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.
Lloyd Leon Community Centre
Lloyd Leon Community Centre (LLCC), formerly the Brixton Dominoes Club, is a home for The Brixton Domino Club and Brixton Soup Kitchen. We have been supporting LLCC to help it become an exciting, vibrant and creative community-based facility serving the local community. The need to design a new more sustainable model for Black and Minoritised […]
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.
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. […]
Thank you for supporting Wolves Lane fundraising campaign – we have reached our target!
Thank you so much to everyone who supported our cause! We got 189 backers and raised £16,633. That means that we have reached our target so we’re good to start on installing those solar panels! Wolves Lane Centre team is so grateful for all the generous pledges. And, since we raised a bit more, […]
Voyage volunteers support Wolves Lane Festive Market
Voyage wishes to use this opportunity to thank our amazing partners at Ubele Initiative for welcoming us and facilitating and supporting our young leaders to act as Volunteers. Our volunteers arrived early to open up and launch the Wolves Lane Festive Market which took place on Sunday 9th December 2018. The Festive Market was […]
End of the Year Message from Yvonne Field, Founder and Managing Director of The Ubele Initiative
It is hard to believe that we are approaching another year end. The adage that reminds us that time goes faster as you get older seems to be playing out, for me at least. So many exciting things have happened over the past twelve months. It has been, to be honest,a bit of whirl […]
Attending ‘Fostering critical thinking and media literacy’ – a transnational cooperation activity seminar in Berlin by Aisha Khan
I recently returned from a transnational cooperation activity seminar in Berlin. The theme of this seminar was “Fostering critical thinking and media literacy – Strengthening European democracy through adult education” 10th – 12th December 2018. When I saw the publicity for this seminar, I knew I wanted to attend because I know that imperative role of […]
ESS: Reflecting on our learning journeys in Amsterdam and Berlin
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize On Tuesday evening, 11th December we hosted ESS Reflect and Reconnect event. European Summer School: Towards Resilient Communities is a social leadership training programme that aims to create and develop an intergenerational group of skilled […]
A big ‘thank you’ to everyone who made yesterday’s Festive Market a real success!
Wolves Lane Horticultural Centre was filled with great vibes yesterday! It was the second year we hosted Festive Market and again it was a great success. It was a brilliant day and the atmosphere was wonderful. Stall holders were selling all kinds of wares from jewellery, Christmas hampers to plants and veggies. St […]
EPALE UK’s Conference in Birmingham “Celebrating Adult Learning” by Aisha Khan
I recently attended EPALE UK’s Conference “Celebrating Adult Learning” held in Birmingham. It was an incredible programme of various activities which brought together almost one hundred delegates working in adult learning from across the UK. The keynote address was given by Sir Alan Tuckett who gave us a thought-provoking perspective on adult community learning, its role in society, […]
