The London Lab
Context Young individuals from Black and Minoritized backgrounds in the UK face a troubling reality, with double the likelihood of unemployment compared to their white counterparts on a national scale. Even within the diverse landscape of London, the gap narrows only slightly. This issue becomes particularly pronounced in certain London boroughs, such as Newham, where […]
Agbero 2100
Building Sustainable Black and Racially Minoritised Communities Update This years (2024) Expression of Interest (EOI) round for Agbero 2100 has closed. We received 132 EOI submissions, demonstrating strong interest from Black and racially minoritised community-led organisations across England. Agbero 2100 Overview Agbero 2100 is a national strategic intervention that supports community leaders to challenge systemic […]
Co-operative Practice
Expanding Opportunities within the Co-operative Sector for Black and racially minoritised Communities. Co-operatives have long been integrated into Black and racially minoritised* communities across the United Kingdom (UK) to produce social benefit. From member-owned supplementary schools and cultural centres; the community savings systems of Pardna or Susu; to community led housing such as Gida Housing Co-operative currently being incubated by The Ubele initiative in Tottenham with 56 member-owned homes.
Eat Wood Green
“Eat Wood Green” is a community food growing and education space being installed in the heart of the high street in Haringey. The creation of a new community led growing space at Wood Green Library, will provide opportunities for local children, families and visitors to gain green skills and engage with the healing power of […]
Energy Resilience Fund (ERF)
Type: Mixed Grant & Loan Value: £25k – £250k (40% grant) Location: England Contact: sheila.forster@ubele.org What is the Energy Resilience Fund? The Energy Resilience Fund (ERF) provides a blended funding package comprising a 60% loan and 40% grant to enhance the energy resilience of eligible charities and social enterprises in England. This initiative supports projects […]
Flexible Finance
What is the Flexible Finance Fund? The Flexible Finance Fund is a partnership between Social Investment Business, The Ubele Initiative, and Create Equity. It offers £4m in funding and support to 15-25 Black and Racially Minoritised charities and social enterprises in England, helping them grow, acquire assets, and enhance resilience. The fund combines a flexible […]
Reigniting a Nation for Greatness: Further to Go Moving Beyond Celebration to Legacy Building
By Tishauna Mullings Jamaicans represented the largest Black Caribbean group in Britain with a total of 160,000 people according to the 2011 Office for National Statistics Census. While there are other growing populations of diasporic Black groups in the UK, Jamaicans continue to move for work, to unite with family and for other reasons. Jamaica’s […]
Embarking on the Black & Minoritised Communities ‘Enterprise Development Programme’ (EDP) 2022
By Yvonne Witter Following the launch of this year’s BMC Enterprise Development Programme and welcoming our new Cohort in January 2022, it was a joy for us to deliver on our support package of Finance and Business, Advice and Coaching as well as the six weekly Peer Action Learning sessions in smaller groups. This was […]
Ubele Celebrates Jamaica’s 60th year of Independence
By Tracy Durrant On August 6 1962, Jamaica became an Independent Nation and a member of the British Commonwealth. As well as this being a time to celebrate Jamaica no longer being dependent on Britain to control specific functions of the country, it’s also a time to honour all of the people involved in the […]
Yvonne Field has been awarded The Churchill Fellowship ‘Activate Grant’ for Intergenerational Leadership
Today The Churchill Fellowship announced the winners of their ‘Activate Grant.’ £590,688 of grants from their Activate Fund will go to 22 Churchill Fellows including our Founder and CEO, Yvonne Field. The Activate Fund aims to increase the impact of Churchill Fellows’ activities across UK society. Click here to read how Yvonne Field will be using […]
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.
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, […]
