The chief executive of the Brixton-based youth charity Poetic Unity talks to @EmilyPBurt about the power of grassroots work, the pitfalls of funding and the challenges of running a black-led charity in a predominantly white sector
https://t.co/0B4eBROCuR
Poetic Unity @ University of Cambridge 🗣️🖤
Our founder @RagzCV was invited back to the University of Cambridge last week to speak on a panel about our Protest Poetry programme and how it has mobilised young people to fight for racial justice through spoken word!
Poetic Unity is 11 years old today! 🎂🎉
Since 2015 we have provided:
2,000 + programmes and events
50,000 + attendees
100 + partners worldwide
3 international trips
Poetic Unity’s Impact 2025 🏆 Thank you to everyone that has supported our cause in 2025 🖤 we turned 10 years old last year and heres some statistics that give more insight into our impact/ growth in 2025 and across our 10 years in general ✨
Poetic Unity helping young men express themselves at HMP Brixton 🗣️
Last week our founder @RagzCV & our patron @GeorgeThePoet went down to HMP Brixton to inspire young men and show them how poetry can be used as an outlet for their mental health ✨
We are excited to share that Poetic Unity has won a 2025 Third Sector award 🏆 🎉
Poetic Unity in partnership with @acltcharity put together the ‘Turning Pain into Purpose’ campaign last year raising awareness of how Sickle Cell affects young Black people through poetry.
📣 Clean Air for the Ends 📣
Proud to join young Londoners on the protest ride with @Poetic_Unity calling for clean air for our communities.
Clean air is a right — a social justice issue. We’ll keep working to make sure every Londoner can breathe clean air ✊🏼✊🏾
I hope yesterday is a reminder to my people that together ANYTHING is possible!
Bigger things to come but for now we take in this historical moment ✨
📸 RumaFilm
#CleanAirForTheEnds
Poetic Unity SHUT DOWN Westminster Bridge ‼️🗣️
Honestly I will never forget yesterday, for a moment I looked around and saw joy, connection and empowerment! Everything we @Poetic_Unity stand for and it made me realise how beautiful and powerful our community is 💚
We are excited to bring back our Mandem, Lets Talk programme 🔥
The Mandem Lets Talk programme provides a supportive environment for young men to discuss challenges unique to the male experience. It fosters connection and the use of poetry as a powerful outlet for mental health
Clean Air For The Ends - Community Bike Ride is back 🙌🗣️
Join us for our 2nd annual Bike Ride! Bringing community together to raise awareness about air pollution in the ends and to promote alternative forms of transport 💚
Sign up for free: https://t.co/fNyGnTPpnu
#Unity
Lastly, no man is an island! I’ve been able to make significant impact because I have had some amazing people supporting me throughout the years and I give thanks to them (you know who you are) ❤️
#ManOfThePeople#BrixtonToTheWorld
Yesterday I received a Certificate of Recognition from the Lambeth Mayor for the work I have done supporting the local community across the last 10 years with @Poetic_Unity 🏆
This place is special and to be recognised by my peers for adding value to Lambeth and the people in it is a dope feeling.
Big love to Hashy and JP for being in my corner and shout out to Eamonn and Dexter for the work they are doing in the community!
Last week, @Poetic_Unity delivered an incredible workshop for our Writers Programme, guiding our young writers to explore their mental health and express themselves through poetry.
By the end of the session, they had created some truly powerful pieces. It was amazing to watch them open up, connect, and build their confidence. A huge thank you to our friends at @Poetic_Unity for such a meaningful session💡
Something that definitely brought Irish and Jamaican people together in the past was a shared oppression they went through when they first arrived in England so it felt real powerful to be on that stage yesterday wearing MORE Blacks, MORE Irish, MORE Dogs inna this Babylon ✊