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The official Twitter account for the Windrush Foundation UK | Delivering Black British, African & Caribbean heritage projects & events since 1995.

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Next week in Southwark, London, sees the start of an 18-month rollout of Windrush Education Resources in schools there. Windrush Foundation will be aiming to make three school visits each week. Primary and secondary schools can DOWNLOAD FREE from windrushfoundation.com

Next week in Southwark, London, sees the start of an 18-month rollout of Windrush Education Resources in schools there. Windrush Foundation will be aiming to make three school visits each week. Primary and secondary schools can DOWNLOAD FREE from windrushfoundation.com
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These Windrush Education Resources (free downloads) are based on original stories of ex-RAF WWII serviceman Sam King MBE (1926-2016). He was co-founder of Windrush Foundation and founder of Windrush Day which is commemorated on June 22. Sam was a passenger on Empire Windrush.

These Windrush Education Resources (free downloads) are based on original stories of ex-RAF WWII serviceman Sam King MBE (1926-2016). He was co-founder of Windrush Foundation and founder of Windrush Day which is commemorated on June 22. Sam was a passenger on Empire Windrush.
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Join us TODAY 25 FEBRUARY 2024
from 7pm as we celebrate the seminal work of the late Sam King and launch a new book MAN OF THE PEOPLE. He was first to have organised Windrush commemorations and coined 'Windrush Generation'. Free tickets from Eventbrite
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Join us TODAY 25 FEBRUARY 2024 from 7pm as we celebrate the seminal work of the late Sam King and launch a new book MAN OF THE PEOPLE. He was first to have organised Windrush commemorations and coined 'Windrush Generation'. Free tickets from Eventbrite tinyurl.com/yc446ytp
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Download FREE from Windrush Foundation, the organisation that started it all, a suite of six Education Resources that will provide you with the true meaning of Windrush and a specific chapter of West Indian history in postwar Britain.
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Windrush Foundation who in 1995 created annual Windrush commemorations just published a suite of seven Education Resources for educators, pupils and students. The resources can be downloaded free with the compliments of National Lottery Heritage Fund from windrushfoundation.com

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Download our NEW Windrush eBook:
WINDRUSH PIONEERS & CHAMPIONS
which includes the stories and experiences of more than 90 passengers who arrived on June 22, 1948, at Tilbury Docks, Essex, on the Empire Windrush:
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Join us today at Black Cultural Archive, Windrush Square, SW2 1EF from 1.30pm to 4pm as we LAUNCH a NEW BOOK that features more than 90 men and women who arrived on June 22, 1948 at Tilbury Docks, on Empire Windrush. FREE TICKETS FROM EVENTBRITE. tinyurl.com/tuutcsnc

Join us today at Black Cultural Archive, Windrush Square, SW2 1EF from 1.30pm to 4pm as we LAUNCH a NEW BOOK that features more than 90 men and women who arrived on June 22, 1948 at Tilbury Docks, on Empire Windrush. FREE TICKETS FROM EVENTBRITE. tinyurl.com/tuutcsnc
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TOPIC: EMPIRE, WAR & WINDRUSH
SUNDAY 12 NOVEMBER from 2pm
BCA, WINDRUSH SQUARE, SW2 1EF
FREE EVENTBRITE TICKETS.

The Presentation will include stories about how the first West Indian colony, Bermuda, was occupied by the English from 1609 to date. Join us.
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TOPIC: EMPIRE, WAR & WINDRUSH SUNDAY 12 NOVEMBER from 2pm BCA, WINDRUSH SQUARE, SW2 1EF FREE EVENTBRITE TICKETS. The Presentation will include stories about how the first West Indian colony, Bermuda, was occupied by the English from 1609 to date. Join us. tinyurl.com/dww9btah
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WINDRUSH FOUNDATION invites you to the launch of ‘TALLAWAH’, WINDRUSH GENERATION POETRY, the first book of its kind, on 1st OCTOBER 2023 - 2pm to 4pm BLACK CULTURAL ARCHIVES, 1 WINDRUSH SQUARE, SW2 1EF,
FREE TICKETS FROM EVENTBRITE
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THE EQUIANO SOCIETY
presents
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF
QUOBNA OTTOBAH CUGOANO
ZOOM EVENT on 3 OCTOBER 2023 from 7pm to 8:30pm

Presentation by Emeritus Professor Vincent Carretta; Q&A led by Arthur Torrington | Poetry by Nairobi Thompson.
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WINDRUSH FOUNDATION launches 'TALLAWAH', WINDRUSH GENERATION POETRY book
1st OCTOBER 2023 - 2pm to 4pm BLACK CULTURAL ARCHIVES, 1 WINDRUSH SQUARE, SW2 1EF
FREE TICKETS FROM EVENTBRITE
tinyurl.com/28cd94vk

WINDRUSH FOUNDATION launches 'TALLAWAH', WINDRUSH GENERATION POETRY book 1st OCTOBER 2023 - 2pm to 4pm BLACK CULTURAL ARCHIVES, 1 WINDRUSH SQUARE, SW2 1EF FREE TICKETS FROM EVENTBRITE tinyurl.com/28cd94vk
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WINDRUSH FOUNDATION launches
‘TALLAWAH’ WINDRUSH GENERATION POETRY book
1st OCTOBER 2023 - 2pm to 4pm BLACK CULTURAL ARCHIVES, 1 WINDRUSH SQUARE, SW2 1EF
FREE TICKETS FROM EVENTBRITE
tinyurl.com/28cd94vk

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INVITATION to an inspirational Exhibition: FROM EMANCIPATION TO WINDRUSH. The display explains the journeys of Caribbean Africans who were agents in the struggles that abolished chattel slavery. The Exhibition discusses the arrival of Empire Windrush on June 22, 1948, in England.

INVITATION to an inspirational Exhibition: FROM EMANCIPATION TO WINDRUSH. The display explains the journeys of Caribbean Africans who were agents in the struggles that abolished chattel slavery. The Exhibition discusses the arrival of Empire Windrush on June 22, 1948, in England.
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JUSTICE FOR KELSO COCHRANE (1926-1959)
He was a black man stabbed to death by a white gang on a London street. His death brought the local community together, black and white - it helped lead to laws against discrimination…
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What a night! Lewisham came together in style, in one of the largest Windrush celebrations in the UK.

Marking 75 years since the arrival of the HMT Empire Windrush to a full-house at the Catford Broadway Theatre.

Thread 1/3 What a night! Lewisham came together in style, in one of the largest Windrush celebrations in the UK. Marking 75 years since the arrival of the HMT Empire Windrush to a full-house at the Catford Broadway Theatre.
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WINDRUSH 75: Join us at 6pm TODAY @ LAMBETH TOWN HALL, LONDON, as we celebrate the life of Sam King MBE. He founded Windrush Day on 22 June 1948 and first coined the term: Windrush Generation. EVENT hosted by WINDRUSH FOUNDATION. Free entry.

WINDRUSH 75: Join us at 6pm TODAY @ LAMBETH TOWN HALL, LONDON, as we celebrate the life of Sam King MBE. He founded Windrush Day on 22 June 1948 and first coined the term: Windrush Generation. EVENT hosted by WINDRUSH FOUNDATION. Free entry.
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Join us at 6pm on 19 June at Lambeth Town Hall to celebrate the life of Sam King MBE, He was the Founder of Windrush Day, and the one who first coined the term: WINDRUSH GENERATION. FREE EVENTBRITE TICKETS eventbrite.co.uk/e/windrush-75-…

Join us at 6pm on 19 June at Lambeth Town Hall to celebrate the life of Sam King MBE, He was the Founder of Windrush Day, and the one who first coined the term: WINDRUSH GENERATION. FREE EVENTBRITE TICKETS eventbrite.co.uk/e/windrush-75-…
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Join us tomorrow at V&A South Kensington, 2pm to hear in conversation with renowned presenter . The V&A website is down at the moment - call to book +44(0)20 79422000 use promo code: ARTHURSIX for £6 tickets bit.ly/43EmNWo

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This Saturday, join British Guyanese community leader, activist, and historian Arthur Torrington CBE in conversation with renowned presenter Diane Louise Jordan. vam.ac.uk/event/lGQ20Akb…

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Launching at the Black Cultural Archives, Brixton, today ‘No Regrets’, a Windrush Heritage video and book featuring Empire Windrush passenger John Richards, age 97.

Launching at the Black Cultural Archives, Brixton, today ‘No Regrets’, a Windrush Heritage video and book featuring Empire Windrush passenger John Richards, age 97.
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