Latest Report
The Preparedness Agenda
The State of the UK’s Black-led Impact Organisations in 2025
Building on last year’s Resilience in Motion, this report moves the conversation from endurance to preparedness. Grounded in evidence and guided by the experiences of 115 Black-led organisations, it offers actionable recommendations for funders, policymakers, and advocates working to build a stronger, more secure impact ecosystem.
Beyond the Cliff Edge (2025)
The report calls for long-term investment, participatory funding, and structural reform to ensure Black-led organisations can thrive.
Resilience in Motion (2024)
Packed with insights and evidence-based recommendations to support Black-led impact organisations in building long-term resilience and success.
Reducing Emissions, Equity in Action (2024)
This report details our emissions impact, the steps we’re taking to reduce it, and how we align our sustainability efforts with equity and inclusion.
Cost of Living Report (2023)
Do it Now Now's initiatives, centre Black and Common Call, released a quantitative report on the Cost of Living Crisis and its effect on Black-led charities and social enterprises working in the UK.
Lived Experience Report (2022)
Black-led social impact organisations operate in an environment of structural inequalities we explored the lived-experience of management and staff at Black-led impact organisations within the UK’s voluntary sector.
Our 2021-22 Impact Report (2022)
This document, in addition to showing the work we have done over this period, includes our updated Theory of Change, our user-centered ASAP Methodology, an overview of our initiatives' work.
Common Call Fund Two (2021)
Insights from Applications to a Black-Focused Grant Fund shares insights on the current state of Black-led charities and social enterprises, previously unknown to the sector at large.
This is What We Know Now (2020)
Through our work with British, Black-led impact organisations, we’re continually learning more about how they’re growing and benefitting their communities amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Stories from the Frontline (2020)
Black-led organisations are doubly burdened by systemic inequities, as they work towards resolving social issues affecting their communities. With minimal resources they often shut down due to financial pressures.