A foundation born out of necessity and from personal experience
We are Urban Rise, a dynamic financial literacy organisation that has emerged in response to the urgent need for financial education amongst young people in the UK. Our mission is to empower individuals in inner-city communities with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to navigate the complexities of personal finance.
With a deep understanding of the unique challenges faced by urban populations, Urban Rise strives to bridge the gap between financial literacy and real-life application. We believe that everyone deserves access to the tools necessary for long-term financial success, regardless of their background or socioeconomic status.
At Urban Rise, we offer comprehensive educational programs designed to equip individuals with practical skills in budgeting, saving, investing, and debt management. Through engaging workshops, interactive resources, and personalised coaching, we aim to instil a strong foundation of financial literacy that will serve as a stepping stone towards economic empowerment.
Ignite Financial Literacy in everyone
At Urban Rise, our mission is to challenge the negative attitude and culture towards money by providing comprehensive financial education to the younger generations.
We strive to empower disadvantaged individuals and families in deprived areas, equipping them with essential skills and knowledge to improve their quality of life and break the cycle of poverty.
- Making the topic of finance more interesting through interactive workshops
- Encouraging young people to take a proactive attitude towards money
- Helping to break generational cycles of money mismanagement
Ignite Financial Literacy in everyone
At Urban Rise, our mission is to challenge the negative attitude and culture towards money by providing comprehensive financial education to the younger generations.
We strive to empower disadvantaged individuals and families in deprived areas, equipping them with essential skills and knowledge to improve their quality of life and break the cycle of poverty.
- Making the topic of finance more interesting through interactive workshops
- Encouraging young people to take a proactive attitude towards money
- Helping to break generational cycles of money mismanagement
Transform the landscape of Financial Education
Our vision at Urban Rise is to transform the landscape of financial education in deprived areas of London. We aspire to be the leading catalyst for change, bridging the financial literacy gap among young people, women, ethnic minorities, and those in disadvantaged communities.
Through our workshops and initiatives, we envision a future where every individual has the knowledge and skills to make sound financial decisions, empowering them to rise above poverty and build a brighter future for themselves and their families.
Transform the landscape of Financial Education
Our vision at Urban Rise is to transform the landscape of financial education in deprived areas of London. We aspire to be the leading catalyst for change, bridging the financial literacy gap among young people, women, ethnic minorities, and those in disadvantaged communities.
Through our workshops and initiatives, we envision a future where every individual has the knowledge and skills to make sound financial decisions, empowering them to rise above poverty and build a brighter future for themselves and their families.
Our values light the path for our mission
Our five core values underpin everything we do at Urban Rise. They light the pathway that we hope will lead to achieving our vision and mission.
Our workshops are transformative and help unlock the full potential of participants, allowing them to express themselves with confidence and freedom.
Our workshops are transformative and help unlock the full potential of participants, allowing them to express themselves with confidence and freedom.
Our workshops are transformative and help unlock the full potential of participants, allowing them to express themselves with confidence and freedom.
Our workshops are transformative and help unlock the full potential of participants, allowing them to express themselves with confidence and freedom.
All our services are designed to improve skills in a targeted and meaningful way. We’re dynamic and tailor our workshops according to your needs.
The man behind Urban Rise
Urban Rise was founded by Abdirahman Ahmed, a Business Management graduate from the University of Greenwich. Having grown up in a low socioeconomic area and household, money was often a taboo topic and something often not talked about. This led him to developing bad spending habits and not learning the basic skill of managing money, a theme all to common in many of London’s deprived boroughs.
He set up Urban Rise with the aim of tackling poverty through education and addressing material deprivation in inner-city London, so that young people can avoid the pitfalls and challenges he experienced.
The man behind Urban Rise
Urban Rise was founded by Abdirahman Ahmed, a Business Management graduate from the University of Greenwich. Having grown up in a low socioeconomic area and household, money was often a taboo topic and something often not talked about. This led him to developing bad spending habits and not learning the basic skill of managing money, a theme all to common in many of London’s deprived boroughs.
He set up Urban Rise with the aim of tackling poverty through education and addressing material deprivation in inner-city London, so that young people can avoid the pitfalls and challenges he experienced.
What we’ve achieved so far
We’ve been on an incredible, fast and fruitful journey so far. Take a look at some of the best highlights over the past few years.
First pilot workshop with 13 young adults attending. We ran a tester budgeting session that received a lot of great feedback, laying the foundation for the future.
We won the People’ Choice award at Greenwich University’s Enterprise Challenge. The mission, vision and values of Urban Rise resonated with the audience, many of whom acknowledged the need for attention on the topic of financial literacy.
We also came in the top 3 at Enterprise Nation’s boot camp.
Raised £2000 from crowdfunding and other grants to fund and host our first public event.
Other workshops followed.
A major launch event took place at Toynbee Hall on Friday 23rd September 2022 and saw over 50 local people, with 34 young people aged from 14-24 as well as parents and guardians.
Uni of Greenwich event - hosted our first partisanship event to kick start the year at the university of Greenwich generator hub.
So far in 2023 we have reached 192 people and are on track to reach our target of 500 young people by the end of year.
Get in touch today to see how we can help you.
