Civil society leaders standing together against racism

We stand with all civil society chief executives and people working in the social sector who are striving to create a more just society. There is countless research, and more importantly the testimony of racialised and minoritised people, which unarguably shows that systemic racism exists in the UK and across the globe. Civil society exists to create a better society and a better future but it will not be able to achieve this without deliberatively and openly tackling racism.

The anti-racism work of Barnardo’s and any other organisation meaningfully tackling racism, will always receive our support. In particular we offer our support to Barnardo’s CEO Javed Khan and all other Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic leaders for the racism directed at them because of their organisations’ important work on white privilege.

We acknowledge that civil society leaders haven’t always got it right when it comes to tackling racism and that for too long, too many of us didn’t prioritise action or speak up. We are still learning but as a community of civil society leaders, we stand together as committed to changing, taking action and supporting each other.

Signed:

1. Adam Muirhead, chair of trustees, Institute for Youth Work
2. Adeela Warley, CEO, CharityComms
3. Aisling Burnand, CEO, Association of Medical Research Charities
4. Akiko Hart, CEO, National Survivor User Network
5. Ali Harris, CEO, Equally Ours
6. Alison Garnham, CEO, Child Poverty Action Group
7. Alistair Cromwell, interim CEO, Citizens Advice
8. Amanda Khozi Mukwashi, CEO, Christian Aid
9. Amanda Tincknell, CEO, Cranfield Trust
10. Amar Abbas, CEO, Youth Action UK
11. Amber Shotton, CEO, Foundation for Social Improvement
12. Amelia Foster, CEO, SAPERE
13. Amy Gibbs, CEO, Birthrights
14. Andy Fletcher, CEO, Together for Short Lives
15. Angela McConville, CEO, NCT
16. Angela Salt, CEO, Girlguiding
17. Anita Kerwin-nye, CEO, Every Child Should
18. Anna Feuchtwang, CEO, National Children’s Bureau
19. Anne Fox, CEO, and Jess Mullen, director of influence and communications, Clinks
20. Anne-Marie Douglas, founder/CEO, Peer Power Youth
21. Arvinda Gohil, CEO, Central YMCA, and chair, The Peel
22. Athena Lamnisos, CEO, Eve Appeal
23. Barbara Osborne, CEO, Music in Hospitals & Care
24. Barry Williams, interim CEO, Youth Access
25. Becky Hewitt, CEO, Changing Faces
26. Ben Gilchrist, CEO, Caritas Shrewsbury
27. Ben Kernighan, CEO, Leap Confronting Conflict
28. Beth Upton, CEO, Money Tree Fundraising
29. Campbell Robb, CEO, Nacro
30. Dr Carol Homden, CEO, Coram
31. Carol Mack, CEO, Association of Charitable Foundations
32. Caron Bradshaw, CEO, CFG
33. Catherine Roche, CEO, Place2Be
34. Charlee Bewsher, strategy manager, Youth Work Unit – Yorkshire & Humber
35. Chris Askew, CEO, Diabetes UK
36. Chris Burghes, CEO, Blue Cross
37. Chris Rossiter, CEO, Driver Youth Trust
38. Christine Stegling, executive director, Frontline AIDS
39. Claire Hubberstey, CEO, One Small Thing
40. Dalton Leong, CEO, The Children’s Trust
41. Darren Cormack, CEO, MAG
42. Debbie Ariyo, CEO, AFRUCA Safeguarding Children
43. Deborah Alsina, CEO, Independent Age
44. Debra Alcock-Tyler, CEO, Directory for Social Change
45. Denise Hatton, CEO, YMCA England and Wales
46. Dhivya O’Connor, producer and host, The Charity CEO Podcast
47. Diana Jupp, CEP, Pancreatic Cancer UK
48. Diane Aplin, chief engagement officer, We Mind the Gap
49. Donna Covey, CEO, AVA (Against Violence and Abuse)
50. Duncan Craig, CEO, Survivors Manchester
51. Revd Duncan Dormor, CEO, United Society Partners in the Gospel
52. Ed Mayo, CEO, Pilotlight
53. Emma Colyer, director, Body & Soul
54. Emma Crawshaw, CEO, Crew
55. Emma Thomas, CEO, YoungMinds
56. Fergus Crow, CEO, Winston’s Wish
57. Frank Fletcher, CEO, Ellen Macarthur Cancer Trust
58. Gabby Edlin, Bloody Good Period
59. Gail Gibbons, CEO, Sheffield Futures
60. Gail Jackson, CEO, Kids’ Cancer
61. Gareth Howells, CEO, Carers Trust
62. Geethika Jayatilaka, CEO, Chance UK
63. Gemma Peters, CEO, Blood Cancer UK
64. Georgina Carr, CEO, the Neurological Alliance
65. Graeme Hodge, CEO, All We Can
66. Dr Greg Ussher, CEO, Metro
67. Helen Moulinos, CEO, POhWER
68. Helena Holt, CEO, Devon Air Ambulance Trust
69. Henny Braund, CEO, Anthony Nolan
70. Jackie Bliss, CEO, Homeless Action Resource Project
71. Jaki Work, CEO, Sheffield Students’ Union
72. James Blake, CEO, YHA England and Wales
73. James Fitzpatrick, director, Joseph Levy Foundation
74. James Murphy, CEO. Lincolnshire Community Foundation
75. James Watson-O’Neill, CEO, SignHealth
76. Jane Ide, CEO, Judy Robinson, chair, Clare Mills, head of communications & external affairs, NAVCA
77. Jane van Zyl, CEO, Working Families
78. Janet Thorne, CEO, Reach Volunteering
79. Jasmine O’Connor, CEO, Anti-Slavery International
80. Jehangir Malik, director at VCSEP (Voluntary Community Sector Emergency Partnership)
81. Jemima Olchawski and Jessica Southgate, CEO, Agenda
82. Jen Hooke, CEO, Thirty Percy
83. Jenny Oklikah, CEO, Fight for Peace
84. Jim Minton, chief executive, Toynbee Hall
85. Judith Ford, CEO, Wyre Forest Nightstop and Mediation Service
86. Dr Jo Casebourne, CEO, Early Intervention Foundation
87. Jo Hobbs, CEO, British Youth Council
88. Jo Todd, CEO, Respect
89. John Hitchin, CEO, Renaisi
90. John Poyton, CEO, Redthread
91. John Sauven, CEO, Greenpeace UK
92. Jolanta Lasota, CEO, Ambitious About Autism
93. Jon Royle, CEO, The Bridge Project
94. Jonathan Barnard, CEO, World Land Trust
95. Jonathan Senker, CEO, VoiceAbility
96. Joy Warmington, CEO, brap
97. Jo Youle, CEO, Missing People
98. Jules Hillier, CEO, Pause
99. Julian Corner, CEO, Lankelly Chase
100. Julie Bentley, CEO, Samaritans
101. Julie Randles, CEO, Power2
102. Justin Humphreys, CEO, thirtyone:eight
103. Karl Wilding, CEO, NCVO
104. Kashif Shabir, interim CEO, Muslim Aid
105. Kate Collins, CEO, Teenage Cancer Trust
106. Kate Lee, CEO, Alzheimer’s Society
107. Kate Paradine, CEO, Women in Prison
108. Katherine Sacks-Jones, CEO, Become
109. Kathryn Smith, CEO, SCIE
110. Kathy Evans, CEO, Children England
111. Kathy Roberts, CEO, Association of Mental Health Providers
112. Kerry Albiston, director, Haven
113. Kerry Smith, CEO, Helen Bamber Foundation & Asylum Aid
114. Kim Shutler, CEO, The Cellar Trust
115. Laura Sercombe, CEO, Girls Friendly Society
116. Leigh Middleton, CEO, National Youth Agency
117. Dr Liam O’Toole, CEO, Versus Arthritis
118. Lisa Goodwin, CEO, Connected Voice
119. Liz Earle, CEO, Keech Hospice Care
120. Louise Macdonald, CEO, Young Scot
121. Louise Parks, CEO, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity
122. Lucy Caldicott, founder, ChangeOut
123. Lukasz Konieczka, executive director, Mosaic LGBT+ Young Persons’ Trust
124. Lyndall Stein, interim CEO, Elrha
125. Lynette Charles, CEO, Mind in Haringey
126. Lynn Mackay-Thomas, CEO, British Society for Heart Failure
127. Lynne Stafford, CEO, Gaddum
128. Madeleine Cassidy, CEO, Bobath Centre
129. Mark Gifford, CEO, NCS
130. Mark Lee, CEO of the Together Trust
131. Mark Norbury, CEO, UnLtd, the foundation for social entrepreneurs
132. Mark Russell, CEO, The Children’s Society
133. Mark Simms, CEO, P3
134. Martin Houghton-Brown, CEO, St John Ambulance
135. Maryanne Matthews, CEO, EY Foundation
136. Matt Hyde, CEO, The Scouts
137. Matt Lent, CEO, Spark!
138. Matt Plen, CEO, Masorti Judaism
139. Matthew Reed, CEO, Marie Curie
140. Melanie Armstrong, CEO, Action for Children
141. Menai Owen-Jones, CEO, The Pituitary Foundation
142. Michael Adamson, CEO, British Red Cross
143. Michael Chandler, CEO, Union Chapel
144. Mike Wild, CEO, Macc
145. Mohammed Ali, founder and CEO, QED Foundation
146. Moira Sinclair, CEO, Paul Hamlyn Foundation
147. Monty Moncrieff, CEO, London Friend
148. Nancy Kelley, CEO, Stonewall
149. Natasha Friend, director, Camden Giving
150. Nathan Sparling, CEO, HIV Scotland
151. Ndidi Okezie, CEO, UK Youth
152. Neil Tester, director, The Richmond Group of Charities
153. Nicci Russell, MD, Waterwise
154. Nick Posford, CEO, British Dyslexia Association
155. Nicki Norman, acting CEO, Women’s Aid
156. Patricia Durr, CEO, ECPAT UK
157. Paul Evans, CEO, Leadership Through Sport & Business
158. Paul Farmer, CEO, Mind
159. Paul Howard, CEO, Lupus UK
160. Paul Parker, recording clerk, Quakers in Britain
161. Paul Reddish, CEO, Volunteering Matters
162. Paul Streets, CEO, Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales
163. Peter Grigg, CEO, Home-Start UK
164. Peter Lewis, CEO, Chartered Institute of Fundraising
165. Pip Gardner, CEO, The Kite Trust
166. Polly Neate, CEO, Shelter
167. Poppy Jaman, CEO, City Mental Health Alliance
168. Raakhi Shah, CEO, The Circle
169. Rachel Kirby-Rider, CEO, CLIC Sargent
170. Rachel Lambert-Forsyth, CEO, British Pharmacological Society
171. Rania Marandos, CEO, Step Up To Serve / iWill Campaign
172. Rashid Iqbal, CEO, The Winch
173. Rebecca Gill, executive director, Rosa
174. Rebecca Packwood, CEO, Age Exchange
175. Red Godfrey Sagoo, CEO, The Sophie Hayes Foundation
176. Renae Mann, national director, NACCOM
177. Dr Rhidian Hughes, CEO, Voluntary Organisations Disability Group
178. Rich Grahame, CEO, Settle
179. Richard Davidson, CEO, Sarcoma UK
180. Rick Henderson, CEO, Homeless Link
181. Rita Chadha, Small Charities Coalition
182. Rob Murray, CEO, Cancer Support Scotland
183. Robert Music, CEO, Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust
184. Robin Osterley, CEO, Charity Retail Association
185. Rosie Tressler, CEO, Student Minds
186. Russell Hobby, CEO, Teach First
187. Ruth Davison, CEO, Comic Relief
188. Ruth Hollis, CEO, Spirit of 2012
189. Ruth Kettle, CEO, Inspire North
190. Ryan Campbell, CEO, Demelza
191. Saleh Saeed, CEO, DEC
192. Sally Dickinson, head of the Berkeley Foundation
193. Sam Butters and Gina Cicerone, co-CEOs, Fair Education Alliance
194. Sandra Schembri, CEO, Nordoff Robbins
195. Sara Kirkpatrick, CEO, Welsh Women’s Aid
196. Sara Robinson, CEO, St Augustines Centre
197. Sarah Atkinson, The Social Mobility Foundation
198. Sarah Goddard, fundraising specialist and chair of IoF Community Fundraising Group
199. Sarah Hughes, CEO, Centre for Mental Health
200. Sarah Thompson, CEO, St Clare Hospice
201. Satwinder Sandhu, CEO, IAC
202. Shadim Hussain, CEO, My Foster Family
203. Sharon Davies, CEO, Young Enterprise
204. Simon Blake, CEO, Mental Health First Aid
205. Simon Parkinson, CEO, WEA
206. Soo Nevison, CEO, Community Action Bradford & District
207. Stephanie Draper, CEO, Bond
208. Steve Blackman, CEO, Volunteering Bradford
209. Su-Mei Thompson, CEO, Media Trust
210. Sue Brown, CEO, Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance
211. Sue Campbell, CEO, Citizens Advice Winchester District
212. Sue Crow, director, Trust-fundraising.co.uk
213. Sufina Ahmad, director, John Ellerman Foundation
214. Susan Crowe, managing director, BTM
215. Tania Cohen, CEO, 360Giving
216. Tanya Curry, Interim CEO, The Ramblers
217. Tessy Ojo, CEO, The Diana Award
218. Tim Harper, founder and CEO, equitysport
219. Tim Hughes, director, Involve
220. Toby Porter, CEO, Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust
221. Tom Clarke-Forrest, founder and CEO, Sport 4 Life UK
222. Tony Armstrong, CEO, Locality
223. Tracey Bleakley, CEO, Hospice UK
224. Tufail Hussain, director, Islamic Relief UK
225. Vanessa Rogers, Youth Work consultant, trainer and author
226. Vicki Beere, CEO, Project 6
227. Vicky Browning, CEO, ACEVO
228. Wanda Wyporska, executive director, The Equality Trust
229. Yasmin Khan, CEO, Staying Put
230. Yvonne MacNamara, CEO, The Traveller Movement 

Civil society leaders, to sign up please email heloisa.righetto@acevo.org.uk

This statement follows a previous commitment made by CEOs, and the findings and recommendations of the Home Truths report.