UBI Lab Network

If you would like to join the Network or one of our 40 Labs, get in touch.

If you would like to start a UBI Lab where you are or for your community, fill in the form below.

What is a UBI Lab?

A UBI Lab is a citizen-led group exploring and advocating for Universal Basic Income. Groups are themed geographically or by lived experience. There are currently 40 UBI Labs across the world with the majority located in the UK. Labs meet each month to share learning and contribute to a shared set of resources. The Labs are assisted by the UBI Lab staff team who offer skills, resource and expertise where needed to facilitate the aims of each UBI Lab.

We have grown rapidly over the pandemic and are currently in the process of updating this page (and the website). Please bear with us.

The UBI Lab Network

We currently have 40 UBI Labs, with 30 based in the UK. 28 are based in towns and cites across the country (including Northern Ireland and Wales) and six are non-geographic, identity-based - UBI Lab Youth, UBI Lab Women, UBI Lab Arts, UBI Lab LGBTQ+, UBI Lab Disability and UBI Lab Food. A number of other themed UBI Labs are in the pipeline.

We also have seven international UBI Labs, with conversations ongoing about others.

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UBI Lab Sheffield, England

UBI Lab Sheffield began as a collaboration between multiple organisations and individuals seeking to explore the potential of a universal basic income and the possibility of a pilot in the city.

@UBILabSheffield | Sheffield Page

UBI Lab Liverpool, England

Formed in 2019, UBI Lab Liverpool was the second UBI Lab. It has now grown into a committee of basic income advocates across the Liverpool City Region. Through holding regular events - discussions, speeches, film nights and more - and acting as a pressure group for basic income in the city, UBI Lab Liverpool is an important addition to the UBI Lab Network.

Liverpool was the first city in England to pass a council motion calling for a UBI.

@UBILabLiverpool | Liverpool Page

UBI Lab Leeds, England

Our third Lab in the Network, UBI Lab Leeds are a group of Leeds residents convinced that UBI will provide an important step towards a compassionate, inclusive and resilient society.

They think that UBI acknowledges human dignity and our diverse contributions to society and supports sustainability, political and economic democracy and the sharing of power in society.

@UBILabLeeds | Leeds Page | Leeds Website

UBI Lab North East, England

The fourth lab in our network - UBI Lab North East is A group of people interested in basic income and keen to explore how the policy would benefit the North East region of England and beyond.

@UBILabNorthEast | Facebook | North East Page

UBI Lab Jakarta, Indonesia

The first international Lab to join our network, The IndoBIG Network has been active as a group since 2016 in Indonesia.

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UBI Lab Chesterfield, England

Our eighth Lab.

@UBIChesterfield | Chesterfield Page

UBI Lab York, England

Lab number nine. The people of York face both the challenges of any post-industrial northern city and the uncertainty of heavy reliance on international tourism. UBI Lab York was founded as Covid-19 made its presence felt and members have already worked with Councillors to pass a motion calling for a Basic Income pilot in the city.

@UBILabYork | York Page

UBI Lab Northern Ireland, UK

Our tenth Lab in the Network, UBI Lab Northern Ireland is a group of people from across Northern Ireland committed to advancing UBI in the region.

In particular, they are advancing the idea of UBI as a 'Peace Dividend', which can help to rebuild, heal and transform post-conflict societies like Northern Ireland through providing everyone with basic economic security, support and dignity.

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UBI Lab Manchester, England

We are committed to promoting UBI as an idea across the whole of the Greater Manchester Region, at a grass roots and political level. We are exploring the possibility of a local pilot and are excited that GM Mayor Andy Burnham has publicly backed this idea.

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UBI Lab Youth, Worldwide

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UBI Lab Women, Worldwide

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UBI Lab Cymru / UBI Lab Wales, UK

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UBI Lab London, England

London is the heart of the UK, known for its arts, diverse cultures, tourist attractions and vast wealth. Yet, that heart is failing, with severe underlying challenges, such as economic insecurity, the housing crisis and knife crime.

UBI Lab London hopes to help rectify that, by exploring the possibility of a universal basic income pilot in the capital.

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UBI Lab Arts, Worldwide

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UBI Lab LBGTQ+, Worldwide

We founded UBI Lab LGBTQ+ to provide the queer perspective on Universal Basic Income that's been missing from the movement so far.

How would a UBI help teenagers who have to leave home because of their sexuality or gender identity? How would income security help trans folk pay for a Gender Recognition Certificate? How will it close the LGBTQ+ pay gap? These are the questions we want to explore.

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UBI Lab Washington DC, United States

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UBI Lab Disability, UK

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UBI Lab Den Haag / UBI Lab The Hague, Netherlands

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UBI Lab Newbury, England

Newbury is located at the heart of West Berkshire and the Lab covers the whole district from Hungerford (west) to Theale (east). An area famous for the Newbury bypass protest and Greenham Common anti-nuclear peace camp, and notably the Speenhamland system of poor relief. Our Lab aims to continue this tradition of promoting a progressive and sustainable vision of the future and turning ideas into action.

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