Yvonne Field

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Yvonne Field
Born
Britain
Occupationactivist & social entreprenuer
Known forSocial entrepreneurship, Student leadership, social works
TitleFounder of Ubele Initiative


Yvonne Field is a British activist and social entrepreneur. She is founder and CEO of the . In 2018 Field was named among the top 100 women in social enterprise (WISE100).[1]

Life[]

Field studied in Birmingham, where she recalls hearing the news of the New Cross fire in 1981.[2]

Responding to a historical lack of funding to the BAME community, Field established the Ubele Initiative in 2014, to support projects led by the African diaspora in the UK.[1]

In February 2020 the Ubele Initiative was appointed one of five 'specialist civil society infrastructure organisations' to receive two years of grant funding from a partnership between the Mayor of London, City Bridge Trust and the National Lottery Community Fund.[1] In April 2020 Field led the launch of a petition to investigate why BAME communities were being disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 in the UK.[3] In May 2020 a Ubele Foundation report warned that Cov-19 might force many small BAME charities out of operation.[4][5] Later that month Field welcomed the call by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to commission an independent public inquiry into COVID-19's disproportionate impact on BAME communities.[6] In June 2020 Field, along with Derek Bardowell and Sado Jirde, resigned from an equity working group organised by the National Emergencies Trust. Field said that she felt "disillusioned", and that there was "no space in the agenda for any real meaningful dialogue".[1] A follow-up Ubele Initiative report at the end of 2020 called for a national infrastructure body supporting BAME voluntary organisations.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Sasha Gallick (29 June 2020). "'We can't see ourselves' – Yvonne Field on the hazy picture for BAME social enterprise". Pioneers Post. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  2. ^ Aamna Mohdin (15 January 2021). "How the New Cross fire became a rallying cry for political action". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  3. ^ Vic Motune (16 April 2020). "Impact of COVID-19 on BAME communities leads to calls for independent public inquiry". The Voice. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  4. ^ Emily Burt (4 May 2020). "Nine out of 10 BAME micro and small charities could close within months, report warns". Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  5. ^ Val Cipriani (7 May 2020). "New fund launches to support BAME organisations during crisis". Civil Society News. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. ^ "London Mayor Sadiq Khan calls for probe into disproportionate COVID-19 ethnicity impact". The New Indian Express. 17 May 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  7. ^ Harriet Whitehead (7 December 2020). "BAME voluntary organisations need a 'strong voice', report suggests". Civil Society News. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

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