People Like Us
is an award-winning
not-for-profit
dedicated to supporting
UK professionals
from minority ethnic backgrounds.
is an award-winning
not-for-profit
dedicated to supporting
UK professionals
from minority ethnic backgrounds.
We are a community and a movement. Since 2019, People Like Us has brought together thousands of professionals, delivered mentoring programmes, shaped industry conversations, and championed legislative change. Backed by leading brands and driven by lived experience, our mission is to ensure that equity is not an afterthought but the foundation of every workplace.
Our Partners
events
Featured Event
People Like Us x Financial Times: Cannes Lions 2026
We’re back. And we’re going bigger.
People Like Us and the Financial Times return to the Nikkei FT Teahouse for an invitation-only evening of keynote conversations, creative showcases and real networking, championing the voices reshaping the global creative industries.
The stories being told still don’t reflect the full range of human experience. The brands and creatives closing that gap are the ones pulling ahead. That’s what this evening is about.
Applications are open for the 3-Minute Creative Challenge. No sales pitches. Just powerful work and the people behind it.
Featured Event
People Like Us x Hope&Glory PR: The Creative Exchange
Five creatives. Five campaigns. One room full of people who actually get it.
The Creative Exchange is a night for the marketers, creatives, and comms folks behind campaigns that speak to minority audiences and the brilliant minds who should be making more of them.
Expect real networking, free food and drinks, and a pub tab. Oh, and badges so nobody has to guess why you’re there.
Spotlight
Campaign
NAME THE BIAS
This powerful campaign exposed the inequity faced by ethnic minority workers in the UK. At its centre is a short film by award-winning director Naghmeh Pour and New Land, with spoken word artist Yasmin Ali highlighting the need for workplace change.
Inspired by Oxford University research showing ethnically diverse candidates must send 60% more applications to get a response, the campaign calls on government to set a timeline for ethnicity pay gap reporting and shares expert guidance on tackling pay inequity at work.
