Soul Purpose 360 CIC

Applications for the second year of the ROTA Community Research Partnership close in 4 days. We are seeking applications from those who wish to carry out research into the ways in which structural racism affects members of their communities in London. Our themes for 2025 are housing and health and wellbeing. Successful applicants will receive research training and support in developing and carrying out their projects, and be paid a stipend of £3,000 over the course of the partnership. APPLY NOW: https://lnkd.in/eduCAg5V

I've been working on this for the last few months and it's been a joy to hit my first milestone as Operations and Communications Director which is to officially launch! Do connect with Windrush Caribbean Film Festival here on LinkedIn and visit https://lnkd.in/epkVsR4V to keep updated

We are hiring!! To support our continued growth we are recruiting three part-time positions to join our small team. Funded by the The National Lottery Community Fund, we are looking for individuals who know and understand what Soul Purpose 360 is and what we are trying to achieve. We have a full and ambitious programme that is designed to meet the growing needs of our membership including training, events, trips and not forgetting our national campaign calling for a Commission on Black Women and Girls. It will definitely strengthen your application if you are already a member of the Black Women's Networking & Empowerment Circle, otherwise, now is a good time to join. The membership application form can be found on our website. Full job Application Packs and a Monitoring Form are downloadable from our website, so hurry over to https://lnkd.in/eqZ9BEU7 Soul Purpose 360 is 'Empowering Black Women to Thrive & Lead Communities'

Soul Purpose 360 extends a heart-warming thank you to Zela Gayle for her beautiful dance performance #DefinitionRedefined for our recent conference. Back in November, we ran a social media campaign featuring a series of adjectives selected to highlight the skills, behaviours, mindsets and actions that Black women employ daily, to life. We had a really great response from Black women, and one of our members asked to use the words to create a contemporary dance movement to open our recent, hugely successful International Women's Day conference. Let us know what you think....Enjoy. Nick H 💙, Sharon D., Charlene Greenaway, Elizabeth Adebola LL.M.., Carolyn M L Forsyth, Suni Sekhon, Khalid Mair, Roz Etwaria, Diana Chrouch OBE, Yvonne Okiyo, Yvonne Field OBE, Daniella Blechner, Rhoda Molife, Grace M., Ngozi Cadmus, Patricia 'Blaze' Wharton, Benjamin Douglas

To all the single mums in Soul Purpose 360 - you are not alone!!

It is two weeks since our sold out International Women's Day event. Feedback for #DefinitionRedefined: A Commission on Black Women & Girls has been overwhelming. Sponsored by Voice4Change England the event was a multi-layered event featuring: 💞 The Single Light Photographic exhibition a collaboration between Soul Purpose 360 and @Inkygrey photography aka Sharon D. as part of the #DefinitionRedefined Campaign. Members of the National Black Women’s Networking & Empowerment Circle were invited to pose as subjects, their images juxtaposed against a pitch-black background, highlighted by a single light, showed the ‘strength’ of Black women's characteristics emanating from the darkness into the light. 💞 The conference was opened by a beautiful composed contemporary dance performance by Zela Gayle, blending movement to words from the #DefinitionRedefined campaign. 🏪 We had a full-on pop-up Marketplace, another collaboration between Soul Purpose 360 and Millian Market led by Charm Miller.  The body of the conference had four Keynote speakers: ☑️Ngozi Cadmus spoke about the importance of Rest in the life cycle of Black women, and the relevance of Rest in pursuit of health and resistance. ☑️Professor Dr Nira Chamberlain OBE took the conference on a mathematical journey, captivating the delegates which his campaign to treat equality as a science problem.  ☑️Diana Chrouch OBE reminded the conference of the role that Black women have played in advancing Black feminism from the USA to the UK. ☑️ Roz Etwaria delivered a powerful talk on Misogynoir, highlighting the disparity between white feminism and Black feminist principles. The event featured a plethora of panellists, hand-picked for their unique talent and contribution to society.  🟣 Panel 1 - Redefining Success was chaired by CEO Palma Black and consisted of four amazingly talented and successful Black women from different industries: Charlene Greenaway, Daniella Blechner, Doreen Sinclair-McCollin and Dr Rhoda Molife.   🟣 Panel 2 - Voices of Young Black Women Leaders was chaired by Diana Chrouch OBE who expertly engaged four young women, Lexi Duberry, Michaela Queensborough, Chelcie Thomas and Cherrelle Abraham-Brown, in a conversation about individuality, talent, overcoming challenges, feminism and their aspirations for the future. 🟣 Panel 3 - The Case for a National Commission on Black Women and Girls was chaired by Roz Etwaria and included a diverse spectrum of voices including Grace M., Lara Oyedele, Matthew Johnson, Debbie Willis-Dwyer and Palma Black who debated widely with questions from the audience. Conference backed the call for a National Commission on Black Women & Girls. Let us know if you or your organisation in interested in being a part of this movement for social change.

A fantastic opportunity to develop impactful research based on the principle of nothing about us, without us.

Soul Purpose 360 recognises the sentiments expressed in this powerful research report and video. Unfortunately many decades of mistreating Black girls has led to Black women with unmet trauma, still navigating through life bearing the scars and pains of our childhood. That is why we are organising a national Commission on Black Women and Girls because change is necessary at a systemic level. #DefinitionRedefined #BlackGirls #BlackWomen #CommissiononBlackWomenandGirls #ChangePolicy #ChangeSystems #IfNotNowWhen