Please find below supporters for Time for 1st ever #BanknoteOfColour
who signed a letter in the Sunday Times on the 16th of December. We have updated the list with other supporters who came on board in the last few days.Please sign the new joint petition that Zehra Zaidi and myself have joint developed . Please use #BanknoteOfColour when sharing this on social media.
https://www.change.org/p/time-for-1st-ever-banknoteofcolour
Since William Shakespeare appeared on the £20 note in 1970, our banknotes have featured figures from our past — those who, in the Bank of England’s words, “have shaped UK society through their thought innovation, leadership or values”.
Ethnic minority communities represent 14% of the British population. We do not lack candidates, and arguably their achievements were the greater for having been made at a time when many careers and were effectively closed to them (whether through colonial rules, racism, or the legacy of slavery). However, no one from an ethnic minority has yet featured on a banknote.
Changing this would send a message that the contribution of ethnic minorities to Britain’s history, culture and economy is recognised and valued. What better representation of “global Britain” could there be?
Our public institutions should reflect modern Britain. Last year the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, spoke of the need for inclusiveness. We ask him to stand by those words and actively seek strong ethnic minority candidates to feature on the next reissue of any banknote.
SIGNED
· Zehra Zaidi
· Dr. Patrick Vernon OBE
· Susie Symes, Chair of the Museum of Immigration
· Dr. Omar Khan, Director, Runnymede Trust
· Sunder Katwala, Director, British Future
· David Oyelowo OBE, actor and producer
· Adrian Lester OBE, actor and director
· Amma Asante MBE, director and screenwriter
· Gemma Chan, actress
· Meera Syal CBE
· Sanjeev Bhaskar OBE, Actor, Broadcaster and Comedian
· Adil Ray OBE, Actor, Writer & Broadcaster
· Babou Ceesay, actor
· Art Malik, actor
· Benjamin Zephaniah, Poet, Novelist, Musician, Actor and Notaphilist
· Lemn Sissay MBE, author and broadcaster
· Baroness Rosalind Scott
· Rev Rose Hudson- Wikins, Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons
· Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE, Director of The Young Vic
· June Sarpong MBE
· Afua Hirsch, writer, broadcaster, and former barrister
· Deeyah Khan (Filmmaker and founder of sister-hood magazine)
· Ammo Talwar MBE, CEO Punch Records
· Jessica Malik, Producer
· Marlon Palmer, Chief Executive, Kush Films
· Jermaine Jackman (winner of The Voice 2014)
· George The Poet
· Sabrina Mahfouz, multi award-winning writer, poet and activist
· Salena Godden, poet, performer and author
· Shirley J. Thompson, Composer, Artistic Director & Conductor
· Michelle Gayle, singer, songwriter, actress and author
· Freya Bramble-Carter, Ceramic Artist
· Sunny Singh, author and academic
· Nikesh Shukla, Writer, Editor and Columnist
· Sharmaine Lovegrove, Publisher, Dialogue Books|Little, Brown
· Margaret Busby OBE, publisher, writer and broadcaster
· Patrice Lawrence, Author
· Shelina Janmohamed, writer and author of “Love in a Headscarf”
· Trevor Phillips OBE
· Dr. Wanda Wyporska, Executive Director, The Equality Trust
· Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, Founder & Director of UK Black Pride
· Keith Harris OBE, Managing Director, Keith Harris Music Ltd. and Chair of the UK Music Equality and Diversity Taskforce
· Dawn Hill CBE, Chair of Black Cultural Archives
· Uzo Iwobi OBE, Chief Executive Officer, Race Council Cymru
· Campbell Robb, Chief Executive, Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Housing Trust
· Javed Khan, CEO Barnardos
· Catherine Anderson, CEO of The Jo Cox Foundation
· Karen Blackett OBE, WPP UK Country Manager, Chairwoman MediaCom UK & Ireland
· Satbir Singh, Chief Executive, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI)
· Pen Mendonça, Graphic Facilitator, Cartoonist and Academic
· Hussein Al-Alak, Editor of Iraq Solidarity News
· Lord Victor Adebowale CBE, Chief Executive of Turning Point
· Professor Dame Alison Peacock, CEO Chartered College of Teaching
· Professor Frank Chinegwundoh MBE
· Dr. Rob Berkeley MBE, BlackOutUK
· Clenton Farquharson MBE, Campaigner for Social Justice and Disability Rights
· Kate Edwards, Chief Executive, Seven Stories: The National Centre for Children’s Books
· Sir David Carter, Educational Leader (former National Schools Commissioner)
· Francesca Klug OBE, Professor Emeritus at the London School of Economics
· Professor Jonathan Portes, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at King’s College London and former Chief Economist at Cabinet Office and Department for Work and Pensions
· Pinky Lilani CBE DL
· Margot Finn, Professor of Modern British History, UCL and President, Royal Historical Society
· Michael I. Ohajuru, Senior Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies and The John Blanke Project
· Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp CBE, Director, The Africa Centre
· Raj Tulsiani, CEO and Co-Founder of Green Park, Executive Search and Interim Management Consultancy
· Zrinka Bralo, CEO of Migrants Organise
· Dr. Miranda Brawn, Founder of The Miranda Brawn Diversity Leadership Foundation
· Professor Olivette Otele (first black female professor of history)
· Lara Ratnaraja, Cultural Consultant
· Iman Atta OBE, Director, Tell MAMA
· Fiyaz Mughal OBE, Director, Faith Matters
· Binita Kane, Consultant Physician and Lead for the National Partition Commemoration Campaign
· Akeela Ahmed MBE, Founder, She Speaks We Hear and Chair of the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group
· Sarah Garrett MBE, Diversity & Inclusion Specialist, CEO & Entrepreneur
· Peter Hay CBE, Trustee, Social Care Institute for Excellence
· Professor Shirley Anne Tate, Director of Centre for Race and Education, Leeds Beckett University
· Catherine Ross, Founder & Director, The National Caribbean Heritage Museum
· Lynda-Louise Burrell, Creative Director, The National Caribbean Heritage Museum
· Selena Carty, Genealogist & Founder, BlackPoppyRose
· Tony Warner, Director, Black History Walks
· Jacqueline McKenzie, Windrush Action
· Aisha Richards, Director, Shades of Noir
· Pran Patel, Educator, Leader & Activist
· Amina Lone, Co-Director, The Social Action and Research Foundation
· Aisha Ali-Khan, Asian Mums Network
· Zubeda Limbada, Director, ConnectFutures
· Dr. Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, Lawyer and Political & Women's Rights Activist
· Raja Miah, Director, Cities of Hope
· Matthew Green, Principal Consultant, PolicyWorks
· Jaz Rabadia MBE, Chartered Engineer Manager, Mechanical Engineer, STEM Ambassador, Women of the Future Ambassador
· Paul Sesay, Founder of National Diversity Awards/Inclusive Top 50 UK Companies
· Professor Jeremy Till, Head of Central Saint Martins, Pro Vice-Chancellor Research, University of the Arts, London
· Dr. Dan Byrne-Smith, Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London
· Afsana Lachaux, Women’s Rights Campaigner
· Chris Doyle, Director, Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding)
· Joseph Willits, Parliamentary and Events Officer, Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding)
· Dr. H.A. Hellyer, Senior Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, London
· Tariq Modood MBE, Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy, University of Bristol and founding director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship
· Dr. Kasia Murawska-Muthesius, Art Historian
· Mariam Khan, Editor of “It’s Not About the Burqa”
· Henna Rai, Director and Founder, WARN: Women Against Radicalisation Network
· Hifsa Haroon-Iqbal MBE DL, Association of British Muslims
· Yasmin Rehman, Women's Rights Activist
· Ali Harris, Chief Executive, Equality and Diversity Forum
· Julie Jaye Charles, CEO of the Equalities National Council
· Mohammed Abbasi, Association of British Muslims
· Joel Blake OBE, businessman
· Shaista Gohir OBE, Executive Director, Muslim Women’s Network UK
· Nazmin Akthar, Chair of Muslim Women’s Network UK
· Mustafa Field MBE, Director, Faiths Forum for London
· Hayyan Ayaz Bhabha, Executive Director of Muslims in WW1 and Co-Founder of the APPG for British Muslims
· Dr. Irfan Malik, GP, WW1 Historian & World Wars Muslim Memorial Trustee
· Qari Muhammad Asim, Imam, Makkah Mosque
· Shrabani Basu, Author, Historian & Chair of the Noor Inayat Khan Memorial Trust
· Nasar Iqbal, Director, Black Country Innovate C.I.C.
· Dilwar Hussain, Chair, New Horizons in British Islam
· Rabiha Hannan, Co-Founder & Trustee of New Horizons in British Islam
· Naved Siddiqi, Trustee, New Horizons in British Islam
· Professor Damien Page, Dean of Carnegie School of Education, Leeds Beckett University
· Zita Holbourne, National Co-Chair of Black Activists Rising Against The Cuts (BARAC) UK
· Ebinehita Iyere, Youth Worker and Campaigner
· Dr. Alison Kriel, Education and Leadership Consultant
· Gwen Moulster OBE, Consultant LD Nurse
· Christopher Goodey, Historian
· Dr. Nicola Wright, Assistant Professor in Mental Health Nursing, University of Nottingham
· Seamus Oates CBE, Chief Executive Officer, TBAP Multi-Academy Trust
· Linda Jordon, Campaigner for Social Justice
· Hannah Wilson, Executive Headteacher, Aureus School & Aureus Primary School
· Sameena Choudry, Founder of Equitable Education Ltd and National Leader, Womened
· Vivienne Porritt, Vice-President, Chartered College of Teaching, National Leader, Womened
· Dr. Sylvan Baker, Artist, Lecturer and Applied Arts Researcher in Social Justice and Black Studies
· Viv Grant, Executive Coach and Director of Integrity Coaching
· Nadine Benjamin, Soprano singer
· Jessica Kingsley, Publisher
· Dr. Faith Gordon, Academic and Director, International Youth Justice Network
· John Mayford, Director, Olmec
· Junior Smart, Founder of SOS Project (St Giles Trust), Academic, Social Entrepreneur & Innovator
· Professor Imogen Tyler, Social Theorist and Sociologist
· Jim Thomas, Director, Longhouse Management and Music Managers Forum UK Committee
· Tina Coldham, Mental Health Campaigner, Chair of NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) Involve Advisory Group
· Abda Khan, Author and Lawyer
· Ruth Ibegbuna, Founder Reclaim Project and Roots Programme
· Minh Dang, Executive Director of Survivor Alliance, Advocate and Artist, Member of University of Nottingham Rights Lab
· Sajda Mughal OBE, CEO JAN Trust
· Dr. Leroy Logan MBE
· Dr. Gillian Evans, WeAreAllWindrush Campaign
· Fola Evans-Akingbola, WeAreAllWindrush Campaign
· Professor Sir Geoff Palmer DSc OBE
· Carolyn Robson CBE, CEO of the Mead Educational Trust, National Leader of Education
· Ame Ekhaguere, Diverse Histories
· Joyce Fraser, Chair of Black Heroes Foundation
· Marika Sherwood, Chair, BASA
· Elwaldo Romeo, Chair of Windrush Action Professor Uduak Archibong MBE, Professor of Diversity, Centre for Inclusion and Diversity, Bradford University
· Carrie Symonds, Ocean Conservationist
· Nick Denys, Co-Founder, Tory Workers
· Marion Wadibia, CEO, NAZ Project London
· Ms. Iolanda Banu Viegas, Portuguese Consul General for Wales and Director of CLPW
· Mete Coban, CEO, Mylifemysay
· Abdi Omar, Motivational Speaker, Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) Specialist
· Dr. Annette Neary, Consultant General Physician
· Shauket Fazil, Principal, Birmingham Quran Academy
· Abdullah Rehman MBE, Bahu Trust
· Dr. Elizabeth Henry, National Adviser, The Committee for Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns (CMEAC), Church of England
· Friar Timothy Radcliffe OP, Consultor to the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, The Vatican
· Kanwal Toor, Creative Director, Jadau
· Professor Imran Awan, Deputy Director of the Centre for Applied Criminology, Birmingham City University
· Dr Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Research Fellow in Faith and Peaceful Relations, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR), Coventry University
· Penny Rabiger, BAMEed, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Educators
· Amjad Ali, BAMEed, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Educators
· Allana Gay, BAMEed, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Educators
· Saqib Bhatti, President of the Greater Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
· Carol Stewart, Chairperson, Medway African and Carribean Association
· Alison Kriel, Education Leader
· Nicholas Webb, Policy & Public Relations Consultant
· Susan James , Pobl Academy Lead, Pobl Group
· Meena Patel, Southall Black Sisters
· Nazek Ramadan, Director, Migrant Voice
· Tamina Mir, Women Buzz Net
· Adam Sykes, Managing Director of Liverpoint Software Solutions Ltd.
· Mary Macleod
· The Rt Hon Ed Vaizey MP, former Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy
· Tom Tugendhat MP, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee
· Baroness Sayeeda Warsi
· Baroness Elizabeth Berridge
· George Freeman MP, Founder of Big Tent Ideas Festival
· The Rt. Hon. David Davis MP
· Helen Grant MP, Conservative Party Vice Chairman (Communities)
· Syed Kamall MEP
· Rachel Stone, Chief of Staff to Syed Kamall MEP
· Lord Herman Ouseley and Chairman of Kick It Out
· The Rt Hon David Lammy MP
· Clive Lewis MP
· Stella Creasy MP
· Kate Green OBE MP
· Shaista Aziz, Labour Councillor (Oxford), Journalist & Equalities Campaigner
· Layla Moran MP
· Baroness Floella Benjamin, OBE
· Caroline Lucas MP
· Lord Mayor of Bristol, Councillor Cleo Lake
· Hannah Peaker, Chief of Staff of the Women's Equality Party
· Sandi Toksvig, Co-founder of the Women's Equality Party, comedian and broadcaster
· Catherine Mayer, President and Co-founder of the Women's Equality Party
· Harini Iyengar, Spokesperson for the Women's Equality Party
· Cathy Newman, Journalist, Presenter of Channel 4 News and Author of “Bloody Brilliant Women”
· Jane Merrick, Political Commentator
· David Aaronovitch, Journalist and Broadcaster
· Matthew d'Ancona, Editor-in-Chief, DRUGSTORE CULTURE, and political columnist
· Ayesha Hazarika MBE, Broadcaster, Columnist & Comedian
· Yasmin Alibhai Brown, Journalist & Author
· Marcus Ryder, Chief International Editor, CGTN Digital
· Stephen Bush, Politics Editor, New Statesman
· Sunny Hundal, editor-in-chief, Barfi Culture
· Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, Editor of gal-dem
· Samantha Asumadu, Media Diversified
· Sam Smethers, Chief Executive Fawcett Society
· Simon Woolley, Director, Operation Black Vote
· Fazia Shaheen, Director of CLASS
· David Goodhart, Founder of the Integration Hub, Policy Exchange
· Polly Mackenzie, Chief Executive, Demos
· Ryan Shorthouse, CEO, Bright Blue
· Caroline Squire, Director, Conservative Friends of International Development
· Kulveer Ranger, Co-founder of Modern Britain
· Binita Mehta-Parmar, Director, Modern Britain
· Sonia Meggie, Founder of InspirationYou