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Linda comes from a family of community leadership in Huddersfield her father was one of the first black magistrates and business owners of Silver Sands/Cleopatra’s nightclub aka “Venn Street” in the 1970 & 80’s in Huddersfield. Business and community are her blood.
She spent 18 years working in the criminal justice system and the first woman to be chair of the National Black Police Association 2009. Linda held a portfolio around, gun & knife crime, stop and search and advocated not only for serving black police officers but also the community at ministerial level post MacPherson.
She is an experienced and qualified trainer delivering training internationally on black history, leadership, diversity, advocacy and safeguarding. She is a fellow of the School for Social Entrepreneurs SSE 2017 and has an active social enterprise Young Gifted & Black Enterprises which offers training, workshops, event management and education for the benefit of the black community.
She has worked in many public sector roles and currently holds portfolios around Housing, Employment, children & young people and health and wellbeing. She has been recognised her public roles and community activities to name a few – Outstanding contribution to vulnerable victims of crime – NBPA best community engagement programme Natural born Leaders for 3 consecutive years 2006-2009. – Awarded for outstanding contribution to effective change in housing sector – Shortlisted for European Diversity Award 2021 for best community project Iroko
Linda was the founding Director and education lead for Young Gifted & black supplementary school a montly Saturday school for children from the African & Caribbean community teaching STEAM subjects and black history based at the University of Huddersfield.
YGB does not accept any formal funding or grants and as such can remain authentic and genuine in the focus on the progression of black children. That said most importantly Linda is the mother of two gifted black children who has the battle scars from fighting the system to ensure they are the best that they can be. She describes herself as a Pan Africanist activist and self determination in the community and calls upon the wisdom of our great ancestors like John Henrik Clarke historian and educator who said, “We have been educated into believing someone else’s concept of the deity, and someone else’s standard of beauty. You have the right to practice any religion and politics in a way that best suits your freedom, your dignity, and your understanding. And once you do that, you don’t apologize”
Linda believes that education, unity, empowerment and black on black solutions are the only way we can move forward as a people.
Mr Sunny Lambe is A Community leader and a business management consultant with over 20 years experience; ranging from small and medium enterprise development, advice, mentoring, training, and management consultancy services covering public, private and voluntary.
He has worked on a significant number of social and economic development projects and policy initiatives relating to employment, enterprise, international development, community empowerment and social inclusion such as the New Deal Self Employment Option, National Neighbourhood Renewal Initiative, National Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative, school and college mergers, Black History Month, Youth economic empowerment initiatives, etc.
He became a Labour Party member because of its ethos on fairness, tolerance, equality and social justice. These ideals are very core to his personal belief;
He strongly believes in giving something back and being part of the change He wants to see through active involvement. It is therefore not surprising that he has been actively involved in a significant number of community development initiatives for Promoting Diversity and Community Cohesion-He formed the Confederation of AfricanProfessionals UK formed in 1998, representing interests of African professionals. He was also a member of Southwark Group of Tenants and Residents Organisation for several years, representing the interests of Southampton Way Tenants and Residents Association, dealing with issues around repairs, homelessness, re-housing, property insulation, children’s play area, cleaning, lift breakdowns, antisocial behaviour issues, etc.
While He was the chairman of Southwark Black History Month and Black Heritage Organisation (SBHO) for several years, He took the Black History Month event celebration to the Peckham Square for the first time in 2005 in order to use it as a vehicle to ‘building community cohesion and a spirit of togetherness’ among our diverse communities.
Mr Lambe is also a community leader with a very active Involvement and participation in numerous community initiatives such as Southwark Alliance Enterprise/Local Economic Partnership Board (deputy chair), school governing bodies, tenants and residents associations, church council, and many other voluntary professional contributions. His leadership style transcends ethnic, tribal and racial divides!
He strongly belief that people’s life chances can be improved and economic prosperity achieved through compassionate economic policies which recognise self employment as a viable employment option. This was why he founded the Basic Business Initiative (BBI) in2001 with a mission to promoting entrepreneurship and self economic empowerment as a means to helping people climb out of poverty and social exclusion. He was the vice chair of Southwark Local Economy Group for several years, shaping employment and enterprise policies and delivery strategies across the borough. Despite the challenging economic climate, BBI continues to provide free advice, information, guidance, mentoring and support to the unemployed, most especially our young people.
In 1989, He became the first leader of the Union of Communications Workers, Associate Grade Post Persons in my local Rathbone Place delivery office London, from 1989 to 1994, fighting for the rights of part-time postal workers, representing them at disciplinary hearings, union and management decision making meetings, etc. The part time workers’ rights later became a Labour Party and government policy when Labour came to power in 1997.
In 2001, He established the Peckham Supplementary School (PSS) which was launched by the Rt. Hon. Harriet Harman MP, in response to the unfortunate death of Damilola Taylor, rising youth crime and anti-social behaviour in the area. The project provided young people with support in English, maths, Black History, drama and other youth engagement activities across the borough and beyond.
Furthermore, in 2007, He also founded the Sunny Lambe Young Entrepreneur Game Award (SLYEG) now called Young Entrepreneur Game Award (YEGA). YEGA is an annual enterprise competition that allows young adults between ages of 13 and 30 to test their business and enterprise idea out with the aim to giving them self economic empowerment.
In 2004, having been the chairman of Southwark Black History Month event for several years, He decided to launch the annual Black Business Awards as part BBI UK’s activities in order to recognise and celebrate Diversity and Achievement in Southwark and beyond. The event has now become an annual calendar event.
For more information, please visit www.bbinitiative.com
He became a Labour Party member in 1999 because of its ethos on fairness, tolerance, equality and social justice.
Mr Lambe has a strong passion for international development. He believes prosperity can be spread through the kindness of a few people and some practical self economic and social empowerment programmes that can be introduced with minimum fuzz, by our individual and collective will to make a difference.
He has worked with the Rt. Hon. Harriet Harman QC MP onthe Shadow International Development Policy Review Task Group on Business and Enterprise a couple of years ago, which is hoped to shape future Labour Government Policy on International Development Aid and local transformational Give Something Back!
As part of his ‘give something back initiatives’ both here in the UK and Africa, he started the rebuilding of my old primary school, IMG Primary School Ibadan Oyo State in 2008. A whole block of two classrooms was completed and furnished through financial donations and support of various kinds from friends, families and associates. We still need books and science equipment for the young people. And, as a former student of Methodist High School in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, his home town and where he had my secondary school education, this is another project I’m very passionate about starting in the near future.
If you are interested in supporting any of his initiatives through financial donations and or in-kind support, please feel free contact him.
Awards and Honours
He has won several awards for my positive professional and civic contributions; among which are
o Honorary Liberty of the Old Metropolitan Borough of Southwark,
Southwark Civic Award, May 2012 (BBI UK)
o Professional Excellence-Gathering of Africa’s Best Award, October 2012
o Change Makers Exemplary Business Award 2011
o Change Makers Best Practice Award 2010
o Honorary Liberty of the Old Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell,
Southwark Civic Award, May 2006 (Personal)
o Several other awards nominations
Email: sunnyalambe@gmail.com and sunny@sunnylambe.com
Ismael Lea South is the Director of The Salam Project, a BME youth and community initiative. This initiative promotes employment opportunities, accredited training, volunteer opportunities and positive UK Urban artistic expression. (Hip Hop, Reggae, Slam Poetry etc.)Born and bred in north west London of Jamaican Caribbean parentage. Married to his Nubian Queen for over 10 years with 2 children. Even though he’s a Convert/Revert Muslim, he considers himself a Garveyite. With his social social enterprise, he works between the L.Brent, L.B Lambeth, Lozzells in Birmingham and Moss Side in Manchester. As a BME Community Consultant he works passionately in the Black (African & African Caribbean) community and The Muslim community.He is the co-founder of The UK Black African & African Caribbean Awards
He mainly facilitates and advises many BME organisations on grassroots projects concerning extremism, radicalisation, BME youth unemployment and gang (gun & knife) crime. He goes into schools, prisons and youth clubs to facilitate workshops. His workshops touch on business start ups, employability skills, accessing funding for community projects, identity and Black British History. He knows that it is important to facilitate workshops on social enterprise start-ups, business start ups and Boys to Men (Black Boys rites of passage)
Through The Salam Project he works in partnership with various groups against gang crime, extremism/radicalisation (aimed towards Black African & African Caribbean Youths) and BME youth unemployment.
With The Faiths Forum For London he is the chief consultant on a pioneering project that promotes dialogue to get African/African Caribbean Pastors and Imams Working together to challenge gang crime (gun & knife) in communities
Jackline Waziri was born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1993, she was the daughter of Fauzia Waziri Juma.
Her mother Mwanjaa Shabaan Robert, Jackline is the great granddaughter of the legendary Swahili language writer and poet Late Shaaban Robert.
When Waziri moved to the United Kingdom, she developed a keen interest in Literature, Creative writing and Poetry.
Today, she is an upcoming Poet with profound thirst for life on a mission to make a difference to her generation and African communities worldwide.
Her poems are rich in imagery, a wide range of stylistic devices and content inspired by a deep world of experiences, transitions ,journeys and the unapologetic vision to embrace “All things African”
Waziri illustrates her truth and paints an art of her journey here in the UK, but her writing also embraces a world that still lives in Tanzania, this is also reflected through her writing.
Jackline recently published her first book of poetry titled “Mwana”. She is also The Africa4u youth ambassador for the UK.
On Saturday at the Championship Dinner, the amazing Jamaican born Rupert Evans was presented with his Grassroots Lifetime Achiever Award by Jack Brooks for his profound contribution
Mr Rupert Evans continues to make a profound difference to the world of Cricket.
Playing for Oxfordshire allowed him to represent the Minor Counties cricket team. He played a single first-class match for the team in 1990 against the touring Indians.[5] He took 2 wickets in the match, those of Ravi Shastri and Kapil Dev.[6] He also played List A cricket for the Minor Counties, first appearing for them in limited-overs cricket against Northamptonshire in the 1988 Benson & Hedges Cup. He played 17 further List A matches for the team, the last coming in the 1995 Benson & Hedges Cup against Warwickshire.[3] Evans took just 4 wickets in his 18 matches for the team, coming at an expensive average of 137.25.[4]
My name is Takudzwa Chikepe. Famously known as VaChikepe: The Poet. I am 34 years and a Zimbabwean. I started writing Poetry from the age of 19 and I am still writing. I specialize in writing and reading Poetry. My first book is on Amazon and it is entitled, “Mental Gymnastics” https://www.amazon.com/Mental-Gymnastics-Takudzwa-Chikepe/dp/099783000X My Biggest Award so far, is being the Best Poet in the Mutabaruka Awards of the International Reggae And World Music Awards (IRAWMA), 2021. Currently, I am at Duke University in the US, studying Masters in Divinity. My greatest wish is to develop Poetry in Africa, together with its Poets and to publicly display the power of Poetry.
Mwana Events Presents MWANA & POETS SAT 18 DEC 2021 – 8PM ( UK TIME) | Poetry | Network | Zoom Celebrating African Culture & Creativity Providing African Entertainment WE WELCOME YOU ALL Not to be missedSpecial Guest :Takudzwa Chikepe AKA VaChikepe: The PoetMutabaruka: Best Poet (2021)Founder & Publisher: The Sailors ReviewLatest Book: Mental Gymnastics From Zimbabwe
Linda’s EDI experience includes the private sector, regulatory sector and public sector.
Her work, (18 years police work and 14 years Local Authority), included advocating at ministerial level post MacPherson, looking at over representation of BAME, bias, differential progression and professionalism within the force.
She specialises in improvement, relationships, systems change, management and leadership.
For example, she is currently designing and developing the Corporate Equalities Commission’s model, and terms of reference, working with cross party elected members, political leaders, communities and key stakeholders.
She harnesses and uses a strength-based approach coupled with strong systems leadership style, to bring about effective and equalising changes between communities. She is developing a £500,000.000 engagement strategy for community champions, which focuses on building trust and confidence., using an EDI perspective.
She unpacks the health inequalities presented as a result of COVID, to provide a targeted response to underrepresented people, focusing on EDI, vulnerability and issues around poverty.
Her unique and authentic perspective gives her immediate credibility, as a critical friend, EDI expert and leadership consultant. Linda’s peer review experience includes: peer reviewing for the police, in particular the National Police Improvement Agency, providing a critical EDI perspective and feedback on a number of issues like operational strategies, stop and search and hate crimes, peer reviewing multi-agencies in children services, looking at issues like child protection as part of their sustainability and improvement plans, and, peer reviewing for a private consultancy on EDI, reviewing EDI issues like transgender, intersectional identities and challenging the actions and behaviours of consultant trainers.
Linda provides EDI solutions tailored to meet specific organisational challenges and achieves outcomes that allow people to overcome barriers and maximise their full potential.
Her strength is her ability to work with a wide range of clients and organisations that are going through complex changes, particularly local authorities and marginalised, isolated and underrepresented groups. She supports them with improvements to their processes, people and partners in a way that empowers them to succeed. She has a good appreciation of the nuances involved when encouraging
PERSONAL BIO
Linda comes from a family of community leadership in Huddersfield her father was one of the first black magistrates and business owners of Silver Sands/Cleopatra’s nightclub aka “Venn Street” in the 1970 & 80’s in Huddersfield. Business and community are her blood.
She spent 18 years working in the criminal justice system and the first woman to be chair of the National Black Police Association 2009. Linda held a portfolio around, gun & knife crime, stop and search and advocated not only for serving black police officers but also the community at ministerial level post MacPherson.
She is an experienced and qualified trainer delivering training internationally on black history, leadership, diversity, advocacy and safeguarding. She is a fellow of the School for Social Entrepreneurs SSE 2017 and has an active social enterprise Young Gifted & Black Enterprises which offers training, workshops, event management and education for the benefit of the black community.
She has worked in many public sector roles and currently holds portfolios around Housing, Employment, children & young people and health and wellbeing. She has been recognised her public roles and community activities to name a few – Outstanding contribution to vulnerable victims of crime – NBPA best community engagement programme Natural born Leaders for 3 consecutive years 2006-2009. – Awarded for outstanding contribution to effective change in housing sector – Shortlisted for European Diversity Award 2021 for best community project Iroko
Linda was the founding Director and education lead for Young Gifted & black supplementary school a montly Saturday school for children from the African & Caribbean community teaching STEAM subjects and black history based at the University of Huddersfield.
YGB does not accept any formal funding or grants and as such can remain authentic and genuine in the focus on the progression of black children. That said most importantly Linda is the mother of two gifted black children who has the battle scars from fighting the system to ensure they are the best that they can be. She describes herself as a Pan Africanist activist and self determination in the community and calls upon the wisdom of our great ancestors like John Henrik Clarke historian and educator who said, “We have been educated into believing someone else’s concept of the deity, and someone else’s standard of beauty. You have the right to practice any religion and politics in a way that best suits your freedom, your dignity, and your understanding. And once you do that, you don’t apologize”
Linda believes that education, unity, empowerment and black on black solutions are the only way we can move forward as a people.
It is no surprise that this amazing man has been shortlisted among six other amazing General practitioners to win the National General Practitioner of the Year award out of thousands of amazing nominations .
There is no doubt whatsover, that the winning spirit in Dr Ahmed will continue to embrace new paths of great manifestations .
The City of Bradford still has a strong role to play in celebrating great community every day achievers who are able to achieve so much with very little resources.
She holds a B.A in Film &Television and a Masters degree in Stage Performance, as well as several workshops and masterclasses with reputable industry professionals that have helped enhance her skills.
She sits on the Bradford Producing Hub; Creativity Council, Secretary for Bradford Pride and Sharp&Engagaing Radio Panel on BCB 106.6 FM.
She is a character-actor, with credits performing as One-woman, Ensemble, Public Speaker, Narrator, Broadcast Journalist, Pop-culture critic, Roadie, Stand-up comic, Poetic Rendition, Radio host and Facilitator. Kafayat Adègoke is a Spotlight registered artist. She is currently appearing in Steph’s Packed Lunch on Channel 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9R_1BXADWU . Russell T Davies / BBC Years and Years featuring Emma Thompson and Rory Kinnear. Channel 4 Great British Sex. And Manchester United FC Ad for Premier league tagged #Projectrestart
A mouth-piece for women’s rights and has been invited to speak at various women oriented events like .Venus radio International Women’s Day broadcast .UK screening of Netflix film ‘Knock down the house’ (documentary based on women of colour in America doing grassroot campaigns and taking on big politicians) at the National Science and Media Museum.Park Avenue Ladies Cricket International Women’s day event. Bradford Transformed – International women’s Day event
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