Windrush 75
Event
Windrush 75
Wednesday 25 October, 2023 – Wednesday 25 October, 20232:00 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.