Event 

Windrush 75

Wednesday 25 October, 2023 – Wednesday 25 October, 2023
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Commons 107, Newton Park

Join Pauline Swaby-Wallace and Estlyn Mcfarquar from Fairfield House as they discuss:

  • History post-Windrush
  • Origin of the Empire Windrush
  • The Windrush Generation
  • Treatment of the Windrush Generation on the invitation to help build the Mother Country
  • The contribution of people in BANES
  • The Windrush Scandal
  • Celebration of the Windrush Generation here in BANES and across the UK

Estlyn Mcfarquhar arrived in the UK in the 1960s to train as a nurse, and she later became a midwife. She has been involved in racial equality work and continues to influence change in the BME communities through her leadership at Bath Ethnic Minority Senior Citizens Association.

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