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| Black Pound Day | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Black Pound Day |
| Observed by | United Kingdom |
| Type | National |
| Significance | Supports black owned businesses. |
| Date | First Saturday of every month. |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Related to | Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black Lives Matter |
Black Pound Day (officially Black Pound Day,[1] and sometimes referred to as BPD)[2] is held on the first Saturday of every month with the first date being June 27th 2020.[3]
History
[edit]Black Pound Day launched on Saturday 27 June 2020 in the United Kingdom. Created by So Solid Crew member 'Swiss' after experiencing the Black Lives Matter movement protests in London.[4]
Proposals
[edit]On the first Saturday of each month, to observe Black Pound Day is to divert from spending money in your usual places of retail and invest in Black-owned businesses — both locally and online — to help make the retail economy fairer and more diverse.[5]
Quoted in the Metro (British newspaper), 'Swiss' said regarding Black Pound Day:
‘Black Pound Day is a real solution-based community-empowering campaign and motivating endeavour that will leave a better infrastructure for the next generation to walk into. The day will provide the community with self-pride and a routined spending structure to move forward and close the product to consumer loop.' [6]
‘The community will gain greater knowledge to be able to access and invest in black business. The vision of Black Pound Day is to empower the community to create a new economy which will in turn underpin our long-term financial growth and infrastructure.’[6]
27th June 2020
[edit]Black Pound Day launched on Saturday 27 June 2020. Advising participants upload their receipts from purchases with "Black" owned businesses to the Black Pound Day website and the total of these receipts reached £61,940[7]. Media outlets, BBC Newsbeat[8] , Time Out (magazine)[9], Esquire (magazine)[10], Metro (British newspaper)[11], Stylist (magazine),[12], Men's Health (magazine)[13] wrote articles in support.
Support from the British Government
[edit]On June 24, 2020 Haringey London Borough Council became the first local authority to support the Black Pound Day initiative.[14]
Dates
[edit]2020–2025
| Year | Date | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | - | - | - | - | - | June 27 | - | August 1 | September 5 | October 3 | November 7 | December 5 | |||||||||
| 2021 | January 2 | February 6 | March 6 | April 3 | May 1 | June 5 | July 3 | August 7 | September 4 | October 2 | November 6 | December 4 | |||||||||
| 2022 | January 1 | February 12 | March 5 | April 2 | May 7 | June 4 | July 2 | August 6 | September 3 | October 1 | November 5 | December 3 | |||||||||
| 2023 | January 7 | February 4 | March 4 | April 1 | May 6 | June 3 | July 1 | August 5 | September 2 | October 7 | November 4 | December 2 | |||||||||
| 2024 | January 6 | February 3 | March 2 | April 6 | May 4 | June 1 | July 6 | August 3 | September 7 | October 5 | November 2 | December 7 | |||||||||
| 2025 | January 4 | February 1 | March 1 | April 5 | May 3 | June 7 | July 5 | August 2 | September 6 | October 4 | November 1 | December 6 | |||||||||
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Azana Francis (2020-06-27). "Black Pound Day: The campaign to put more money into black-owned businesses". bbc.co.uk. BBC.
- ^ Men's Health (2020-07-29). "Black Pound Day: Everything You Need to Know, Where to Shop and How to Show Support". menshealth.com. Men's Health.
- ^ Marianna Gould (2020-07-30). "Black Pound Day: Here's Everything You Need To Know And How You Can Support". Delish.com.
- ^ Azana Francis Matt Wareham (2020-06-27). "Black Pound Day: The campaign to put more money into black-owned businesses". Bbc.com/news/newsbeat. BBCNewsbeat.
- ^ Edward Cooper (2020-07-29). "Black Pound Day: Everything You Need to Know, Where to Shop and How to Show Support". Menshealth.com. Men's Health (magazine).
- ^ a b Miranda Larbi (2020-07-27). "Today is the first ever Black Pound Day – here's how to get involved". Metro.co.uk. Metro (British newspaper).
- ^ "Blackpoundday.uk". Blackpoundday.uk. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ Newsbeat (2020-06-27). "'It's a day to invest into the black community because it's time for us to build our own economy' Saturday 27 June is Black Pound Day. This is what it's all about". Bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat. BBC Newsbeat.
- ^ Isabelle Aron (2020-06-26). "Support the first ever Black Pound Day this weekend". timeout.com. Time Out.
- ^ Esquire Editors (2020-07-31). "Support These Black-Owned Publishers On Black Pound Day". esquire.com. Esquire.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Miranda Larbi (2020-07-27). "Today is the first ever Black Pound Day – here's how to get involved". Metro.co.uk. Metro (British newspaper).
- ^ Megan Murray (2020-06-27). "Black Pound Day: what is it and Black-owned businesses to support". Stylist.co.uk. Stylist (magazine).
- ^ Edward Cooper (2020-07-29). "Black Pound Day: Everything You Need to Know, Where to Shop and How to Show Support". Menshealth.com. Men's Health (magazine).
- ^ Harringey London (2020-06-24). "Haringey becomes the UK's first local authority to support Black Pound Day". Harringey.gov.uk.