You Make It x Olivia Dean:
A fundraising concert
secured with love
Illustration by Jada Bruney
Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Olivia Dean will perform in a landmark fundraising concert Love, You Make It, in Hackney Church for London-based women's charity this November.
Article by Ikesha Avo
Published 25th October 2026
15-year-strong charity, You Make It, supports Black, Asian and Global Majority women aged 18 - 30 from working class backgrounds who are underemployed or unemployed.
Through a 16-week programme encompassing one-to-one mentoring from industry professionals, therapy and weekly workshops, participants are empowered to take their next best step into a fulfilling career journey.
All of this is worth around £5k per woman yet is provided completely free of charge.It's an invaluable golden ticket for these women.
"Black and brown women deserve to have their voices heard and their talents appreciated across our creative industries.
We are magical and powerful! "
– Olivia Dean
Like many charities in reparative justice in the UK, the influence of the far right has caused diversity and inclusion funding to be increasingly difficult to come by.
CEO and founder of the charity Asma Shah, candidly shared on LinkedIn that its “definitely the toughest funding climate of our life”.
This is why Love, You Make It, a fundraising concert headlined by Haringey born and east London raised Olivia Dean especially for the charity, is a rope of love to pull it away from a precarious financial reality.
A rope of love
The generous and talented Grammy award winning singer-songwriter, whose mother is the former deputy of the UK's Women's Equality Party, has supported the charity to raise £88k in less than a week with the announcement of the gig.
Lucky raffle ticket winners will experience the one-off intimate evening at Hackney Church, East London for You Make It's 15th Anniversary celebration.
Budding fans have just until Tuesday 3rd November GMT 23:59 to enter the fundraising raffle to win tickets from £10 on the Crowdfunder website.
It promises to be an evening of love, unity and determination - fitting of the spirits of both the charity You Make It and the marvelous Olivia Dean.
Sources: LinkedIn, Wikipedia, Waltham Forest Echo, Crowdfunder. Accessed 25th October 2026