambeth to use community action as a first step to becoming active citizens in order to re-engage with the economy. This is our new project funded by Black Thrive and Impact on Urban Health which will empower early middle-age adults engaged in social projects […]
Building a network of BAME led growers pan-London: We launched a new project at Wolves Lane Centre
Rootz into Food Growing (RiFG) aims to challenge and disrupt some of the structural inequalities that exist within the current UK food growing sector through the creation of a network of BAME led growers pan-London who will receive relevant skills development and training opportunities enabling them to grow commercially. RiFG is a […]
We are delighted to be amongst the grantees for the Black Thrive Employment Project!
Ubele is delighted to be amongst the grantees for the Black Thrive Employment Project. The project aims to empower the Domino Clubs members by increasing their awareness of their skills, providing them with training to develop new skills and creating social entrepreneurship opportunities. The project will also use systems mapping as a tool to further […]
Survey: Vaccinations – Questions, Concerns, Queries
At The Ubele Initiative, we want to know your top three concerns and questions about the COVID-19 vaccinations. We want to hear your views as loudly and clearly as possible. This is so we can understand your perspective and hopefully help the relevant bodies respond better to your queries. All the responses will be collated […]
“BAME led community and voluntary sector organisations need a national supporting infrastructure body, if they are to take advantage of regional and national supporting initiatives” says report
Read our first report from April 2020 – 9 OUT OF 10 BAME MICRO AND SMALL ORGANISATIONS SET TO CLOSE IF THE CRISIS CONTINUES BEYOND 3 MONTHS FOLLOWING THE LOCKDOWN The Ubele Initiative undertook a follow up ‘deep dive’ interview and survey process with 31 micro and small Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) led […]
New Partnership with Enrol Yourself
We’re thrilled to announce a new partnership with Enrol Yourself, to offer 2 fully-funded bursaries on their programmes for our community. Read the announcement in full The Learning Marathon is a different kind of learning experience. It brings together a group of peers, each with their own learning question. Over 6 months, participants collaborate, pool […]
National Grief Awareness Week 2020 #NGAW20 Official Launch of the BAMEStream Bereavement Support Service
BAMEStream is an alliance of practitioners, therapists, policy specialists, organisations, activists and academia who specialise in the areas of mental health and wellbeing and who’s core purpose during this Covid-19 pandemic is to bring the mental health needs of the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community into the mainstream. BAMEStream emerged as part of our […]
Launching Mali Enterprising Leaders (MEL) England, a capacity support and development programme
We are proud to announce the launch of the Mali Enterprising Leaders (MEL) England, a capacity support and development programme focused on the needs of micro and small Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) led voluntary and community organisations, that has been impacted upon negatively by the pandemic. The aim of MEL England is to […]
Are you a young adult (18-30) from a BAME background?
View fullsize The Ubele Initiative is looking for 12 BAME adults (18-30 year olds) to participate in a 4 month project to capture and share young BAME adults’ experiences of COVID-19 and associated lockdown responses. Are you a young adult from a Black, Asian and/or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background? Are you aged 18-30? Are […]
