A charity dedicated to promoting racial harmony has removed one of its trustees with immediate effect following a complaint from UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) about antisemitic social media posts.

Furness Multi-Cultural Community Forum, a registered charity based in Barrow-in-Furness, confirmed on 3 November 2026 that Lee Kenneth Wicks had been removed as a trustee after UKLFI raised concerns about his Facebook activity.

The charity told UKLFI:

“Furness Multi-Cultural Community Forum does not condone antisemitic behaviour under any circumstances. Mr Wicks has now been removed as a trustee with immediate effect.”

It added that Mr Wicks had not engaged with the organisation since January 2026 and that steps to remove him were already underway.

UKLFI had written to the charity’s Chair on 30 October, highlighting 13 social media posts shared by Mr Wicks which included antisemitic conspiracy theories, comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany, and disturbing images demonising Jews and Israelis. These included:

• a sinister skeletal figure holding a baby against an Israeli flag, captioned “BABY KILLERS”, invoking the historic antisemitic blood libel
• an image of an Orthodox Jewish man appearing to encourage the “rape and murder of children on Shabbat” while denouncing the use of electricity on Shabbat – demonising Jews and also invoking the blood libel, while at the same time ridiculing their religious practises
• An image declaring “EVERY ZIONIST IS AN ENEMY TO ALL”
• Various images suggesting that Britain and the United States were controlled by Israel
• posts comparing Israel to Nazi Germany
• promotion of a conspiracy theory suggesting that Israel, rather than Hamas, was responsible for the killings on 7 October 2023.

UKLFI pointed out that several of the posts appeared to fall within examples of antisemitism identified by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism.

The posts were particularly concerning given the charity’s mission to promote racial and religious harmony and its slogan: “Supporting people, challenging racism and celebrating diversity since 2003.”

UKLFI reminded the charity that Charity Commission guidance requires trustees to act in their charity’s best interests and avoid conduct that could compromise its integrity, reputation or charitable purposes.

UKLFI argued that Mr Wicks’s posts went far beyond legitimate criticism of Israel and were fundamentally incompatible with the responsibilities of a trustee of an anti-racism charity.

A UKLFI spokesperson said:

“We welcome the prompt confirmation that Mr Wicks has been removed as a trustee. It is extraordinary that someone who circulated such deeply offensive material about Jews and Israelis could occupy a position of responsibility in a charity dedicated to challenging racism.

“Charities promoting tolerance and racial harmony must apply those principles consistently. Antisemitism cannot be excused simply because it is expressed under the guise of hostility towards Israel.

“We are pleased that Furness Multi-Cultural Community Forum has made clear that antisemitic behaviour has no place in its organisation.”

The posts were originally highlighted by the antisemitism-monitoring website GnasherJew. Mr Wicks’s Facebook page has subsequently become inaccessible.