Why Arts Council England must take a step change in its funding to Black and Brown organisations, starting this year.

Image credit: Paul Ayre This article, written by Kevin Osborne, is also published on his LinkedIn page. The war in Ukraine, the cost-of-living crisis, the Northern Ireland protocol, levelling up and partygate have pushed Black Lives Matter from the headlines. And the priority given to underlying racial inequalities – in education, criminal justice and the arts

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What can investment contribute to race equity?

Image credit: Paul Ayre This article, written by Kevin Osborne, is also published on his LinkedIn page. The existential question of race inequity demands new solutions. Kevin Osborne and Genevieve Maitland Hudson explore the potential of impact investment. Not every business owner in the UK is in the same position today. If you’re a white entrepreneur your access to

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DBACE 2020 – A series of newsletters

Start of campaign – Dec 2019 DBACE launch – Jan 2020 Meet & Greets, Webinars, Application Support Systems – Jan 2020 2 months to go – Feb 2020 DBACE resources & events – Feb 2020 One month to go – March 2020 1 week extension to deadline in light of COVID-19 – March 2020 Last

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Resources during COVID-19

As the world comes to a standstill, prohibiting social interactions and gatherings, many of you are likely to be affected with the inability to host events, workshops, open your shop, or anything else your enterprise offers on a day to day basis. Many resources and emergency funding pots have been made available for creative and

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DBACE 2019 Judges Announced

We are thrilled to announce the exciting entrepreneurs and sector experts who will be joining the judging panel to select the 5 winners of DBACE 2019. In alphabetical order… Ben Towers, young serial entrepreneur At 20 years old, Ben has already been in business for 9 years. He founded his own creative marketing agency at

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MeWe is looking for a Projects Manager!

APPLICATION CLOSES Monday 3rd December 2018. LOCATION: London (but will include some national travel) TYPE: 12-month fixed term contract (with potential to extend or become a permanent post) SALARY: £30K-£40K APPLICATION PROCESS: Please go to this link for a full job description. MeWe360 Projects Manager_jd_2018 (1) You will need to send: a covering letter CV completed

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MeWe360 featured in The Sunday Times

Just in case you missed the Sunday Times article on MeWe published at the end of last month – here it is! End the start-up whitewash and blue-chips will follow The Sunday Times Peter Evans 27 August 2017  A project to encourage more ethnic minority entrepreneurs is having an impact. Kevin Osborne has an eye for talent.

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