Social Impact is the new terminology Social Impact is the new terminology by which an organisations effort to do social good is measured. At the forefront in the vernacular of government as they relate to non profits, the voluntary and charity sector’s; this new world, where digital immediacy demands tangible evidence and a high degree of transparency all organisations are forced to adapt. Whilst demonstrating sound governance is now the cornerstone of any organisational charitable…
Martin Sorrell leveraging his experience for S4 to own the Digital Marketing Space Founder of WPP plc Sir Martin Sorrell, the British multinational advertising and public relations company, effectively the largest marketing company in the world, jumped ship April last year to form S4 Capital which has posted pre-tax operating profits of $20.1m from revenues of pro forma revenues of £135.9m. “The company’s purely digital model based on first-party data fuelling digital content and programmatic…
https://youtu.be/QvS78MlAXAQ Akala eloquently debunks the rationale of connecting race to knife crime Every death, knife attack in London is making headline news and more publicity is being given to the victims families as we perceive the streets as more dangerous place, where we have a heightened sense that we are more likely to be subject physical violence that can end up being fatal. How true is this? What’s the real deal here? Akala, our modern…
A watershed in UK broadcasting, saw 22 men of African, African Caribbean descent, being interviewed on the Victoria Derbyshire programme. Cephas Williams whose idea it was to put together what is already becoming an iconic photograph of 56 British Black Men wearing black hoodies to address a debate not often aired, about how media stereotypes Black men through a lens of a dominant white culture, that has created a narrative for this group in UK…
Here is an outline of the Talent Development Programme Framework I have developed for clients of local community facing organisations, non-Profits, local authorities, housing organisations seeking to deliver social impact programmes that can be adapted to any situation https://youtu.be/wZovmaQylPk
Spent some time with Dr Patrick Hylton, author of The Role of Religion in the Caribbean and The Power and Politics of Caribbean Music. Starts this conversation talking about the Physics of Change then moves on to culture and some history of Jamaican Music. https://youtu.be/K_LJOY-RwA8
Why do Smaller Landlords Matter to Local Communities? Representing Imani Housing Cooperative Ltd as Chair, a small registered social landlord for over 30 years based in Wandsworth, London, I was invited to the Housing Plus Academy think tank event in partnership with Trafford Hall (National Community Resource Centre, Chester), and London School of Economics which I saw as an interesting proposition. At this participation event, the business model of smaller housing associations and its relationship to…
Dated video with Khalid explaining the trend in Digital for Business. Quote research in Forbes magazine, how most companies have not seen digital as central to their business model, so as such place themselves at high risk when considering what is taking place in the market place. https://youtu.be/367J-Hm1NG8
Some History Behind The Race and Immigration Construct What follows is a very short synopsis of in which I have referenced John Solomos’s, Black Youth, Racism and the State – The Politics of Ideology and Policy. Race, Immigration and Housing – The Changing Policy Narrative after Windrush Race has always been a contentious issue for the UK to reconcile. When you delve into the academic research, much can be found to extrapolate a narrative that…
Reflections on 30+ yrs of BME Social Housing The BME Housing Sector started out as a campaigning movement of community leaders seeking to address the abject poverty and social exclusion suffered by the people they represented. It’s a story of how a collective conscience, sought to organise and transition groups of people from BME backgrounds into civic service to build the foundations of organisations that are still flourishing today. Against all the odds these groups…
