Organizations across Leeds United in the commitment to eradicate racism.

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Leeds have come together to massively support the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health Care Partnership (WY&H HCP) anti-racist movement. With over 40 organizations across the city united in a commitment to end racism.

Along with Councilor James Lewis, Head of Leeds City Council, and Tom Riordan, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Leeds Health and Care Partnership Executive Group, more than 40 organizations and civic leaders are supporting the movement.

Organizations and individuals in Leeds are also encouraged to get involved in the Root Out Racism movement and are encouraged to show their support online, using #WYHRootOutRacism and sharing their own personal commitments.

Ahead of the start of the movement, Cllr Jonathan Pryor, Deputy Head of Council and Executive Member for Economics, Culture and Education, said: I welcome the broad support in Leeds for such an important movement. We all have an important role to play so that racism does not have its place in our city or our society. This message reminds us all of the hard work required to ensure we create a fairer and more equal city for all of us.

Leaders from across Leeds have come together to issue a joint statement expressing their commitment to working together to end racism and their shared commitment to the movement moving forward.

The commitment:

As leaders in Leeds, we are committed to working together to eradicate racism in all its forms in our organizations and our city. Eradicating racism is everyone’s business and we all have a role to play in combating racism wherever we find it.

Leeds is a richly diverse and multicultural city, which we all see as one of our greatest assets. We are proud of our fantastic individuals, communities and organizations who work tirelessly to create a fairer city for everyone and will continue to support and work with them.

We are committed to building a city in which everyone feels safe, valued and in their place. At the heart of this commitment, we oppose racism in all its forms. While we are proud of the progress we have made in Leeds, we recognize that racism and discrimination still exist and that there is still work to be done.

We are committed to having thought-provoking conversations about how we can do more to eradicate racism and discrimination and to support those who have experienced it.

Together we will ensure that racism has no place in Leeds.

Signed by:

Cllr James Lewis, Chief, Leeds City Council

Cllr Jonathan Pryor, Deputy Head, Leeds City Council

Tom Riordan, CEO, Leeds City Council and Chairman Leeds Health and Care PEG

Dr Sara Munro, CEO, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Jenny Lewis, Director of Human Resources and Organizational Development, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Tracy Brabin, Mayor, West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Tim Ryley, CEO, NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group

Jim Barwick, CEO, Confederation Leeds GP

Hannah Davies, CEO, Healthwatch Leeds

Heather Nelson, CEO, Black Health Initiative

Dr Liz Mear, Managing Director, Leeds Academic Health Partnership

Pip Goff and Linda Glew, Forum Central

Simon Phillips and Rasool Bhamani, Co-Chairs, Leeds Faith Forum

Nik Peasgood, CEO, Leeds Women’s Aid

Chris Hollins, President, Third Sector Leeds / Voluntary Action Leeds

Richard Jackson, CEO, Leeds Volunteer Action

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