Working on our Power
Working On Our Power recognises the unique gift that trans, non-binary and cis women of colour bring to transformative social change work. This programme is designed to strengthen them in progressive social movements across Europe. We use asterisk () after trans and non-binary in order to include everyone who identifies along the trans spectrum (broadly […]
Young Men Speak Out
The aim of Young Men Speak Out project was 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 that men prefer women who have been cut.
Journeys – Empowerment through exploration of cultural heritage
Journeys is our exciting Erasmus+ funded project targeted towards educators, youth workers, and youth leaders to support their learning, development and competencies in cultural heritage. The project was delivered through a comprehensive programme of study visits, non-formal workshops, activities, mapping, sharing of good practice, explorations, research, development of learning materials, piloting and testing of the […]
MEL Europe
This Erasmus+ project offers a series of creative learning opportunities which will further feed into Ubele’s vision of creating a dynamic and expanded cohort of Black and Minoritised social leaders.
Sankofa Intergenerational Learning Hub
The Sankofa Intergenerational Learning Hub was an innovative 17 month Erasmus+ adult learning project. It aimed to establish a creative intergenerational learning space through which 5 different but interconnected learning programmes were offered to younger and older community leaders, change agents and social activists from Black and Minoritised communities.
Ubuntu Social Leaders Academy
Ubele’s main aim is to help create sustainable Black and Minoritised communities and assets (older and emerging leaders and community spaces) by creating a nationally connected intergenerational group of skilled and effective social leaders. Ubuntu Social Leaders Academy (USLA) is based on an African leadership philosophy which emphasises the importance of community, collectivism and relationships […]
Welcomeship
Welcomeship was a new model for entrepreneurship learning for young migrants together with local young people as a tool of inclusion. The project was a collaboration between several expert organisations in the field of entrepreneurship learning, migration and advocacy/lobbying as well as several implementing organisations which directly piloted and implemented the project in their communities. […]
Black to the Future
Black to the Future is a Sankofa Approach to Youth Work Practices in the African Diaspora Community that is contributing to building a self-sustaining system that encompasses the intergenerational cultural specificities of the African Diaspora in Europe. Through a series of study visits/ work shadowing activities and dialogue sessions, the project acknowledges the development of […]
European Summer School
Our project – European Summer School: Towards Resilient Communities – provided training in community leadership and capacity building to small, mainly Black and Minoritised organisations. The 6 training courses provided new frameworks and skills to create social inclusion and active citizenship in order to increase the employability and competitiveness of our most disadvantaged groups, including […]
IRETI
IRETI “Empowering Women and Strengthening Socio-Economic Integration” project seeks to highlight and bring together the best practices of working with human trafficking for the common purpose of combating exploitation of women, and to allow victims from human trafficking to have an access to basic services through an online platform. All partners have the ambition to […]
The Sankofa Intergenerational Learning Hub: Writings on a Journey
The Sankofa Project sought to extend and further develop on the lessons learnt and to scaleup the offer to BME social leaders through creative and innovative adult learning approaches. This compilation of ‘writings’ – in the form of reflective ‘blogs’ – comprises reflections through the eyes of participants on the course. (February 2020)
Preserving Cultural and Heritage Identities with Journeys
The protection and sustainment of cultural and heritage identities is crucial to the wellbeing of any society. How do we preserve and pass them on? The protection and sustainment of cultural and heritage identities is crucial to the wellbeing of any society. Without question, what we take to be ‘cultural and heritage’ imperatives is socially […]
