We are delighted to announce that  David Lammy MP has agreed to become a patron for Trailblazers.

Lammy is the Labour Member of Parliament for Tottenham, where he was born and raised. After being elected for the seventh time in December 2019, he was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Justice.  As part of this role, Lammy built on his landmark review of the criminal justice system, which explored the treatment of and outcomes for Black and minority ethnic people in British courts and prisons. The review included 35 wide-ranging policy recommendations for the government and criminal justice sectors.  He is renowned for his role in securing justice for those victims of the Windrush Scandal as well as victims of London’s Grenfell Tower Fire, winning both GQ’s and the Political Studies Association’s Politician of the Year in 2018.

We are thrilled to have someone of his stature not just recognising our work, but indeed to formally endorse it by becoming our patron.