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We are pleased to publish the first issue of Lead Insight, the evidence and learning publication of the Lead to Change Network. Lead to Change brings together migrant-led and other community organisations across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The Network was set up after Afro Innovation Group consulted 32 community leaders in June 2026, and held its founding meeting on 3 September 2026 with 20 participants from different organisations. Lead Insight Issue 1 sets out th

On 3 September, Afro Innovation Group held the first meeting of its new Lead to Change Network, welcoming 20 representatives from community organisations to our Leicester premises. Lead to Change has been developed by AIG to bring organisations together around the issues they are seeing through their work, identify where challenges are shared and create opportunities for collective action and influence. The first meeting gave us an important starting point. What Are Communiti

What happens when different organisations are hearing the same concerns from the communities they work with? That is one of the questions behind Lead to Change, a new initiative from Afro Innovation Group bringing migrant-led organisations across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland together to identify shared issues and decide what we can do about them collectively. Why We're Starting Lead to Change Through our own casework and projects, we regularly hear about challenges a