The Black and Minoritised Communities Enterprise Development Programme Round 4 Launches Today!
Apply now to get a grant of up to £30K! Applications for the Black and Minoritised Communities Enterprise Development Programme are now open. The Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) allows social enterprises and trading charities to receive a grant of up to £30k to develop a new or existing trading idea. The programme enables organisations to […]
A Place to Call Home 2.0: follow-up survey questionnaire
In 2015, with support from Locality, The Ubele Initiative published ‘A Place to Call Home: Community asset ownership Initiative in the African diaspora community’ This publication sought to provide an important overview of community asset ownership within the African Diaspora community in England and was significant in being the first major attempt to capture stories from […]
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 […]
Re-Imagining Social Prescribing – Perspective and Experiences from Black and Racially Minoritised Communities
Social Prescribing, also called community referral, is a holistic initiative that links patients from GP, practice nurses, and other primary care services to a range of local, non-clinical community-based services to support and improve their health and wellbeing.
Tashi’s ELEVATE Programme Mentoring Experience
By Mrs Tashi Nyame-Jones Mentoring has proven to be an incredible resource for me and as a Black woman. Finding another Black woman, who is further on the professional journey and who looks back to identify others she could support, can be difficult. But I have found a mentor in Dr Peggy Warren, and her commitment […]
Tryphena’s Reflections of the ELEVATE Programme
By Mrs Tryphena Fortune One of the wonderful things about Ubele is the way it innovatedly works to develop women. Their intergenerational approaches were taken to another level when I, as an ordinary woman of the community with a deep interest in learning and developing others, was invited to join Director and CEO, Yvonne Field, […]
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 […]
“The construction and manual trades sector mainly relies upon older white males”, concludes a recent report
The findings of research into challenges facing Black and minoritised young people entering the manual trades highlights that the image of the industry, coupled with poor careers information, advice and guidance, portray a sector that is not sufficiently diverse with regards to gender and race, principally. This negative impression creates an unviable career path for […]
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 […]
National Baseline Research into Black and Minoritised Youth Presence in the UK Manual Trades Sector
“The construction and manual trades sector mainly relies upon older white males”, concludes our recent report The findings of research into challenges facing Black and minoritised young people entering the manual trades highlights that the image of the industry, coupled with poor careers information, advice and guidance, portray a sector that is not sufficiently diverse […]
Life Between Islands – Reflection on the Ubele Circle with Michael McMillan by Barbara Gray
Lights and Shade Gentrification Labour Music and culture misappropriation Displaced and like shadows disappear over time with no traces – that is changing – our stories told by us are everywhere and the responsibility for learning is not our responsibility and that has been made clear. Between the lights and shade of the displacement […]
Ubele Stories: Reflections on an Emerging Journey
Ubele Stories: Reflections on an Emerging Journey is a compilation of selected blogs written over the past 3 years by Ubele staff and associates. These writings are a glimpse into our work, what we believe in and how we fulfil our mission. It’s a space to reflect on and capture our experiences and learnings. Dive in […]
