Race Equality Foundation Event

CEO of SEM Charity Maxwell Ayamba & Jabeer Butt OBE. Chief Executive of the Race Equality Foundation

On 21st September 2022, SEM Charity CEO Maxwell Ayamba and SEM Trustee Mark Hutchinson traveled to London to attend The Race Equality Foundation and NPC roundtable on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups and the environmental crisis.

Co-sponsored by New Philanthropy Capital (NPC), delegates discussed how individuals from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities are often at greater risk to the effects of climate change and wider environmental degradation.

Maxwell gave a well received speech on the impact of the environmental crisis on people of colour. You can read the speech here.

SEM Charity CEO Maxwell and SEM Trustee Mark Hutchingson with Liam McAleese, director of the Natural World Programme at Esmee Fairbairn Foundation.
SEM Trustee Mark Hutchinson, SEM Charity CEO Maxwell Ayamba and Liam McAleese, director of the Natural World Programme at Esmee Fairbairn Foundation.
CEO of SEM Charity Maxwell Ayamba & Jabeer Butt OBE. Chief Executive of the Race Equality Foundation
CEO of SEM Charity Maxwell Ayamba & Jabeer Butt OBE. Chief Executive of the Race Equality Foundation

Wild Ingleborough Visit

In June 2022 Sheffield Environmental Movement took ROSHNI women’s group and the SADACCA women’s group to North Yorkshire to visit The Wild Ingleborough nature reserves at Ribblehead Quarry and Ashes Pasture.

We heard birds sing as we walked around the dramatic limestone quarry walls and with the help of our two guides, identified lots of beautiful wild flowers and plants!

Wild Ingleborough aims to restore around 1,200 hectares of land owned by Natural England and the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, helping wildlife to thrive across the Ingleborough National Nature Reserve. The project is a partnership between Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, WWF, Natural England, University of Leeds, United Bank of Carbon and Woodland Trust.

ITV Calendar News – ROSHNI Great Yorkshire Show Visit July 2022

EOSHNI Great Yorkshire Show Visit

ITV Calendar Local News report: A group of women from the ROSHNI Asian Womens Resource Centre in Sheffield visit the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate. This trip was personally funded by SEM’s Managing Director Maxwell Ayamba, who is a National Lottery Heritage Champion Award winner.

BBC Look North ROSHNI Great Yorkshire Show Visit July 2022


A group of women from the ROSHNI Asian Womens Resource Centre in Sheffield visit the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate. This trip was personally funded by SEM’s Managing Director Maxwell Ayamba, who is a National Lottery Heritage Champion Award winner.