Black Creatives & Communities that you NEED to know about

Mentor Black Business - Mentor Black Business centre themselves as a resource for Black Businesses to thrive. With a variety of mentors from multiple industries, businesses get matched with an individual that can help them to learn and build on what they already have. Leaders and changemakers have the chance to volunteer themselves to become these mentors.

Samuel Ross - Samuel Ross is a British artist, designer and multidisciplinary creative director. Ross studied graphic design and illustration at De Montfort University (first-class honours) and was scouted at his degree show, where he progressed into a formal product design career. Through the success of his luxury menswear label, Ross has been able to give back and support the young creative community, through bursaries, grants for black owned businesses and the formation of an advisory board to further integrate talent into dialogues linked to career and opportunity advancement for Black British and POC artists.

Samuel's grant can be found here applications are closed for right now but keep an eye on it for when it reopens!

Sarah Owusu - Sarah was a member of the Forbes Africa 30 under 30 list in 2019. Owusu is a self-taught Ghanaian British artist. She currently works as a full-time artist in London, UK and was featured on the Global Purpose Enterprise TikTok page giving tips to black creators.

Athian Akec - Athian has been quoted as the 'future of British politics', being a 16 year old Youth MP for Camden. Athian inspires everyone around him in talking about his aims for making the UK a better place, stating that one of them is 'To bring resources, wealth and decision making power to Black communities that for too long have faced economic deprivation, insecure housing, youth services, properly funded education, police brutality and other forms of systemic institutional racism'.

He was featured in an i-D magazine TikTok, where he talks about how Black youth can use their art as a tool for the future.

If you want to keep up with these black leaders of the future, then follow them on socials or keep up with their news through their websites and online pages!