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Leyland community group to mark Windrush Day with local diversity event

South Ribble Council will this June mark Windrush Day by raising a flag outside their offices, with a Leyland community group holding a diversity event three days later. On 22 […]

2 years ago
The Preston group bringing together Windrush Scandal victims from across the UK

Glenda and Sekeena pictured left with the new flag for Windrush Pic: PWGD UK A Preston Windrush group is bringing people together from all over the UK to support each other and further the cause for racial equality. Preston Windrush Generation and Descendants UK […]

3 years ago
Preston Town Hall raises the Windrush flag to show solidarity

windrush flag raising ceremony at preston town hall A flag to celebrate the wide-ranging contributions of the Windrush community to the city has been raised above Preston Town Hall during Monday (June 22) to mark Windrush Day. The […]

4 years ago
Comedy show with hard-hitting message about Windrush is coming to Preston

L-R Tony McPherson, Andrew George, Deborah Colphon Nicola Gardner, stars of The Community Centre A multi-ethnic comedy show inspired by the Windrush scandal is coming to Preston. The Community Centre is stopping at The Continental on the way to Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Written by […]

5 years ago
Advertisement Advertisement Share your family’s Windrush story at a workshop in Preston

Windrush creative writing workshop Budding writers are being offered a chance to tell their family’s Windrush story at a free two part writing workshop in Preston. Marjorie Morgan will be […]

5 years ago
Why there’s a 1960s living room re-created in the Harris

Inside the 1960s-style front room Inside the 1960s-style front room Take a seat in the 1960s living room of an Afro-Caribbean family home in Preston and hear their stories. A new exhibition in the Harris […]

5 years ago
Windrush 67 event to be held to celebrate Preston’s diversity

An event designed to bring cultures and races together to mark the 67 years of black presence in Britain is to be held under the name, Windrush 67. Vernon Carus […]

9 years ago
Jamaican food from Preston in the news

Last June a party was held in Preston to celebrate the docking of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury port, marking the beginning of West Indian immigration to the UK. The […]

10 years ago
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