by Windrush Foundation | Apr 1, 2024 | News
WINDRUSH FOUNDATION 28 YEARS ON In 1995, Samuel Beaver King and Arthur Torrington (co-founders) began work on establishing a CHARITY which delivered heritage and community services, helping to strengthen the identity of people of West Indian heritage living in...
by Windrush Foundation | Mar 27, 2024 | FEATURED, News
7 WINDRUSH EDUCATION RESOURCES These Windrush Education Resources are based on original stories of ex-RAF WWII serviceman Samuel Beaver King, better known as Sam King (1926-2016). He came up with the idea of commemorating the arrival of MV Empire Windrush, and worked...
by Windrush Foundation | Mar 8, 2024 | FEATURED, News
FROM EMANCIPATION TO WINDRUSH The Exhibition includes texts and images about life in the West Indies from Emancipation in the 1830s when nearly a million Africans in British colonies won their liberty, having been enslaved for all or most of their lives. After August...
by Windrush Foundation | Feb 16, 2024 | FEATURED, News
The Windrush Line Recognising the contribution of the Windrush generation, who continue to shape and enrich London’s cultural and social identity today. BBC RADIO LONDON WINDRUSH LINE INTERVIEW by BBC RADIO LONDON 20 FEBRUARY 2024...
by Windrush Foundation | Feb 5, 2024 | eBooks, FEATURED, News
Windrush 75 Pioneers & Champions This book, Windrush 75 Pioneers & Champions, celebrates the lives of people who arrived from the West Indies on June 22, 1948, at Tilbury Docks, Essex. It also recognises individuals who later landed in Britain on other...
by Windrush Foundation | Jan 17, 2024 | eBooks, News
Samuel Beaver KingMr Windrush Teachers Guide Windrush Education Resource Upper KS2 The Windrush Foundation has curated this learning resource to provide schools that follow the UK National Curriculum with a scheme of learning that encompasses many different...