1. Finding a Voice: A Collective Voice Between African & Caribbean Communities The Challenges Facing Both Communities Midé Akerewusi

2. The Challenges...  70% Live in Deprived Areas  Black Children 3 Times More Likely to be Expelled  Black People Form 17% of the UK Prison Population  11% Unemployment Among Black People Compared to 5% Among White People  45% PCTs say Diabetes and Heart Disease are Disproportionately High Among Black People  6,725 Black People Diagnosed with HIV in 2005  Over 50% of Black People With HIV Are From Africa

3. The Black Voluntary Sector  200,000 Registered Charities in UK  9,500 ‘Black’ Charities in UK  5,000 Black Charities in London  97% Black Charities Need Urgent Fundraising Assistance

4. Philanthropy: A Solution? The act of donating money or goods or providing some other support to a charitable cause to enhance the common good or improve human well being. Someone who is well known for practicing philanthropy is usually called a philanthropist. Such individuals are often very wealthy.

5. UK Wealth & Philanthropy  £301 Billion - Total Wealth of UK’s Richest  £60 Billion – Total Wealth of Top 10 Richest  UK Population Donated £8.2 Billion in 2005  £453 Million Donated by Top 30 Philanthropists  But 97% of Black Charities Need Urgent Assistance With Fundraising

6. Black Wealth & Philanthropy "The list of young British money-makers silently shouts the truth - that in spite of the warmer climate of race relations in Britain, we [Black people], are not making it." TREVOR PHILIPS – Chair of CRE

7. Unreported Black Philanthropy  Patronage – African & Caribbean Societies  Festivals and Ceremonies  Zakat 2.5% Cash, Gold and Silver  Tithes  Charity  Remittance

8. The Remittance Market  Total Remittances to Developing World £80BN  International Aid to Developing World £40BN  Total Remittance Sub-Saharan Africa is £2.5BN  High Volume Destinations - Nigeria and Ghana  Average Ghanaian Annual Remittance £650 and £9,000  Top Remittance Companies MoneyGram (4,000), Western Union (2,688), Other (14,000)

9. African American Philanthropy  52% Give to Charity  47% Volunteer  $11.2 billion Donated p.a  National Centre for Black Philanthropy  Growing National Awareness of Black Philanthropy

10. UK Black Philanthropy?  Lack of Research  Lack of Leading Lights  Lack of Examples or Case Studies  Lack of Black Wealth Register  The Black Fundraisers Network: Promoting Fundraising and Philanthropy in the Black Community

11. What We Need  Clear Understanding of the Varied Ways Black People Give  More Publicity for Black Philanthropists  More Research into Mainstream Giving to Black Charities  More Research Into Black People Giving to Mainstream  Consolidation Across Black Voluntary Sector  More Voluntary Funding Flows to Black Charities  A Network of Black Fundraisers

12. The Black Fundraisers Network Presents: An Audience With Tim Campbell – Winner of The Apprentice 2005 Date: 16 th November 2006 Time: 18:00 – 20:30 Contact: Lara Rufus 07967 501 551 Email: lara@bfn.org.uk