SMK Foundation

Financial Times Future of Britain Award 2017

In 2016, the Financial Times set up a prize for innovative ideas that could help steer the UK through Brexit. 

New Europeans on the prize in the migration category for our Green Card for Europe proposal to ring-fence the rights and status of EU citizens n the UK and Britons in Europe post Brexit.

Our winning entry, submitted by New Europeans CEO, Roger Casale, was published in the Financial Times on 31 January 2017.

Sheila McKechnie Foundation People’s Choice Award 2017

The SMK National Campaigner Award brings the campaign community together to champion and celebrate campaigning, demonstrate its value and acknowledge success.

One award each year, The People’s Choice Award, is made on the basis of a public vote.

New Europeans won the award for our #RightToStay campaign calling for immediate, comprehensive and unilateral guarantees of the five million EU citizens in the UK and Britons in Europe directly affected by Brexit.

Schwarzkopf Foundation Europe Award

The Schwarzkopf Europe Award is awarded to institutions or public figures who have distinguished themselves in an outstanding way by a committed and dedicated service to either European understanding or the growing together of Europe.

In 2019, the prize was awarded for the first time following a public vote amongst young Europeans (aged 18-35) across Europe.

New Europeans won the award for our Green Card for Europe proposal.

CiDAN/ESDA Award for Citizenship and Human Rights

The CiDAN European Award for Citizenship, Security and Defence rewards outstanding efforts towards promoting European citizenship, and European security and defence awareness.

The prize is organised annually by the association “Civisme Défense Armées Nation” (CiDAN), together with the European Interparliamentary Security and Defence Association under the High Patronage of the President of the European Council.

At the award ceremony in Berlin, Roger Casale, founder and CEO of New Europeans, was also presented with the Medal of the President of the French Republic.

Our vision is of a society enriched and empowered through the full participation of its citizens and permanent residents. We believe each individual should be valued for what they can become, so that communities can grow together in solidarity and peace.

Our mission is to inform EU citizens in the UK and Britons in Europe about their rights, help them to find their voice, and encourage them to play a full part in the local and democratic life of their communities.

We achieve this through our:

Programmes
Grant-funded projects which support EU citizens in the UK and Britons in Europe, for example, to acquire settled status or to register to vote.

Campaings
Membership-led campaigns to make practical improvements to the lives of EU citizens in the UK and Britons in Europe, funded by donations.

Research
Pro-bono, expert-led initiatives, aimed at informing and focussing the public debate about the situation of EU citizens in the UK and Britons in Europe.