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.
Women-centred social impact
New Roots, Strong Wings CIC
New Roots, Strong Wings CIC is a women-centred social impact organisation I founded to support immigrant, Black and ethnically diverse women as they rebuild belonging, confidence and wellbeing.
Since 2025, our work has engaged more than 600 women across the United Kingdom, South Africa and online. Through creative wellbeing programmes, community conversations, professional development, advocacy and practical support, we create spaces where women can feel heard, form meaningful connections and regain a sense of agency.
Our flagship programme, Art That Heals, brings women together through painting, poetry, guided reflection and honest conversation. We also address experiences including migration, motherhood, isolation, domestic abuse, identity and rebuilding after adversity.
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.
women engaged through New Roots, Strong Wings
children reached through earlier community programmes
programmes delivered
place Women in Tech Hackathon concept
countries connected: UK, Nigeria and South Africa
Health equity
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.
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.
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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I collaborate with organisations, communities and individuals who are committed to building healthier, more inclusive and more human-centred futures.
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