The Ubele Initiative: Weekly News
News and information from our partners, collaborators and more on their exciting opportunities and events for each week. Be sure to check in to keep up to date with industry news. News Community Ownership Fund: Update The government has now released the prospectus for Round 3 of the Community Ownership Fund. Applications will open on 31 May. […]
Applications are Open for Flexible Finance
The pandemic hit businesses hard, and many have struggled to keep their heads above water. Charities and social enterprises have been particularly affected, with funding drying up and donors cutting back on their giving. Flexible Finance is intended to assist organisations led by Black and Racially Minoritised teams to get back on track, offering loans […]
The Ubele Initiative: Weekly News
News and information from our partners, collaborators and more on their exciting opportunities and events for each week. Be sure to check in to keep up to date with industry news. News Mental Health Week This week is mental health week and we wanted to remind anyone experiencing mental health challenges that you can connect […]
The Ubele Initiative: Weekly News
News and information from our partners, collaborators and more on their exciting opportunities and events for each week. Be sure to check in to keep up to date with industry news. News OHID London and ADPH London are pleased to announce that tomorrow is the relaunch day for the online resource, MECC Link London. This relaunch […]
A Warm Welcome to Joe Montgomery
Ubele expanded its services during the pandemic and our Directors want to strengthen the organisation as it grows. In that context we are happy to welcome Joe Montgomery, who joined Ubele this month as our new Executive Chair. He brings knowledge and networks that will help Ubele to develop new governance arrangements; help our operational systems […]
Announcement about Propel – ‘ground-breaking’ £100m fund fighting inequality in London
Community organisations which tackle inequality and make London a fairer place have been awarded the first slice of a £100 million cash injection from some of the capital’s biggest funders. We are pleased to announce that The Ubele Initiative CIC is one of the community organisations to receive Propel funding. Almost £25 million has been allocated […]
Applications for The Phoenix Way Round 1 close on Monday the 8th
The March launch of The Phoenix Way’s first emergency round of grant funding for Black and racially minoritised organisations in England, was met with enthusiasm. Over 300 applications have been started, but more are needed from the north of England as Founder and CEO of the Ubele Initiative and national convening partner of the Phoenix Way, […]
The Ubele Initiative: Weekly News
News and information from our partners, collaborators and more on their exciting opportunities and events for each week. Be sure to check in to keep up to date with industry news. News Last chance to see the A Mile in My Shoes exhibition! A Mile in My Shoes closes on the 27th of Apri. It […]
An Update from: Community Wealth Building
Wards Corner Community Benefit Society Community Wealth Building has been central to Ubele’s strategic objective in strengthening our communities through enterprise and asset development. As part of this objective, Phil Tulba, Assistant Director for Community Wealth Building, has been leading our work on the Gida Housing Co-operative which was set up in 2021 in direct response to the […]
Remembering Stephen Lawrence: 30 Years On
As the 30th anniversary of the death of Stephen Lawrence approaches, I remember being phoned by a community education worker based on the Ferrier Estate, near Eltham. It was 9.30am the morning after his murder; I was employed by Greenwich Borough’s Community Education Service, and he called to inform me that another Black boy had […]
A Mile In My Shoes – Launches 13th April
Take an imaginative leap into stories of childhood, love, art-making, coming-of-age, sexuality, family, activism, conflict, community, music, dancing, and much more – each told by someone who lived through the momentous uprisings of 1981. 13th – 27th April 2023 – You have the opportunity to be a part of something fantastic happening in Windrush Square. […]
An Open Letter to Sir Mark Rowley QPM – Commissioner of The Metropolitan Police Force
Imagine for a moment that you were born into a society where everyone held a particular belief, that every rule and every custom was influenced by this belief. In this society, this belief became so deeply entrenched over the centuries that most people no longer even recognised that it was a belief and experienced it […]
