40-20-1 Event: Celebration, Memorial & Gala Campaigner Awards 2023

4WardEverUK • 8 December 2023

provided by: Memorial Family Fund

published: 7 December 2023

Image Credit: Charmaine Burton


This article is dedicated to Benjamin Zephaniah (cousin of Mikey Powell), who died on 7 December 2023 aged 65.

He died in the early hours of Thursday morning after being diagnosed with a brain tumour eight weeks ago.


The first National Mikey Powell Memorial Family Fund (NMPMFF) Annual Gala Dinner & Campaigners Awards for 2023 (in conjunction with INQUEST) took place on 25 November 2023 at the Legacy Centre, Birmingham, and combined three significant events in-one.

The full pre-event article can be seen here >


The event was a huge success with over 150 people in attendance from locations all over

the country. These included affected families, campaigns, voluntary and statutory organisations, regulatory bodies and solicitors firms. See the event programme here >


Tippa Naphtali, NMPMFF founder and Development & Fundraising Manager, said;

"While we will never forget what happened on the night of Mikey's killing, it is his life and how he lived it, that will continue to inspire us to develop mental health and wellbeing initiatives for those affected by state custody deaths and killings, and we will continue to work with others for an end to deaths, killings and abuse at the hands of the state."


Read the full article / see gallery here >

The activists campaign awards went to 16 recipients

in the following categories:


  • Mikey Powell Youth Action Award
  • Pauline Campbell Systems Change Award
  • Gilly Mundy Family Advocacy Award
  • Joy Gardner Arts & Education Award


See the full award list here >

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