Voice4Change-England | Voice4Change England Launches Britain’s First BAME Charity Magazine

01 Dec Voice4Change England Launches Britain’s First BAME Charity Magazine

Posted at 10:33h in Featured, Magazine, V4CE by Katrina Hinrichsen

Voice4Change England is launching its inaugural magazine — a pioneering charity publication for Britain’s Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic voluntary and community sectors.

Pick Up Your Copy of the Magazine Order KOL Social and read Voice4Change Issue 1 Now. To order online click here or see below for your nearest London retail outlet and international specialist outlets.

On Thursday, 3 December 2020, Voice4Change England (V4CE) is delighted to be launching Britain’s first BAME charity magazine. The 13-page supplement can be found within the Winter Issue 2020 of The KOL Social, a modern lifestyle magazine for people of colour and underrepresented communities, that shares similar themes that V4CE are engaged with. The print magazine is published quarterly each year and is available in selected independent stores across London, UK, in addition to a digital version via The KOL Social website (www.thekolsocial.com).

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought financial strains and challenges to many individuals and organisations, including lack of funding for charities. With this in mind coupled with the year’s increased focus on wider social issues, particularly around race and equality, V4CE believes it is the perfect time for the charity to take a motivated step in a new direction.

Director Kunle Olulode is confident that the creation of this pioneering magazine will be a pivotal vehicle in making the relationships between the charitable sector, enterprise space and the private sector more understandable. Two areas of concern that V4CE have recently focused on have been improving the Windrush Compensation Scheme and addressing the immigration status of affected British citizens. The first magazine issue is themed around immigration and includes harrowing interviews with two victims of the Windrush Scandal and will examine how previously classified UK government documents expose how Britain’s immigration policies explicitly tried to prevent the entry of ethnic minorities.

“Charities have to constantly rethink how they approach their aims and objectives. We believe that it is crucial that our sector evaluates how it represents issues relating to minority communities and is correctly engaged with where their specific audiences are. We recognised that there was an urgent need to tap into the relevant voluntary sector that exists beyond the congested world of social media. Repeated feedback suggests that charities are too often not in keeping with the 21st century and where young volunteering and voluntary organisations’ views and ideas are at.” – Kunle Olulode MBE, Director at V4CE

The KOL Social will further present an alternative photographic view of the world and include features on scarifications and the pain of cultural appropriation; challenges on notions of identity; actress Nina Toussaint-White on how BLM has sparked tough conversations; an interview with Brixton’s award-winning writer, Alex Wheatle MBE; a report on the plight of asylum seekers in Calais and details of how authoritarian regimes across Asia are being confronted by restive populations. The theme for this issue of the magazine is ‘Community’, a pertinent theme to marry with the V4CE supplement’s theme of ‘Immigration’.

“It is important for KOL Social to serve our communities in the best way we know how. Our mission has always been to reach difficult to reach audiences and those that feel underrepresented in the mainstream media. I am so proud and excited for Voice4Change England to launch within The KOL Social as the country’s first charity magazine for people of colour, working to help give a voice to overlooked groups and social issues, and ultimately driving real, actionable change.” – Marcia Degia, Publishing Editor of The KOL Social

We at V4CE hope that you will find the articles insightful and eye-opening, the accompanying photographs alone speak volumes. A huge thank you to all of our hardworking team of editors and creatives who worked on putting this exciting publication together.

About KOL Social

The KOL Social is a print and online magazine, for the often under-represented in fashion, beauty, culture and lifestyle. Launched in October 2019, the print publication is distributed across London and is available by mail subscription and online. The KOL Social is made up of a collection of entrepreneurs and professionals, ‘Key Opinion Leaders (K.O.L.s)‘ working in the relevant industries.

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If you have any enquiries or require further information about the magazine, please contact Lois Hill, lois@voice4change-england.co.uk.

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