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All donations are received and managed by Tippa Naphtali, (through Family Fund partner Naphtali & Associates), founder and proprietor of 4WardEverUK and its partner groups.

"The Fund is making a real difference for families and their campaign groups that need financial support during the long and drawn out struggles for the justice of their loved ones, that can last for decades"

'The needs of affected families and children often get lost in the equally important work of campaigning and lobbying of state institutions. We are changing that with a permanent national fund set up specifically to meet their unique needs'

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About the Family Fund Sponsors

4WardEverUK was launched on 1st June 2006 by its founder, Tippa Naphtali, the cousin of Mikey Lloyd Powell, who died while in the custody of West Midlands Police, Birmingham, UK in September 2003.

4WardEverUK is a progressive community collective providing news and information sharing services for its readers and members. They also organise and collaborate in community events. They launched the National Memorial Family Fund in 2015.

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The United Families & Friends Campaign is a coalition of those affected by deaths in police, prison and psychiatric custody, supports others in similar situations. Established in 1997 initially as a network of black families, the group has expanded and now includes the families and friends of people from varied ethnicities who have also died in custody.

The network includes the families of Leon Patterson (died in police custody in 1992), Roger Sylvester (died after being restrained by police in 1999), Rocky Bennett (died in psychiatric custody in 1998), Harry Stanley (shot dead by police officers in 1999) and Sarah Campbell (died in Styal prison in 2003).

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Migrant Media supports The Memorial Family Fund by carrying out the production of video materials to visualize the needs of the fund and to maintain public interest. 

Migrant Media is a collective of activist filmmakers that have been producing groundbreaking documentary films about the resistance of the families to deaths in custody for over twenty years. Beginning with the Joy Gardner case in 1993 through the multi-award feature documentary ‘INJUSTICE’ in 2001.

Related News Reports

'Forward forever, backward never' - A legacy for Mikey Powell (by Tippa Naphtali)

It was a lazy Sunday morning of 7th September 2003 when I received the devastating news from my sister that my cousin, Michael Powell (known as Mikey), had died during a restraint by West Midlands police officers. This news marked the start of a 15-year journey that would have a significant impact on my life to this day.

- June 2018 -

Get noticed and support The Mikey Powell National Memorial Family Fund

Help raise funds for the National Family Fund by advertising your services, events, conference, screenings and initiatives on the 4WardEverUK website.

- June 2019 -

National Memorial Family Fund Launched

The Birmingham-based 4WardEverUK campaign and the Mikey Powell Campaign have launched a crowdfunding appeal for a national family support fund for relatives, young people and children affected by deaths in state custody in the UK.

The Memorial Family Fund has been set up in remembrance of Mikey Powell and acknowledges the work and campaigning of the late Pauline Campbell.

It was launched on the twelfth anniversary of the death of Mikey Powell, who died on 7 September 2003 after being detained by police in Birmingham.

The Fund also aims to remember the tireless campaigning work of Pauline Campbell, who began campaigning after her daughter Sarah’s death in Styal prison in January 2003.

- September 2015 -