Growing up in South London can be tough, especially without a clear and solid role model to set the stage for young people. As a child, I experienced hardship due to the lack of guidance and the fact that I was an illegal immigrant with no father figure to look up to. These experiences… Continue reading Role Models Important In Community Evolution
Being of Ghanaian descent and witnessing several relatives suffer from strokes in Ghana, it is a particular focus of mine to give something back. This comes in the form of wanting to build an in-patient rehabilitation unit to help address the poor stroke-after-care that currently exists, plus wanting to improve health awareness and prevention matters.… Continue reading Innovative Solutions to Support Stroke Patients in Ghana
Saturday the 5th of September marked Centric’s expansion into West London. The team attended the W12 Festival based in Wormholt park to speak to local residents and community organisations. Here’s a quote from Elaine Brown, a member of the team attending on the day: “Perhaps not as busy as wished but, overflowing with a range… Continue reading Centric Enters Hammersmith in First West London Community-led Training Initiative
Update: 22 September 2022 The Centric group’s efforts to develop and fund ethical community projects often expand beyond the usual locales in London. A recent example is our work in Ghana, West Africa, through CenGiving – a community give-backed project focussing on taking care of the environment. We are developing initiatives in the Global South… Continue reading CenGiving Funds Beach Cleanup in Ghana – update
Introduction To disseminate the lofty goals of the climate crisis narrative, eco-activism and environmentalism, the agenda must be situated in ways which carry meaning for minority communities in the West and more broadly, the Global South. The climate change agenda has a distinct lack of diversity and it is within this rubric the urban space… Continue reading Green Climate Change Agenda: Reinforcing Privilege, Colonialism and Corporatism?
During the formative phases of our ‘medical scepticism’ project with Impact on Urban Health, we came across the work of Dr Caitjan Gainty, from Kings College London, and the ‘healthy scepticism’ project. We thus embarked on a partnership exploring how Brixton has been home to subcultural communities, and significantly, subaltern counterpublic health spheres. Brixton is… Continue reading Health Activism in Brixton – Real Talk
Artists and creators attempt many ways to get their products to the people, from flyers, poster art, merchandise and social media to name a few. The QR Coding system is relatively new to the fashion industry and if not new, then becoming accessible to the average business owner. It allows people closer, quicker access to… Continue reading QR Coding in Fashion
Many of us have many things to say but, fear the reaction from the systems that be because of what history has taught us happens when you say the wrong thing about the wrong person at the wrong time. Many public leaders, activists, have paid a hefty price for possible exposure of a particular group,… Continue reading Fashion Culture Sustainability and Product Slogan Protest Messaging
Introduction Financial trauma is an issue which in the current context of rising energy prices, cost of living crises and financial precarity, should not be underestimated. People who live with, or have grown up in, financial precarity and food insecurity often live in chaos and crisis. The worry, anxiety, depression and stress accompanying food insecurity… Continue reading Financial Trauma a Factor in the Urban Locale
“This isn’t a get rich scheme, and we’re not promising you riches. But, we are promising you both purpose, opportunity and enrichment of self.” These are the words I uttered to our Cenethics team when we kicked off our ideation think-tank session. It wasn’t long ago I had the same thoughts about where I was… Continue reading Cenethics Launches Ideation Sessions
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