Tag: education


  • New Collection: Peachy Den x Football Beyond Borders

    Sustainable, women-led clothing brand Peachy Den are releasing a limited edition football scarf in collaboration with education and social inclusion charity: Football Beyond Borders. The UK based brand celebrated this collaboration with the first ever Peachy League, an all women’s football tournament held at Powerleague Shoreditch.  In the rain holding umbrellas, beers in hand and…

  • Creator of TYB Rachel Gbogbo-Morthy [@adjoaaaa] shares the importance of her new budgeting tool

    Rachel Gbogbo-Morthy, 27 is a Christian, Ghanaian-British born, currently working within Treasury at a Global Investment Bank. Beyond her 9-5 job, she is the co-founder of two businesses, a catering company that she runs alongside my family and a yearly planner business that runs alongside two friends. Read more in our exclusive interview with Rachel…

  • Top DJs and Musicians host free online music classes kick-starting this weekend

    On Wednesday an all star line-up of musicians and DJs including Drum & Bass legend Goldie MBE, Double Ivor Novello nominee Ghetts and Radio1 DJ Tiffany Calver announced they will be joining forces with in-school music initiative FutureDJs to inspire more students to get into music by offering free online music classes. The new education…

  • *TW* Take a stand against rape culture

    Over the last couple of days, Twitter has been a dark place as allegations of sexual assault takeover the timeline. Many came forward to share their stories, which led to a list of Twitter accounts of the alleged perpetrators being compiled and circulated across the platform. Once the list became public, tensions got high rapidly…

  • The Youth Scheme That Seeks To Equip Young People With Entrepreneurial Skills

    Danielle Colleman from Lewisham, South Croydon at a young age moved to London from Ghana. She identified very quickly the difference living in the UK as a young black woman, and how others perceived people of the same background. Danielle used this experience to create a scheme to help those from a BAME background, by…

  • Every Month is Black History Month: the Rollout of The Black Curriculum

    Black British history is history, although British history will have you questioning whether this is the case. The perpetual erasure and marginalisation of Black Brits and their stories is something that has become so embedded in culture that one can almost be forgiven for such a slip.  “We shouldn’t have to exist” Lavinya Stennett, Founder,…

  • Meet Bola Sol [@bola_sol] the young woman teaching others how to handle their finances

    Bola Sol is changing the relationship we have with money one story at a time through #RichGirlChronicles – Click on the video, interview by me and shot by Ibrahim Kamara, to get an insight.

  • Black History Events in London #BlackHistoryMonth

    We are half way through the month of October which means Black History Month will soon be coming to an end. There are hundreds of events that take place throughout the month to educate us on the history of black people. There is so much going on in and around London but sometimes we miss…