Donations – The money goes as stated in the #GoFundMe on daily living expenses. It would indeed be nice to have some donations beyond that over the next few months, so that the cost of incorporating the campaign could also be covered.
Honorary Founder Members
The campaign fortunately boasts as it’s eighteen ‘Honorary Founder Members’: *Bishop Dr Esme Beswick MBE* (Admin) Facebook, Lord Dr Simon Woolley CBE, Dr Sir Lenny Henry CBE, Lady Sandy Smith-Distel, Mr Trevor Romeo OBE (Jazzie B), Ms Diane Abbott MP, Prof Dr Robert Beckford, Mr John Conteh MBE, Mr Kofi Kusitor MBE, Pst Linford Anderson, Cllr Sunny Lambe, Ms Dawn French, Mr Lee Jasper, Ms Shanaze Reade, Ms Paulette Tajah, Ms Toyin Adekale, Mr Paul Johnson, Mr Jimmy Rogers RIP.
Global Support
Global support – Though, having stated that, the campaign is UK based it has courted global following, which includes 17 Bishops, Rev Jessie Jackson Sr out side of the UK, five sons of the late Mr Bob Marley OM, Bunny Wailer OM RIP and his son Mr Joe Wailer. As well as Mr Peter Tosh OM RIP and the Marley Tosh Archive. The campaign fortunately also has Ms Esther Anderson, a former ‘Miss Jamaica’ and London girl friend of the late Mr Bob Marley OM, who’s been a supporter and contributor of the campaign for the last thirteen years.
Hate Crimes Bill – I’m currently working on this and I’ve actively been collecting vidio and audio data for over two years now, which it’s quite costly to store and back-up. Your great kind philanthropic contributions donations or just buying my ‘signature’, on a press article, blog piece or #UMOJAisourMIGHT list of the online campaign’s 110 plus most famous, well-known #BlackpoundUNION campaign supporters, is very much appreciated.
Volunteering
Volunteering – I’ve personally volunteered my time since 2008 to run #TheBlackpound online campaign. I’m currently based in Cambridge, where by chance Diane Abbott MP, who’s one of the campaign’s Honorary Founder Members, was a student. Diane Abbott MP is one of the top, most well-known, living Cambridge alumni. She’s also, more significantly, the longest serving Member of Parliament, from #OurCommUnity.
Dr Simon Woolley CBE – The Cambridge University connection with the Blackpound UNION campaign also recently extends to Simon Woolley, who in recent years became the first Black man, to be appointed Master/ Principal of an Oxbridge University college in it’s 814 plus year history – Hamerton College, Cambridge at Hills Road, Cambridge. Someone I held strategic meetings with twice, back in 2008 and 2009 at the inception of the online campaign for a single high profile UNION of our households. It can’t just be coincidence that he’s now present as am I in Cambridge… Or that Dr Sir Lenny Henry CBE, recently served a five year term as Dean of Birmingham City University, establishing the Lenny Henry Media Centre during his tenure.
Personal Circumstances
Personal circumstances – I’ve had to be rough-sleeping most of the time here in Cambridge, too, which cost a great deal. In 2018, Cambridge City Council offered temporary accommodation, which in January 2020 became permanent. Most of the time, I have been working on this campaign since inception in 2008. I’ve had very serious accommodation issues and ended up rough-sleeping. Making me now, one of Europe’s, and certainly Britain’s most; talented, influential, innovative – rough-sleeper.
Canvassing
Canvassing – When I go out canvassing at supermarkets to raise awareness of the campaign, I give out slips with the #TheBlackpoundman hashtag and GoFundMe details. Making #TheBlackpound happen!™
Most of the donations have been from selling articles whilst out canvassing, and whilst collecting names of people interested in joining the Blackpound team or supporting the online campaign.
Homelessness
Homeless – I haven’t advertised the fact that one has been homeless or experienced rough-sleeping, as the campaign has enough people adverse to the fact that we have:
1. None Blacks.
2. People with Queens honours.
3. Establishment people.
4. That the campaign has achieved such notariaty, in just its first three years, not to mention subsequently…
5. Faith leaders, involved.
This list goes on… as to the verious reasons people have for not getting involved, and in some cases, none-action altogether, as regards progression and unity in #OurCommUnity…
“You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t… …please all the people all of the time” (Poet John Lydgate)
It’s therefore, best not to add too much to that list of objections people in #OurCommUnity have to not supporting the online campaign.
Gratitude
Thanks again, for enquiring and taking the time to read this…
GoFundMe Donations
Donations – To date, I’ve had, two donations via online supporters to the GoFundMe and one, directly, from Juliet and Adrian Ryan, a couple, Juliet, is a staunch activist, best known as Juliet Lopez, who are both campaign supporters, who I met whilst canvassing outside Marks and Spencer in Clacton-on-Sea, in December 2015. Both Juliet, and her husband Adrian, have been of the greatest personal; financial, emotional, encouraging support.
GoFundMe
GoFundMe – Having a GoFundMe, isn’t something I personally intended to do, but that same Clacton-on-Sea campaign supporter, Juliet Ryan, who along with her husband Adrian Ryan made a personal donation of £120, suggested it. So, again, one’s grateful to them, for, not just that kind donation, but encouraging me, convincing me, to have a method, by which people could financially express their support and appreciation to and for me, and my now, a decade and a half plus of commitment to delivering a high profile Union…Thanks!All the kind donations of support through this GoFundMe, wouldn’t have happened, had Juliet, not pushed me, cajoled me, into doing this. Personally, I’m very reluctant and sceptical about going to, or appealing to our community, which is why, you’ll read further on, of some different means, of gaining the necessary financial resources… To deliver, the Union. Nevertheless, I’m always grateful for kind donations and kind comments and especially, words of encouragement, even more…
NEW DONATIONS LINK 📌 – GoFundMe
NEW DONATIONS LINK 📌www.gofundme.com/f/making-the-blackpound-happen 📌
Daily Driving Force
I’m Warren Alexander-Dean, and I run and started #TheBlackpound online campaign in the UK in August 2008. Which is aimed at having a single, high-profile, strategic, collective voice Union of households, of people in the UK who are of Afrikan origin or have a legal or biological relationship with someone who is, which I approximate accounts for around 14 million people in the UK.
Campaign wise – I’m working on getting the #BlackpoundUnion #SpendingPOWER off the ground and registered as a corporation, and separately a #Blackpound educational charity, so we can canvass on supermarket premises, and sell merchandise inside, whilst canvassing on the premises, recruiting new Union members too. It will help to immediately create 30 jobs within the Union. And hundreds of good earning opportunities for members of the Union.
Online Social Networks
Online Social Networks – Twitter, Facebook Instagram and LinkedIn. All’s good with the #Blackpound #campaign on all these social networks. Though, we could do with a lot more Twitter followers… @BlackpoundUK 🖲
USA 🇺🇸
We’re honoured to have the NAACP, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr, and Louis Farrakhan and seventeen Bishops amongst others from the United States, supporting #TheBlackpound #OnlineConsumerCampaign on X.com (formally Twitter).
The Team
The Team – I’m currently working on putting together a trustworthy and capable #Blackpound campaign UNION ‘Team’ to formally setup the Union as a corporation, as the campaign approaches its sixteenth year anniversary in August 2024.
The Corporation
The Corporation – Once the campaign is incorporated, we then intend to make representations to SkyUK to secure £3m per year in funding, which will essentially be a ‘Agency’, contract with SkyTV and include an Broadcasting Ambassador and a team of 13 Aides, to monitor the spending of £300m per year in BAME ‘ring-fenced’, spending, and creating a budget for advertising, to raise awareness of the ‘ring-fencing’ at ‘grassroots’, street level. As well as, pushing other broadcasters to take similar steps.One of our eighteen Honorary Founder Members: Lenny Henry in 2014 managed to get this (£300m pa) money ‘ring-fenced’ at #SkyTV.Below, are some blog links to press articles about the #SkyUK ring-fencing:TV subscriptions – A very serious issue@SkyUK @BBC @LennyHenry#ClickonLink👇🏿http://wp.me/p4IsC2-msSkyTV 20% for
Sponsorship – We intend to secure a £100m per annual, sponsorship agreement with one of the major, mobile communications providers. I estimate, that #OurCommUnity combined spending with just one of these network providers some £100m plus, per week. #OurCommUnity cannot afford to continue such consumer patronage, whilst, we don’t even have an office the size of a dogs kennel, or a supermarket trolly shed… Without some reciprocation, some symbiosis…
Thanx!
Thank you so very much for taking the time to look me up and, even more, for your kind support for the #BlackpoundUNION campaign initiative.
More Info
For more #info, on the #BlackpoundUnion click the link immediately below:
Let’s continue to work together, in #Umoja and the spirit of #Ubuntu helping and respecting each other…
Just Holla
Anything, just call ☎️+44 78 10 10 3694#Three #WhatsApp #Skype #GoogleMeets or just press the Messenger, phone icon button… via Facebook Messenger
We can have a chat…
Again, thank you so very much for your kindness in looking me up. Let’s see if we can together do something historic and of great collective benefit to #OurCommUNITY by #RaisingOurselvesUpCollectively #Morestrength2U💪🏿
UK Black Family Household UNION™ 