Leadership & Impact

Building with communities, not around them.

My approach begins with listening. It brings professional knowledge into conversation with lived experience, community wisdom and the realities people navigate every day.

New Roots, Strong Wings CIC

A place to find strength, connection and room to grow.

A women-centred social impact organisation supporting immigrant, Black and ethnically diverse women through practical programmes and honest conversation.

  • Wellbeing
  • Belonging
  • Motherhood support
  • Creative healing
  • Leadership
  • Advocacy
  • Professional development
  • Safe community conversations

Women building belonging

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Art That Heals

Facilitated creative wellbeing experiences that make space for reflection, expression and connection without demanding perfect words.

Motherhood & Wellbeing

Supportive conversations and practical learning grounded in dignity, cultural understanding and the realities of women’s lives.

Leadership & Voice

Programmes that help women recognise their knowledge, strengthen their confidence and participate in decisions that affect them.

Impact at a glance

A growing body of work, held with care.

600+

women engaged through New Roots, Strong Wings

10,000+

children reached through earlier community programmes

20+

programmes delivered

1st

place Women in Tech Hackathon concept

3

countries connected: UK, Nigeria and South Africa

Health equity

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Health Equity & Responsible Technology

Closing the listening gap.

Better healthcare begins when women’s experiences are believed, interpreted with cultural understanding and allowed to shape the systems around them.

My work explores maternal-health equity, the healthcare experiences of Black and Asian women, community voice and responsible AI. I am especially interested in the gap between what people say and what institutions are prepared to hear.

A maternal-health venture is in development. Its protected product details remain confidential, but its purpose is clear: to support more responsive, inclusive and human-centred care.

  • Maternal-health equity
  • Responsible AI
  • Inclusive design
  • Community voice
  • Culturally responsive care
The people most affected by a system should have a meaningful hand in shaping it.

Advocacy & global engagement

Local experience. International conversation.

Advocacy is most useful when it connects public commitments with the daily realities of people and communities.

  • UN Women UK and the Commission on the Status of Women
  • ONE Campaign
  • Gender equality
  • Racial inclusion
  • Immigrant belonging
  • Domestic abuse awareness
  • Women’s leadership
  • Intercultural dialogue
  • Peacebuilding through trust and community connection

Earlier leadership

That Child Initiative

Earlier community leadership in Nigeria provided a practical foundation in programme design, partnership-building and accountable delivery.

Through more than 20 health, education and welfare programmes, That Child Initiative reached more than 10,000 children. The experience continues to inform Bola’s belief in work that is ambitious, measurable and rooted in relationship.

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Let’s create meaningful impact together.

I collaborate with organisations, communities and individuals who are committed to building healthier, more inclusive and more human-centred futures.

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