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We are dedicated to the empowerment of Black people as they look to create brighter futures for themselves and their communities. We conduct and promote research and initiatives that empower professionals with actionable insights and intelligence they can put to immediate use.
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Black-led Impact Organisations -
​The Lived Experience Report

Black-led social impact organisations operate in an environment of structural inequalities. This brand new report by Centre Black explores the lived experience of management and staff at Black-led impact organisations within the UK’s voluntary sector.
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​Our Themes 

We are working in 6 thematic areas, taking an infrastructural and systemic lens to the subjects: 
  1. Justice - advocacy and participation across the legal system
  2. Health - mental, physical, disabilities, neurodivergence
  3. Social Mobility - education, early intervention, progression and transitions
  4. Civil Society - charities, social enterprises, community businesses, volunteer-run groups
  5. Workforce - employment, underemployment, entrepreneurship
  6. Identity - race, gender, LGBTQIA+​ 

These themes will be investigated nationally, regionally, and locally across the UK, empowering Black people and Black-led organisations to be centred in the conversations and research outputs. We expect the work to be intersectional as multiple themes are represented in the discussions about particular phenomena across the UK. For example, the impact of policy such as the government’s Levelling Up campaign and how that is going to affect the Black community.
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Our current focus is civil society.
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Upcoming publications will be about the organisational culture of Black-led social enterprises; challenges and opportunities for social empowerment; the journey to recovery post-peak pandemic; and the lived experience of those working in such organisations. If you would like to be notified about when we publish these publications and any future ones, please sign-up here to our monthly newsletter
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Our Reports

Centre Black is powered by Do it Now Now, a Black focused social enterprise engaging and supporting thousands of Black people each year across its many initiatives that exist in the UK and in Africa. These reports were compiled by our team and published to elucidate the incredible insights the organisation is gaining.
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Black in Britain Factsheet

This factsheet reveals the issues that limit Black people and Black-led organisations in the UK using insights on social, political and economic factors.
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​Common Call
​Fund Two​

​This report examines funding to Black-led charities and social enterprises in the sector. Providing new insights previously unknown to the sector.
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This is what we
​know now

This is an end-to-end An examination of Common Call's pilot fund, created to support social impact organisations during the COVID-19 crisis.
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