Why Black History Month is more important than ever this year

2020 has held a mirror up to the world and forced many to see the reality of racism in all its guises. From Black people dying disproportionately in the pandemic, to the horrific murder of George Floyd and no justice for Breonna Taylor – the 26-year-old emergency medical worker killed

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Caribbean Nurses – The Backbone of the NHS

The NHS was established within a month of the Windrush generation arriving in the UK in 1948. Caribbean nurses in particular played a vital role from the earliest days. Catherine Ross, our Founder and Director, shares her memories of the time from a Nottingham perspective:  Keen to establish themselves in

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Windrush 70: Call for Contributions

We’re looking for academic and artistic responses to Windrush 70: Celebrating the Migrant Contribution to British Society – as part of Leeds Beckett University’s Race and Education Working Paper Series, in partnership with Patrick Vernon OBE, Dr Angelina Osborne and Pen Mendonça. We’re looking for academic and/or creative contributions that document, respond

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Rediscovering Notts – the Windrush Generation

Tune into Notts TV on 10th April for a special episode of Rediscovering Notts all about the Windrush Generation – co-presented by our Founder and Director, Catherine Ross, and produced by our Creative Director, Lynda Burrell. Catherine took Notts TV presenter Kate Chaplin on a tour of Caribbean Nottingham to celebrate 70

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A weekend at Nottingham Contemporary and film screenings

This weekend we went to the opening of the exhibition of 30 radical back artists from the 1980s. We interviewed 4 of these 30 artists for a short film to be shown around the Nottingham Contemporary to help visitors get to know the people behind the artwork. Museumand were also

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Finalists in Tesco Bags of Help – Caribbean Heritage Garden

We are delighted to let you know that we are a finalist in the Tesco Bags of Help Grant Scheme. Our project a Caribbean Heritage Garden is now open for the customer vote in Tesco stores during December. We are asking you to vote for the Caribbean Heritage Garden one of the projects

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