Should Wimbledon end its sponsorship deal with Barclays?
Film stars and celebrities are calling on Wimbledon to end its new sponsorship deal with Barclays over the bank's support for fossil fuel projects.
The letter is from Make My Money Matter, a campaign group co-founded by Curtis that seeks to transform the financial system to put "people and planet on a par with profit". "Put simply, Barclays is financing and profiting from climate chaos, and accepting a sponsorship deal from them is an endorsement of these actions," the letter said.
"We do not believe sponsorship from Europe's largest funder of fossil fuels is consistent with this approach," the letter states.In a statement the All England Club said it welcomed Barclays as "the latest addition to our family of official partners".
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