The Ujima foundation

The Ujima Foundation, established following the merger of L&Q and Ujima in January 2008, will help ensure that Ujimas founding principles are preserved. The aim is to address the barriers to inclusion faced by diverse communities.

The foundation will support projects and initiatives that promote opportunity in housing, that seek to benefit L&Q and former Ujima residents and staff. It will also undertake research and promotional work to highlight problems that weaken community cohesion.

The Ujima foundation board

The Ujima Foundation's work is supervised by a group of former Ujima board members, L&Q board members, residents and independent advisors.

The board members for the Ujima foundation are:

• Ainsley Forbes (Chair)
• Cecily Davis
• Frank Chersky
• Claire Martin
• Carol Thompson-Ellis
• Marta Phillips

Ainsley Forbes, Ujima Foundation chair

Funding

L&Q is setting aside £250,000 per year for the foundation's work and hopes to raise a further contributions from organisations that have supported or advised Ujima in the past.

Donations have already been received from organisations including William Sutton Homes, part of the Affinity Sutton Group.