WINDRUSH 75 WHAT’S ON

ing portfolios and CVs; placement opportunities with Bounce, and a final film screening co-curated by young participants to celebrate creativity of Caribbean storytellers, artists and filmmakers.

For further information: www.bouncecinema.com n Bath Ethnic Minority Senior Citizens Association (BEMSCA)

This project will create an interactive exhibition celebrating the life of Bath’s Windrush generation. Visitors will enjoy a lively and educational experience through a unique mural showcasing the Windrush story, artefacts, photos, audio and video interviews with members of the Caribbean community living in Bath, hosted at Fairfield House. Further information: www.bemsca.com n The Brixton Project London & National

In the first public spectacle of its kind, ‘Procession’ brings together diverse communities in a shared celebration that cements the histories, experiences, and voices of the Windrush generation in the fabric of British heritage. From the Deep Shelters at Clapham Common to Brixton’s Windrush Square, Procession will follow the journey from the first temporary accommodation for arrivals to the Job Exchange on Coldharbour Lane.

For further information: www.thebrixtonproject.com n BLACK* artists on the Move Bristol

This organisation will hold a crossgenerational literary lunch in Bristol on National Windrush Day, inviting elders and school children to attend. The event will feature readings from all four books published through its 2022 Windrush work, will work with one key library in each locality, providing intergenerational community workshops and also work with communities in each region to compose two further anthologies.

For further information: www. blackartistsonthemove.com n Bounce Legacy London

This project will showcase outstanding British Caribbean artists and filmmakers. It includes a Windrush Day launch event featuring short films by British Caribbean filmmakers followed by Q&A with inspirational artists discussing the contribution of the Windrush generation; A 2-month training programme for 16-25-year-olds from Caribbean backgrounds; 1-2-1 mentoring with support on building portfolios and CVs; placement opportunities with Bounce, and a final film screening co-curated by young participants to celebrate creativity of Caribbean storytellers, artists and filmmakers.

For further information: www.bouncecinema.com n Brighton Book Festival

This project will deliver a multiday celebration of the 75th anniversary to inform, inspire and entertain audiences of all ages and backgrounds. The project will comprise two family festivals, using readings, arts and crafts and interactive activities, as well as young poet’s workshop drawing inspiration from British Caribbean poetry. See also page 46

For further information: www. brightonbookfestival.co.uk n Enfield Caribbean Association

This project will produce an illustrated children’s book for 4-7-year-old children, and a Windrush resource pack to be used in secondary schools to teach about the Windrush generation. The book will be launched in a library, with schools invited to attend. A copy of the book will be given to each primary school. The project also includes a Windrush thanksgiving celebration on National Windrush Day, with a film screening of the Windrush Voices documentary film.

For further information: www. enfieldcaribbeanassoc.org.uk n Collage Arts London

The project is an intergenerational collaboration, bringing together elders and young people of the Caribbean communities in Haringey to create four children’s books of inspiring true-life celebratory stories from the Windrush generation and their descendants. These books will be shared with all primary schools in the borough and shared digitally free online. Collage Arts will also create films and podcasts of the stories being told that will be shared online.

For further information: www.collage-art.org n Craftspace Birmingham

This intergenerational project will celebrate how textile crafts and making travelled from the Caribbean to England. A group of Caribbean artists and elders in Birmingham will collaboratively devise a ‘Front Room’ exhibit in a city centre shop space to learn how Caribbean crafting was a catalyst for social and economic change and acknowledge the contribution of Windrush craft heritage to British culture and other spheres of life.

For further information: www.craftspace.co.uk

n Devon Development Education (DDE)

A programme of events celebrating Windrush 75 in Devon, including: a flag-raising/speeches at Devon County Hall, a specially commissioned Devon Windrush flag, with the Chair of Devon County Council, councillors and Windrush group members in attendance. Windrush/ Caribbean activitie includes a new educational Windrush 75 exhibi- tion; and a July/August heritage pop-up centre in an Exeter highstreet shop to discuss Windrush 75 programme of cultural events. For further information: www.globalcentredevon.org.uk n Creative City England

Manchester

This project will be driven by a diverse group of young people aged 11-16, who will attend a series of 12 workshops to explore the Windrush story, learn new skills, meet key individuals and artists, and design an event. The culmination is a National Windrush Day event that will educate, celebrate, and inspire community cohesion through food, music, exhibition, film showing, performances and speakers. For further information: www.creheartcic.com n Cricket Arena Sheffield

A cricket festival and series of cricket matches will be held at the Sheffield Caribbean Sports Club, with a Caribbean culture theme celebrating the Windrush generation and inspiring youth. It will include traditional Caribbean music and dance, food vendors, speakers on Windrush stories, local cricket tournament, and a children’s area with games and activities.

For further information: www. instagram.com/cricketarena.x n Creheart-Collective

Birmingham

GIVING VOICES will celebrate the contribution of the black and migrant communities in Dudley. Young adults of Afro-Caribbean descent will create a cross-disciplinary stage piece to celebrate the Windrush generation’s contribution to the society. The performance will be showcased at Creheart Community Centre and Brierley Hill civic hall.

n Enfield Caribbean Association

This project will produce an illustrated children’s book for 4-7-year-old children, and a Windrush resource pack to be used in secondary schools to teach about the Windrush generation. The book will be launched in a library, with schools invited to attend. A copy of the book will be given to each primary school. The project also includes a Windrush thanksgiving celebration on National Windrush Day, with a film screening of the Windrush Voices documentary film.

For further information: www. enfieldcaribbeanassoc.org.uk n Broxbourne Borough Council

This project is an exhibition about the Windrush generation taking place at Lowewood Museum. The funding will allow the creation of an exhibition explaining the history, experiences, and achievements of the Windrush generation. This

Network Rail plans to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Windrush at London Waterloo station on Windrush Day

Thousands of Windrush pioneers passed through London Waterloo station on their way to start their new lives across the country.

Last year, the station became home to the National Windrush Monument, a permanent memorial that symbolises the courage, commitment and resilience of the thousands of men, women and children who travelled to the UK to start new lives from 1948 to 1971.

On Thursday, 22 June, passengers, and colleagues are coming together in a cross-industry event being led by Christopher Henley, the Railway Chaplain for Network Rail’s Wessex route.

Attendees will be welcomed with the harmonising sound of steel drums echoing through the station to mark the special occasion.

Following this, colleagues from across the rail industry are joining together to talk about some of their lived and shared experiences of family members that were part of the Windrush generation, which is being led by Network Rail’s race network, Cultural Fusion.

Nafisa Nathani, Network Rail’s diversity and inclusion project manager for the Southern region, said:

“The Windrush generation have made a hugely positive impact on society and contin- ue to do so and it’s a real privilege to come together to mark such a major national moment and celebrate our shared history in collaboration with the Windrush Commemoration Committee.

“Waterloo station is a place that has a very proud and rich connection to the Windrush generation, and there can be few more fitting locations for this event at Britain’s busiest station which was the gateway to London for so many of them.

“This day is a reminder to every one of the sacrifices made by the Windrush generation who came to the UK to help rebuild the nation in the postwar years and many of those actually ended up working as part of the railway family.”

Stuart Meek, South Western Railway’s chief operating officer, said:

“We were so proud to see the National Windrush Monument unveiled at London Waterloo last year. It reminds us, every day of the many thousands who passed through the station on the most important journeys of their lives, and it continues to inspire us.

“The event on 22 June will be a chance to once again recognise and celebrate the Windrush generation, and we are pleased to play our part alongside the rest of the railway family.”