International Women’s Day 2022 – #BreakTheBias Stories
This month we celebrate and champion women who make an impact in our communities every day. We bring you stories of women who are passionate about exposing racially marginalised women to a variety of leisure and sports activities; empowering and engaging children and young people in STEAM opportunities; celebrating culture and heritage; seeing equity in […]
Celebrating women in my life by Yvonne Field
The year so far, has been a bit of an annus horribilis. Even in my school days of yesteryear, some Latin terms seemed to encapsulate just what was needed to be said without too many words or drama. As someone who comes from a Jamaican migrant family with a very strong work ethic, it can […]
Support Migrants Fleeing The Russo-Ukrainian War
Photo by Global Citizen @glblctzn donate Sonaaar is raising £20,000 in support of the migrant communities that are fleeing the Russo-Ukrainian War. Many, especially men, are facing discrimination which prevents them from getting transportation to travel to borders and access accommodation. Many are students of African, Indian and Brazilian heritage who were welcomed just a […]
National Day of Reflection 2022: Coming Together in Hope
For National Day of Reflection, taking place on 23 March, New Life Wesleyan Church in partnership with The Ubele Initiative and The Majonzi Fund will be hosting Coming Together in Hope: A Service of Reflection. There will be limited in person capacity at the church so pre-booking is essential. The service will also be Live Streamed […]
Reimagining Social Prescribing: Roundtable Discussions with London Plus – Part 2 by Tracy Durrant
Roundtable 2: Resourcing and Capacity building for Social Prescribing activities This roundtable took place December 9th 2021 virtually. The aim of this roundtable was to understand how Social Prescribing activities are being resourced as well as what resources are needed to grow. This included discussing financial support, support with capacity building and developing an infrastructure […]
Welcoming our Enterprise Development Programme Cohorts, site visits and more…
By Yvonne Witter FRSA In January, The Black and Minoritised Communities Enterprise Development Programme (BMCEDP) had a welcome event and the organisations in attendance were excited and enthusiastic to be supported on the programme to gain skills, knowledge and guidance in the process of reducing grant dependency. We started the morning with a welcome from […]
Reimagining Social Prescribing: Roundtable Discussions with London Plus – Part 1 by Tracy Durrant
The Ubele Initiative in collaboration with London Plus and Thriving Communities have been running a series of three roundtables to explore what Social Prescribing looks like in Black and Minoritised communities. The aim of these discussions was to discover how Social Prescribing can be effective for Black and Minoritised communities, to inform, connect and find ways to better support the sector. […]
Ubele Circles with Michael McMillan
Based on Sankofa principles of seeking knowledge from the past to benefit the futures of generations to come. The Ubele Circles Project is an opportunity for you to explore anti-racist activism in Britain. You will be a part of a group which will come together to learn from an elder social activist and will examine […]
Building Strong Communities funding surgeries
The Ubele Initiative in partnership with the GLA Mayor’s Office are conducting in person funding surgeries for Black organisations across London to get advice on completing the Building Strong Communities funding application on a one-to-one basis. The dates are: Tuesday 1st February, 10-4pm Croydon BME Forum 56A Mitcham Rd Croydon CR0 3RG Friday 4th February, […]
