*Part of this season's content was recorded at the end of 2021, but due to unforeseen circumstances publishing of the content has been delayed. With that being said there may be some references to New Year Plans and Christmas festivities.
*This episode features language that some listeners might find offensive.
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, The Ubele Initiative commissioned a report to understand how voluntary Black and minority ethnic organisations within the voluntary sector were experiencing the pandemic.
Although many organisations had pivoted to respond to the growing need of the communities they served, many were on the brink of closing. Depleted reserves, staff shortages and growing demands for service provision created challenges for many organisations up and down the country.
In this conversation, I speak with Michael Hamilton, Co-director of The Ubele Initiative about
The intro and outro for this episode are taken from Ide Were Were - Aguas Doces
The short clip on transactional sex was taken from Transactional Sex: What it is and why it matters.
The BBC news clip on was taken from Why did the first wave of COVID 19 disproportionately affect people of colour?
The production and sound design of this episode was by Veronique Belinga
