The families within the UFFC coalition are diligent in seeking justice for loved ones lost at the hands of the state. Our work of over two decades is centred on supporting each other in any way we can.
Our MEMBERS LEAD THE WAY
Constituted as an Unincorporated Association (sometimes referred to as an unregistered charity), we are a membership organisation whose activities are directed entirely by our members.
For over 20 years, we have worked tirelessly to support families in organising demonstrations, approaching the media, holding vigils outside police stations, and urging the judicial system to respond to evidence of policy brutality.
KEY MILESTONES
1999
We hold our first Annual Remembrance Procession from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street.
2001
Migrant Media make the groundbreaking film Injustice about deaths in police custody.
2005
We support the No Shoot To Kill Campaign after
Jean Charles de Menezes was shot and killed by SO19 officers outside Stockwell Tube Station.
2021
BLM UK provides funding for The People’s Tribunal, a process of independent investigations into deaths in police custody
2022
The year of our 23rd Annual Rally, attended by a bitter-sweet record number of bereaved families and supporters.
#NEVERFORGET
Over the years, the list of deaths in police custody sadly grows longer and longer. We want the world to remember each person not just as a name, but someone whose memory is cherished by the people closest to them. Below are some of the earlier cases who influenced us to begin this work – click on each photo to read their story.
Our PARTNERS
Learn more about some of our key collaborators.
MIGRANT MEDIA
Migrant Media is a collective of radical documentary film makers embedded in communities of social and political interest. Their work has a focus on race, class and resistance.
BLM UK
A non-political, non-partisan, non-violence social civil rights movement asserting Black Lives Matter, and that Black people must be treated as humanely and as fairly as white people.
4WARD EVER UK
Dedicated to the memory of Mikey Powell, 4wardEverUK works with other campaigns, organisations and families to give exposure to their issues and causes.
INQUEST
INQUEST is the only charity providing expertise on state related deaths and their investigation to bereaved people, lawyers, advice and support agencies, the media and parliamentarians.
