Windrush Foundation Presents GLENDA CAESAR

Sat, 1 October 2022 | 6:30pm – 7:30pm

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Neil Flanigan WWII RAF Veteran

Saturday 10 September

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Windrush Essay Writing Competition

Sam King Windrush Awards

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KS2 & KS3 Lesson Plans for Studying the Empire Windrush and Caribbean Migration

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Windrush 70 Pioneers and Champions

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The Windrush Foundation 70 Years On

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WINDRUSH PROFILES

Windrush Foundation - Norma Best

Norma Best

In 1944, Britain appealed to her colonies for assistance and one of the smallest was British Honduras…

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Windrush Foundation - Sam King

Sam King MBE

Harold was 18 years of age when war as declared in 1939. Hw was working at a foundry in British Guiana…

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Windrush Foundation - Aurthur Curling

Arthur Curling

In 1944, when the British government advertised in Jamaica for volunteers for the Royal Air Force against…

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Windrush Foundation - Cy Grant

Cy Grant

Cy was born in British Guiana (Now Guyana), and was 22 years of age in 1941 when he volunteered to…

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THE BEN TV INTERVIEWS

Windrush Foundation and Ben TV have partnered up to produce interviews that will give you more info about the people and time of Windrush.

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BIRTH OF THE WINDRUSH GENERATION

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BIRTH OF THE WINDRUSH GENERATION

Community Champions

Oku Ekpenyon

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As a former head of history at an inner London secondary school and having taught for 20 years, I was …

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Sonia Brown

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I am a businesswoman, entrepreneur and social networker, and founded theNational Black Women’s Network (NBWN) …

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Sybil Phoenix

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I am a woman of faith, and a Christian who believes strongly in ‘service’ to others; it has been a normal practice during …

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Glenda Caesar arrived with her mother in the UK in 1961 from Dominica ‘as a babe in arms’.

She became a victim of the ‘hostile Environment’. She was unable to work or claim benefits for the following 10 years.

Join us on 1st October and hear her story.
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