
Lela Kogbara
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@placematters, @dfnsearch, @PentonStreetCML, @socialfinance, NHS Advancing Mental Health Equality,
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🌟We had a great time at the UK Community Foundations Conference! Our Co-Director, Emily Sun, led discussions on work between CFs & the NHS. We were inspired by the stories of #Sustainable #SocialJustice shared by Joseph Rowntree Foundation & Poverty Truth Network. Also loving 360Giving's UKGrantmaking project.

Love this very smiley pic from the breaking ground event yesterday Anti-Apartheid Legacy's forthcoming Anti-Apartheid Legacy: Centre of Memory and Learning in #Islington. Read more here: shorturl.at/JmD7A Debbie Weekes-Bernard



🌍 Exciting insights on #FieldBuilding : Check out our case study, with Farming the Future buff.ly/4hbHws7 We caught up with their director, Bonnie Hewson, to hear about their collaborative funding model which works towards fairer food and farming systems.


🌍 Last week we joined our Early Years Community of Practice on a visit to The Reach Foundation with Australia’s Minderoo Foundation . 📖 Read the full blog for reflections on the day! buff.ly/48oWfvR Better Start Bradford Birth to 19 Nottingham Trent University Save the Children UK


🌟 Huge thanks to The Bridgespan Group for sharing their insights on #FieldBuilding for #PlaceBasedChange on Monday. The Q&A sparked great discussion, and it’s clear there’s real momentum for this work in the UK! Missed it? Access the resources and recording: buff.ly/4e0lUw0


Last night Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan #BlackHistoryMonth reception, co-hosted Debbie Weekes-Bernard, it was a great honour to hear Sadiq Khan speak of pride that #London will home Europe’s 1st Anti-Apartheid museum We’re proud to make #blackhistory & #solidarity part of UK cultural heritage landscape


“London is for everyone" Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan In celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth, Sadiq Khan proudly announces support for Europe’s first cultural museum dedicated to anti-apartheid movement, so that we can continue to honour, (re)tell & write Black history✊🏾📚 #AntiApartheid #BHM

Delighted to share that our Cradle to Career programme has been named the Collaborative Initiative of the Year at the Institute of Economic Development Awards 2024 🌟 This is a testament to the power of community-led working and the incredible work of our partners. A huge thank you to everyone involved!


🎉 Huge congrats to Dame Julia Cleverdon on becoming Chair of The National Lottery Community Fund. As our Chair, Dame Julia has inspired us through her dedication to #CommunityEmpowerment & "connecting the unconnected." We know she’ll bring her incredible energy to her new role. Congratulations!


Bookaholic Bex Just to annoy @ElonMusk a picture of Denis Goldberg, Rivonia Trialist with my friend Lela Kogbara







🚨 We’re hiring! Curatorial Research Fellow(s) sought to co-design & deliver a mural — public art piece for the new Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre Collab w/London Met Uni's research hub CREATURE 🙏🏽 The National Lottery Heritage Fund More info👇🏽 antiapartheidlegacy.org.uk/opportunities/…🎨 #SocialJustice #Art #Mural


'All Shall Be Afforded Dignity!' opening soon #Manchester 🗓️ 14th March - 24th April 📍The Portico Library 🎟️ Free A travelling show of lino-print & political cartoons by #NormanKaplan co-presented Anti-Apartheid Legacy ACTSA-UK.bsky.social & AAM Archives Collab w/ WCML 🙏🏽The National Lottery Heritage Fund

