Power to Prosper programme launch
The Runnymede Trust and New Economics Foundation are partnering to deliver Power to Prosper, an ambitious project that seeks to address the root causes of poverty, inequality and problem debt.
We are building a core coalition of partners working with those worst affected by these issues, to build a powerful movement that seeks to create the material conditions in which everyone can thrive. We pursue prosperity in its most generous sense, aiming to empower people with the wealth and security we all need to live healthy, happy and fulfilling lives.
Power to Prosper is based on a shared understanding that the existing status quo cannot deliver these outcomes. A collision of crises makes it clear that we are not “all in this together”. We know that the relationship between poverty and problem debt is not simple, and that debt is a symptom of a much wider issue. Our economy has been shaped so that it works for corporate power and wealthy elites, creating financial systems that produce deep inequalities which hit marginalised groups (such as Black and minority ethnic people, disabled people and single parents) the hardest. The root causes of poverty, inequality and problem debt are built into our economic and social security systems, which need urgent and fundamental change.
Agenda
12:30 - 13:15: Networking lunch
13:15 - 13:30: Introduction to Power to Prosper
13:30 - 14:20: Panel discussion
14:20-14:35: Q&A
14:35 - 14:45: How to get involved
Speakers
Sinai Fleary, Journalist, The Voice
Sinai is a journalist and editor, she has written for a wide range of local, national and international publications including the Independent, the Voice Newspaper, HuffPost UK, the Gleaner, South West Londoner, Pride Magazine, Gal-Dem Magazine and others. She is also a broadcast journalist at the award-winning Colourful Radio.
Nonhlanhla Makuyana (they/them), Co-Director, Decolonising Economics
Nonhlanhla is a liberatory economist, author of Hajar Press’ forthcoming book Our Value is Care and co-Director at Decolonising Economics.
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Candice James BEM (she/her), Director, Loughborough Community Centre
Candice James BEM has directed Loughborough Community Centre (LCC) for 14 years. Located in Brixton, the charity focuses on supporting families and children experiencing poverty.
Muna Yassin MBE (she/her), CEO, Rooted Finance
With over 20 years’ experience working in financial inclusion, Muna leads Rooted Finance, supporting London's diverse ethnic communities in financial distress.
Ugo Ikokwu (he/him), Grant Manager, Trust for London
Ugo leads Trust for London’s Racial and Economic Justice programme. Previously, he directed programmes at the Fore Trust, managing grants for UK-based small charities and social enterprises. Ugo also spent six years at the Social Investment Business (SIB), handling investment, grants, and business development.
Dr Danny Sriskandarajah (he/him), chief executive, New Economics Foundation
Danny is chief executive of the New Economics foundation, a charity which seeks to transform the economy so it works for people and the planet.
Dr Shabna Begum (she/her), Interim CEO, Runnymede Trust
Shabna is interim co-CEO of the Runnymede Trust, the UK’s leading independent race equality think tank.
