Ubuntu: Liverpool Black Wellbeing Collective

Ubuntu: Liverpool Black Wellbeing Collective Ubuntu : Liverpool Black Wellbeing Collective. Holistic. Decolonized. Grassroots. By Us. For Us.

16/04/2026

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On Sunday at Ubuntu, we gathered again around rhythm, breath, prayer and presence. We drummed, meditated, poured libatio...
16/04/2026

On Sunday at Ubuntu, we gathered again around rhythm, breath, prayer and presence. We drummed, meditated, poured libations, moved, stretched, reflected, held space, and closed in gratitude.

What stayed with me most was the reminder that unity is not sameness. As Nu often reminds us: unity in multiplicity.

Community asks something deeper of us. It asks us to stay present to difference with honesty, care and courage.

It asks us to keep learning one another across different histories, skins, stories, privileges, wounds and ways of moving through the world.

And it asks us not to run when things feel tender, complex or uncomfortable, but to meet those moments as part of the work, and to learn how to stay in loving, honest relationship through them.

Ubuntu continues to be a living practice.

We are still learning what it means to be a decolonising, intersectional, liberatory wellbeing collective and micro-community. It is a practice of showing up, listening deeply, telling the truth, repairing where needed, and growing together into the values we say we hold: decolonial, liberatory, anti-capitalist, intersectional, ancestrally inspired, culturally affirming, and rooted in care.

As Audre Lorde reminded us, “Without community there is no liberation,” but also, “community must not mean a shedding of our differences.” She also wrote, “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” 

Sunday felt like part of that sacred work. Not the absence of tension, but the willingness to stay with one another through it, and to let that, too, become part of the healing.

And one thing feels certain: Ubuntu remains a home for weary spirits seeking respite and nourishment, a place where exiled bodies can belong, and a beacon that reminds us we do not walk alone. Our ancestors, our friends, our chosen family, and our community walk with us.

As bell hooks wrote, “One of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.”

16/04/2026

Experience the rhythm, history, and spirit of movement ✨

Join us for “The Black Dance Movement in England 1940–2000” An evening of powerful dance, live drumming, and spoken word.

Featuring performances and readings by Leonisha Barley, Blue Saint, and Robert Ramdhanie.

📅 Saturday 18 April 2026
⏰ 6:30pm – 10:00pm
📍 The Black-E, Liverpool

Come and celebrate culture, history, and expression through movement!

The ever amazing Capoeira For All
13/04/2026

The ever amazing Capoeira For All

12/04/2026

Step into the rhythm of Southern Italy 🇮🇹🔥

Join us at The Black-E for an unforgettable afternoon of movement, music, and culture with traditional Pizziche, Tammurriate & Tarantelle.

✨ Open level – all welcome
✨ Live energy from Abbentu Group (Calabria, South Italy)
✨ A space to connect, explore, and express

🗓 Saturday 9 May
⏰ 4pm – 9pm
📍 The Black-E, Liverpool
🎟 Tickets £10

Come feel the pulse, learn the steps, and lose yourself in the tradition.

UBUNTU HEALING CIRCLE“Tend the Flame – Rest, Release, Courage & Community in Hard Times”“I am, because we are.”📅 Sunday ...
26/03/2026

UBUNTU HEALING CIRCLE
“Tend the Flame – Rest, Release, Courage & Community in Hard Times”

“I am, because we are.”

📅 Sunday 12th April 2026
🕐 1:00pm – 3:00pm
📍 John Archer Hall, L8 (corner of Windsor St & Upper Hill St)

In a time where so many of us are carrying pressure — financially, emotionally, spiritually, collectively — this circle is a space to pause, put some of that weight down, and be held in community.

This moment sits in a powerful threshold:
a waning moon (release),
Aries season (courage), the echoes of Lent and Ramadan (reflection, discipline, devotion) and the Spring Equinox.

This month we come together to:

🔥 release some of the weight we’ve been carrying
🌊 reconnect with breath, body and spirit
🕯 honour our ancestors and those holding us up
🌱 tend the seeds quietly growing beneath the surface
🤝 remember we don’t have to do any of this alone

The circle includes:
🪘 African drumming
🧘🏾‍♀️ Meditation & breath
🕯 Libations & ancestor honouring
🌿 Gentle movement / yoga
🗣️ Sharing circle

Who is this space for?

This is a healing affinity space for those who identify as Black, Brown, Mixed-Race / Dual Heritage, or as People of Colour / the Global Majority.

We centre holistic wellbeing, ancestral connection and community.

Ubuntu is inclusive, intersectional, anti-racist, trauma-informed and welcoming of all identities.

💸 Free / Donations welcome

If you’ve been holding a lot…
if you’re tired…
if you need somewhere to just be, without performing strength…

come sit in the circle.

Grassroots… holistic… ancestrally inspired… decolonial… empowering… culturally affirming…
by us, for us.

15/03/2026

🎨 Youth Arts Scheme at The Black-E!

Looking for something creative for young people this Easter? Join us for our Youth Arts Scheme, packed with fun activities, creativity and community.

✨ Free lunch and snacks
🎭 Music, Dance, Theatre & Arts
🤝 A space to explore creativity and meet new friends

🗓 Mon 30th Mar – Thurs 2nd Apr
🗓 Tues 7th – Fri 10th Apr
⏰ 11am – 3:30pm

Open to young people who want to learn, create and express themselves in a supportive environment.

📍 Hosted at The Black-E, Liverpool
📞 0151 709 5109
📧 admin@theblack-e.org

👉 Scan the QR code on the poster to book your place.

15/03/2026

Wellbeing skills for teens! Free day to come take part in fun interactive workshops around wellbeing through movement, discussion, healthy tools and supporting each other.

Lunch provided too!

Book via our website in bio :)

This Sunday we gather again. 🕯️❄️As the nights draw in and the year winds down, join the Ubuntu Healing Circle – a gent...
02/12/2025

This Sunday we gather again. 🕯️❄️

As the nights draw in and the year winds down, join the Ubuntu Healing Circle – a gentle space to breathe, rest and remember that we don’t have to do this alone.

Ubuntu is a healing affinity space rooted in holistic African-Caribbean and Indigenous ancestral traditions and the spirit of “I am because we are.”

“One of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we’re not alone.” – Bell Hooks

We come together in community, in resistance and in love — to remember, restore and rise as the year turns.

This month’s circle will include:
• African drumming
• Gentle yoga
• Meditation
• Libations & ancestor honouring
• Sharing circle

🌀 UBUNTU HEALING CIRCLE
📅 Sunday 7th December
🕐 1:00pm
📍 John Archer Hall, L8 – Liverpool

👥 Affinity space – open to all who identify as Black, Brown, Mixed-Race / Dual Heritage or as a Person of Colour / of the Global Majority.

We centre holistic wellbeing, ancestral connection and community. Ubuntu strives to be inclusive, intersectional, anti-racist, trauma-informed, non-pathologising and welcoming of all identities, cultures, faiths, sexual orientations, gender identities and neurodiversities.

💸 Free / Donations welcome

If your spirit’s tired, if you’ve been holding a lot, or you just want to sit in circle with other Black & Brown folks as the year turns – you’re welcome here.

“I am, because we are.”

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68 Upper Hill Street
Liverpool
L8 1YR

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