WINDRUSH 2022 NEWSLETTER
Celebrating Windrush Day 2022 Print version available in selected supermarkets whilst stocks last.
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Jamaicans in Britain: A Legacy of Leadership
Jamaicans in Britain: A Legacy of Leadership Edited by Joy Sigaud The long-awaited book Jamaicans in Britain: A Legacy of Leadership, published by Editions Media on behalf of the Jamaican High Commission, has finally come to fruition and will be officially launched in March 2022. The book gives a deep insight into the lives of many […]
Read MoreWindrush 2021 Newsletter Editions Extra!
Windrush Day 2021, Editions Extra! Packed with News and Features, Read about immigration issues and deportees, the origins of the London police force, who was Britain’s first Caribbean policeman in 1837? The Windrush Caribbean Film Festival now in its second year. Read here. Click on square to expand Also available at selected Sainsbury’s Asda and […]
Read MoreBlack History Month EDITIONS® Lifestyle Magazine 20/21 Read Here
Click to read The magazine: available in selected major supermarkets. A big thank you to our readers and supporters. We have been informed by the supermarkets that the uptake was 100% within the first few days of Black History Month 2020. If you missed it you can read it here. Plus: Editions Extra! Black History […]
Read MoreWindrush Day 2022 Monument Unveiled at London Waterloo Station – Photo Gallery
By Joy Sigaud WINDRUSH DAY 2022 The National Monument unveiled at Waterloo Station London attended by HRH Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Members of the Windrush generation and their families joined HRH Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at London Waterloo Station today to witness the unveiling of the National Windrush Monument. Designed by renowned Jamaican […]
Read MoreWindrush Day 2022 Projects Awarded Funding Plus Events for National Windrush Day ’22
As Windrush Day 2022 approaches, scores of events, shows, exhibitions and interactive projects are in the pipeline providing something for all to enjoy. The Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities (DLUHC) have announced the names of those who have received funding from the Windrush Day Grant Scheme ’22 and commemorative events for Windrush […]
Read MoreJamaicans in Britain – A Legacy of Leadership The Book
PURCHASE A COPY OF JAMAICANS IN BRITAIN: A LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP by clicking on the link below: Buy the book here (please note this is an external link which takes you to the Jamaican High Commission purchase order page) Over 1,000 names, over 500 bios. Co-Author and Editor Joy Sigaud says: “When the […]
Read MoreWINDRUSH DAY 2022 CELEBRATIONS – GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES FUNDS
From today community groups can bid for funds to celebrate the Windrush Generation and their contribution to British society. The government has funded more than 130 Windrush Day projects since 2019 and this year’s scheme encourages proposals that tell the Windrush story in unique and exciting ways Community projects celebrating the Windrush generation will be […]
Read MoreReggae Music – Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity – UNESCO
Jamaican reggae music is on the Unesco World Heritage List. Inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, to great jubilation in 2018 after much campaigning and lobbying led by the Minister of Sports, Youth and Culture, Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange. Borne and forged in the ghettos of Western Kingston Jamaica, the […]
Read MoreWar Memorial – Honouring African and Caribbean Soldiers Re-opened
According to the organisers, hundreds of people are expected to gather in Windrush Square in Brixton, London, at the African & Caribbean War Memorial on Sunday November 14th for the fifth annual Remembrance Parade. The event will commemorate the two million African and Caribbean soldiers who served in World War I and World […]
Read MoreWar Hero Allan Wilmot’s Story – A Tribute
ALLAN CHARLES WILMOT (1925 – 2021) Allan volunteered first for the Royal Navy in 1941 when there was a call for volunteer servicemen from Jamaica. He saw an advertisement in the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper when he was sixteen and a half years old and the advertisement stated that the British government needed recruits for the […]
Read MoreBlack Cultural Archives Managing Director Resigns
The Black Cultural Archives (BCA) have announced that Managing Director Arike Oke is to step down from 30th October 2021. During her tenure she has overseen the running of the BCA and has seen the organisation set on a firm footing establishing the 2030 Strategy with the board. The most recent feat is the Black […]
Read MoreBasil Watson Appointed to Design National Windrush Monument
Internationally renowned artist Basil Watson has been selected to design the National Windrush Monument, which will stand at London Waterloo station. The unveiling is expected to take place on Windrush Day, June 22nd 2022. The monument, which is backed by £1 million of government funding, will pay tribute to the dreams, ambition, courage and resilience of the Windrush […]
Read MoreWindrush Generation – Is it inclusive enough?
Arthur Torrington co-founder of the Windrush Foundation argues that all Caribbean veterans who came for the war effort and remained in Britain should be officially included and recognised under the banner of the Windrush Generation. In 2018 the British government came up with a definition of the ‘Windrush Generation’ as “Caribbean people who arrived […]
Read MoreUPRISING – Another visceral feat from Steve McQueen
A new series examining three major events that took place in 1981 in the Black British Community UPRISING is the BBC’s New Series From Academy Award Winner Steve McQueen – a vivid and visceral three-part series for BBC One examining three events from 1981: – in January 1981 the New Cross Fire killed 13 black […]
Read MoreBlack Design Company in John Lewis
Karen Hamilton-Bannis founder of AK-Wilde has designed a range of soft furnishings in honour of the Windrush Generation pioneers capturing some of the essence of their heritage. These will be available this month for a limited period. AK-Wilde’s range of bespoke printed accessories is thoughtfully hand designed by the artist and print designer Karen Hamilton-Bannis. […]
Read MoreGuyanese Born Neurologist, James Samuel Risien Russell, Receives English Heritage Blue Plaque
As the science of neurology was emerging in the last century James Risien Russell became one of the UK’s first leading Black consultants. A true pioneer in his field Dr Russell was born in what was then British Guiana. One of Britain’s first black British consultants, pioneering neurologist James Samuel Risien Russell has been commemorated […]
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