Processes for Black Led Systems Change, Accelerating Equitable Outcomes Report

Processes for Black Led Systems Change, Accelerating Equitable Outcomes Report – June 2024 In seeking to explore funding, power and participatory grantmaking with Black communities, Impact on Urban Health (IoUH) initiated a process that engaged a group of community leaders in a participatory process focused on the shared challenge of safety (lack of) for Black […]

Young People #GetInvolved with Patchwork

Message from Patchwork With the announcement of the General Election, we have a key opportunity to ensure young people across the country can get involved and have their voices heard. Our mission is to ensure young people are part of the conversation – not the silent majority. The Patchwork Foundation’s #GetInvolved programme is delivering canvassing sessions, hustings, training […]

The Black Systemic Safety Fund

The Black Systemic Safety Fund. REPLAY VIDEOS HERE How can centering lived-experience leadership promote equitable systems change? The Black Systemic Safety Fund was a social lab that explored exactly that, through a social lab and participatory grantmaking process. Join us for our two upcoming webinars as we share key learnings, outcomes and insights from this […]

Disaster Response in Mathare

Ubele recently made a donation of £1000 in lighting light to support people affected by the flooding and recent disaster in Mathare. Apollo Murigi, of Masterpiece Kenya, is fundraising for lighting and detergents for the survivors of the flooding in the urban informal settlement. In Mathare, Nairobi, heavy rainfall over the past two weeks has […]

A poem by Dr Peggy P. Warren

Ubele Time Capsule – 10 Years Sankofa from a Ghanian tribe, look back to learn, teck de learning, den move forward. Yo’ catch my vibe?   We are Ubele, visionary: a catalyst for systemic, social, economic change, through empowering the Global majority. We’re culturally rooted, intergenerational, innovative, collaborative, and experiential.   Our mission: to support […]

Ubele Turns 10

Message from Yvonne Field, CEO and Founder of Ubele Initiative Saturday 11th May 2024 was a very special day, marking ten years of Ubele. We celebrated at our home in Wolves Lane with our team, our partners and most importantly our community! We ceremonially planted a time capsule (to be opened in the year 2100), used […]

Exploring Funding, Power and Participatory Grantmaking Report

Exploring Funding, Power and Participatory Grantmaking Report View the report here In seeking to explore funding, power and participatory grantmaking with Black communities, Impact on Urban Health (IoUH) initiated a process that engaged a group of community leaders in a participatory process focused on the shared challenge of safety (lack of) for Black and racially […]

Understanding Safety for Black Communities

Processes for Black Led Systems Change, Accelerating Equitable Outcomes Report – June 2024 In seeking to explore funding, power and participatory grantmaking with Black communities, Impact on Urban Health (IoUH) initiated a process that engaged a group of community leaders in a participatory process focused on the shared challenge of safety (lack of) for Black […]

Two new legal publications launched

Sistren Legal Collective are delighted to present their first two publications: Community Lawyering and Community Legal Toolkit You can access these resources as tools for empowerment, designed to revolutionise the way legal support is provided to communities fighting for social and racial justice: they are free to download and share on this website. Pictures from the […]

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