Reflections — Community Listening Session #1
The Room Where It Started 25 July 2026 Six women. Ninety minutes. No slides, no agenda beyond…
We use community-led innovation and technology to close the health equity gap for Black and diaspora women and girls — in the UK and in African markets. Addressing not just their physical health, but the invisible emotional and systemic burdens they carry, and building circular economy solutions that put women and girls at the centre of climate action.
Interconnected pillars
About ImpactWeave
ImpactWeave is a Community Interest Company registered in England and Wales. We exist because the mainstream health system, technology sector and climate innovation space have consistently failed Black and diaspora women and girls — not through accident, but through structural indifference.
We are not an outside organisation observing this problem. Our founder is a Black African diaspora woman with lived experience of navigating systems that were not designed with her in mind. That insider knowledge is not incidental to our work — it is the foundation of it.
We are actively building partnerships with community organisations, NHS trusts, universities and circular economy innovators. Every partnership we enter is genuinely reciprocal — community partners are paid, named and hold decision-making power in everything we build.
The Room Where It Started 25 July 2026 Six women. Ninety minutes. No slides, no agenda beyond…
Black boys in the UK face systemic barriers in education, mental health, and justice. This brief outlines…
Using technology and community-led innovation to close the health equity gap for Black and diaspora women and girls, both in the UK and in African markets — addressing not just their physical health but the invisible emotional and systemic burdens they carry, and building circular economy solutions that put women and girls at the centre of climate action.
Health equity research and innovation — community listening, co-design and a published Needs Assessment Report
Mental health and cognitive load — peer support, research and digital innovation, co-created with community
Climate and circular economy — products and services led by Black and diaspora women that fund the health equity mission
For Black and diaspora women and girls who want to shape our research
Listening session support, workshop facilitation, or skilled volunteering
For community organisations, NHS trusts and universities
For funders, grant-makers and corporate partners
ImpactWeave is a Community Interest Company registered in England and Wales — a social enterprise legally committed to using its assets and profits primarily for the public good. Company No. 16820587, based in London.
Black and diaspora women and girls in the UK and in African markets — alongside community organisations, NHS trusts, universities, funders, grant-makers, policymakers and journalists covering health equity and climate justice.
We do not yet process public donations directly through this website. If you are a funder, grant-making body or corporate partner, we welcome the conversation — email connect@impactweave.org and we will come back to you.
Yes. Every partnership we enter is genuinely reciprocal: community partners are paid, named, and hold decision-making power in everything we build.
SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being), SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities) and SDG 13 (Climate Action).
Fund the evidence. Fund the change. ImpactWeave is at an early, high-impact stage — every pound funds work that currently does not exist: research, peer support, and circular economy innovation built by and for Black and diaspora women and girls.
Programmes: Core, MindWeave and CircleWeave
