Black non-profit organisations are fighting for air as they currently feel the financial squeeze. Funding, funding and more funding is what nearly every non-profit organisation wants or fears they may not receive. The other pulling factor is that their valuable work is not being recognised. So what you will find is that many organisations end ...

Eleven artists have now been selected for the first round of this annual programme from a long-list of 40 nominated by members of the Black Routes network, alongside producers, promoters, DJs and other industry professionals. This July, the group will undertake an intensive week of training in the beautiful and inspirational surroundings of Dartington Arts ...

Stan Collymore is remembered as being one of Footballs bad boys. He has now retired from professional football. He was an extremely successful Striker. Born January 22, 1971 in Stone in Staffordshire. He joined Walsall in 1989 but the club later canceled his Y.T.S contract. In July 1989 Wolves agreed to complete his trainee term but despite ...

I am contacting you from a TV production company called Blink Films. We are currently searching for people to take part in an exciting new photography series for Five. I am trying to appeal to people from a diverse a background as possible and was wondering if you would be able to post the appeal ...

Ian Wright was one of the best known footballers in the British game, he started off as a low paid plasterer and ended up being one of the most recognised footballers of our time. He was recognised as an extremely talented young striker which his managers soon noticed. He was getting paid ...

'Go to the ant', is a Simple but effective guide for day-to-day money management. Inspired by Martin Lewis's (money experts) quick wit and mind challenging money saving ideas, family man and entrepreneur Isaac Carter thought it was time to embark on a new journey. This journey would consist of giving the people around him key money ...

As part of our collaboration Project Black Presence is continuing to publish articles about other Black websites. Keep the Faith Magazine is the U.K's leading Black Christian Magazine. Below is a message from Marcia Dixon introducing you to the magazine. This month's Keep The Faith, Britain's leading magazine about black faith, is filled with ...

Yesterday I received an email from the ligali website. Ligali describes itself as a Pan Africanist human rights Organisation. Ligali Often send me their updates and newsletters, which depending on whether I have a moment to myself I read and digest or sadly leave them to quickly disappear in the the tides of messages in ...

BlackPresence website is now 12 years old and many changes have befallen the internet since its inception. We have gone from a time when there was hardly any black presence on the Internet to having a massive amount of black owned, black run websites, all singing their own songs. It has long occurred to me that ...

Frequently asked Questions Why build a site like The Black Presence in Britain? When I had the idea to build the site, there were very few black british history resources on the Internet. It was hard to find out anything at all about the lives of black people who lived in Britain prior to the 1950's. I ...

Call for submission open to poets, writers, journalists, bloggers and graphic artists from all backgrounds and origins. We invite you to write in solidarity for Haiti. You can send us poems, song lyrics, short stories, opinion pieces, drawings, paintings or photographs. The work must be about or inspired by Haiti, its people and its culture. The ...

John La Rose is a political and Cultural activist. He came to Britain from Trinidad where he had been working as General Secretary to the West Indian Independence Party. John La Rose is a political and Cultural activist. He came to Britain from Trinidad where he had been working as General Secretary to the West Indian ...