The Positive for Youth Awards 2017 Winner – Meet Shwetal Shah
At the beginning of August 2017 in London took place The Positive for Youth Awards ceremony which recognized and rewarded outstanding youth contribution to the Three Global Goals of Educational Innovation, Empowering Everyone and Environmental Rejuvenation. We are more than happy to present you Shwetal Shah who won The Environmental Rejuvenation: Beyond Sustainability Award. Shwetal […]
Mali Enterprising Leaders Launch Event, 29th July 2017
Mali Enterprising Leaders Launch Event Leadership Day Saturday, 29th July 2017 On Saturday, 29th July 2017, an intergenerational group of almost 50 people from London and Manchester gathered for the Mali Enterprising Leaders – MEL launch event at Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre, London. This national inititiative for BAME communities, which is the first of its […]
PatHERways International – First seminar by Sandra Vacciana, Partnership for Young London
Introduction In March I flew to Portugal with Laurie Fitzgerald of Ubele and Rasha Fara of FORWARD to attend PatHERways, an international seminar, funded by Erasmus +. This initiative intends to forge routes that lead more young women to greater civic activism. I was inspired by the potential to engage in dialogue on an international […]
Conversations about Youth Work with African Diaspora Young People in Conway Hall, 30 June 2017
Conversations about Youth Work with African Diaspora Young People were targeted at formal and informal educators as well as policy makers and managers. Attendees to the event were invited to explore current practice and develop recommendations for future effective work with young people of the African Diaspora, through facilitated group discussions. All participants could share […]
Pandora – Staff mobility: My time at The Ubele Initiative by Anita Duda, Autokreacja Fondation, Poland
Introduction It is great to be part of the project Pandora that focuses on female entrepreneurship and to get a chance to exchange practices between partners and explore new opportunities in different countries. The Ubele Initiative is a new inter-generational community building initiative which aims to increase community’s capacity to lead, and create innovative and […]
Creating Resilient Communities – Theory U Training in Berlin, June 2017
This training was the first of the two learning programmes of ‘Creating Resilient Communities through Social Leadership’ project. It was facilitated by Benjamin Kafka and Simoon Fransen from the organisations Impuls and the Presencing Institute, Berlin. Theory U Training took place from 6th to 9th June 2017 and involved 25 participants from all over the […]
Black to the Future: Cologne visit, May 2017
‘Black to the Future: A Sankofa Exploration of Youth Work’ is a 20 month innovative intergenerational project for youth workers from the African Diaspora in Amsterdam (Stichting Interlock), Bonn (Verein fur Junge Afrikanische und andere Diaspora Vjaad EV) and London (The Ubele Initiative). The project facilitates an African Sankofa process (Sankofa in the Twi language […]
WWoW Cycling Sessions
WWoW Cycling Sessions Wise Women on Wheels, is a new and exciting 10 week cycling and road awareness training for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) women 45+ living and/or working in Haringey. The Ubele initiative has collaborated with the Rockstone foundation to aid teaching and support the women in improving their cycling proficiency. This project […]
Leading Routes: Paths to University Success event
On Saturday 08 April 2017, Leading Routes hosted the Paths to University Success event for parents and carers at Conway Hall in Central London. The one day event was supported by UCL, Ubele Initiative and the Conway Hall Ethical Society and aimed to enable parents, carers and young people from the African diaspora communities to […]
#ReclaimOurSpaces – Sharing our Stories and Collaborating for the Future
#ReclaimOurSpaces was a collaborative event held on Saturday 25th of June at Conway Hall. The Ubele Initiative, Just Space and Spark were the main organisers who offered participants an opportunity for community organisations to come together and discuss how communities can influence government policy and secure community spaces. Other partner organisations who contributed to the running and organisation of […]
