Windrush Reminiscence Room - a project by Nubian GLU

An intergenerational reminiscence project where volunteers decorate and curate a disused shipping container turning it into a vintage 1960s Caribbean living room for elders and community to enjoy Windrush wallpaper banner HR.pdf

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Windrush Reminiscence Room www.ReminiscenceRoom.com

A room for remembering Cultural charity Nubian GLU and ShowpatrolTV are working together to bring an authentic 1960s ‘Reminiscence Room’ to Shepherd’s Bush, to help with triggering memories for Windrush-era dementia sufferers, and to create a chilled out space for the community to relax.

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or people with memory loss, or dementia, travelling “back in time” to the good old days – to situations that they once knew well, helps to trigger memories that can bring comfort, or even open up communication avenues between the generations.

Creating a physical space where those memories can be explored safely is the thinking behind the Reminiscence Room project, being launched in June 2019 by cultural charity Nubian GLU, headed by Michelle Brooks of ShowPatrolTV. The project coincides with the new Windrush Day celebration marking the economic, social and cultural contribution of Caribbean-born migrants to the UK during the “Windrush era” of the 1950s-60s.

Our current sponsors and supporters:

The room will be decorated like an authentic 1960 living room with colours and artefacts from that era.

Marcus Bishop Associates Imperial College The Bush Theatre Old Laundry Yard

Events in the space will include storytelling, poetry, screenings and workshops for the community to enjoy.

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham ArtsFest If this project is successful in Shepherd’s Bush, it may be rolled Branduin Business Support out to other areas in London.

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Become a sponsor and add your advert to our event brochure, website or even community film. page 2

Thank you for your support.

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Finding the Reminiscence Room

This is a safe place where you can go if you have memory loss or dementia, or if you would like to take someone who has dementia...

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Old Laundry Yard Shepherd’s Bush Market Shepherds Bush London W12 8EZ United Kingdom

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It’s also a meeting room for young people and elders to meet and interact, perhaps interview each other, and share their cultural tastes and memories such as in music, dress, photos, film or even food.

Tel: 07973 348321

Open to visitors: 1-28 June 2019

– Michelle Brooks, ShowPatrolTV / Nubian GLU Producer / Curator The Reminiscence Project Windrush Week 2019

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Windrush Week Information Day & Fundraiser

Friday 10 May 2019 Nubian GLU is the new Community Group linking up the Generations. website:

www.nubianglu.com email:

NubianGLU@gmail.com Connect on social media: Facebook: @NubianGLU Instagram: @nubianglu Twitter: @MichBrooksTV check:

www.ReminiscenceRoom.com for full events listings and to book

How you can contribute Host a Workshop –

Do you do facials, wrap hair or mix music? Come and host a workshop onsite to share your skills in the living room setting to a group of all ages.

Donate Online

We have a Spacehive crowdfunding page and with enough support the Borough will get involved and add to the page.

Donate if you can to make it happen.

Using your mobile phone camera, scan the QR code below to bring up our crowdfunding page at Spacehive.

Please Like, Follow and Donate. www.tinyurl.com/ ReminiscenceRoomSpacehive

Event boosting by The Contactus Network

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Location: The Invention Rooms 68 Wood Lane, London W12 7TA

Nearest tube: White City (Central Line)

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ith the UK’s first Windrush Day on the horizon, elders and young volunteers from West London gather to discuss the up and coming celebrations in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.

Showpatrol and Nubian GLU introduce themselves and highlight their plans for the coming month and we see a preview of some of the hidden gems that will be on show at the Reminiscence Room installation in June.

RUNNING ORDER: 1300 Registration – Refreshments 1330 Introductions – Sheda, Michelle, Claudette, Frances 1340 The raffle and prizes and our generous donors 1345 Introducing The Pineapple Ice-Bucket – 1st Reading 1400 The Reminiscence Rooms – video 1420 How You Can Play a Part 1430 Quick Quiz – “Name That Tune” 1500 TV shows from history 1520 Introducing the Stereogram – 2nd Reading 1530 INTERVAL 1545 The Spacehive 1600 Announce Raffle Winners 1630 Poetry Readings 1715 Thank Yous – to our supporters and sponsors 1730 Networking, Music and Drinks 1830 Fond Farewell 1900 End