The Jimmy Reid Foundation is supported by a group of high-profile patrons
Aamer Anwar Human rights lawyer
Dr Richard Dixon Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland
Winnie Ewing Former MP
Sir Alex Ferguson Former football manager
Jackie Kay Poet, novelist, playwright and Scots Makar
Len McCluskey General Secretary, Unite the Union
Henry McLeish Former First Minister
Tom Nairn Writer and academic
Joan Reid Jimmy Reid’s widow
Grahame Smith Former STUC general secretary
Elaine C Smith Actor and entertainer
Ruth Wishart Journalist and writer
We also acknowledge the inspiration and contributions from the late Iain Banks, author; the late Campbell Christie, former STUC General Secretary; the late Professor Ailsa McKay academic, economist and feminist; and the late Alaistair Gray, artist and writer.