Empowering Voices: Centric’s Impact on Chronic Pain Awareness in Lambeth Empowering Voices: Centric’s Impact on Chronic Pain Awareness in Lambeth In commemoration of Pain Awareness Month, Centric is honoured to showcase our collaboration with Lambeth Together, shedding light on the impact of conditions like Chronic Pain. Defined by pain lasting more than three months, this… Continue reading Building Bridges: Centric’s Collaboration with Lambeth Together on Chronic Pain
“This is the smoke, they’re burning plastics and everything … We are begging, we are pleading with the Centric team to come and help us.” These are the heartfelt words from one of our Ghanaian volunteers as he wanders through a burning ‘mountain’ of wasted clothes and other discarded materials. This is the final… Continue reading Fashion Industry And The Realities of Waste Colonialism
The second episode of our podcast was launched on 10th July, with host Dion Tansey sitting down for a chat with Centric Executive Assistant, Remmi Aziz. She speaks about her life before Centric, her passions, discovering talents and skills, life at university, her goals and much more. A key topic we discussed was fashion and… Continue reading Cen-X Podcasts – Episode 2: The Many Facets of Fashion
We have received a tremendous amount of interest in collaborating from various organisations and individuals, as well as an increased number of people eager to learn more about CenGiving. Due to this growing curiosity and interest, we decided to hold our own presentation to provide further insight and clarity on our project. Once again,… Continue reading QR Codes Facilitate Knowledge Dissemination
Accomplishments are something we all aim for; when a man who has come from nothing puts himself in a position in society where he can feed his family legitimately, this is his biggest achievement. Most don’t know the path many have had to take, knowingly or unknowingly. Along that path, a certain amount of… Continue reading Keep The Same Energy – From Estate Glory to Corporate Chaos
A combination of excitement and fear continue to surround the development of AI and the prospects it holds for the future. Recent news has witnessed increasing concerns regarding the absence of robust measures to regulate AI, with personalities like Elon Musk warning of poorly constructed AI having catastrophic effects on humanity in the event… Continue reading Ahead of the Curve – Our Turn to Lead?
You don’t expect a casual stroll through the sleepy suburbs of the Ghanaian capital to lead you to unearth anything sinister about shopping in the local high street of your home city in the UK. Worlds apart … no? However, as Dr Shaun Danquah recently discovered, the commanding landscape on the outskirts of Accra… Continue reading The Emperor’s Old Clothes
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Ghana again to follow up on environmental initiatives we are working on at Centric, the research organisation I founded. During my time there, I witnessed the devastating impact of environmental issues, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, plus the effects of historical colonial legacies. However,… Continue reading Ghana Reflections – Environmental Challenges, Resilience, Hope and the Power of Community
Centric’s work on global agendas is having an impact on alleviating distrust of systematic procedures in local communities. We have come together as a multicultural collective representing the different subgroups within Black, Asian, Latino and ethnic minority communities. Understanding there is not one size that fits each group, plus the inclusion and consideration of… Continue reading Western Gains Fed Back Into The Eastern Plains
The year was 2004 however, some would argue that podcasts didn’t really take off until around 2014. The majority of people agree it was Adam Curry (former MTV VJ) and Dave Winer (software developer) who wanted to find a way to download online radio broadcasts to the iPod – a game-changing device at that… Continue reading Broadcasts Journey Toward a New Era of Podcasts
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