British Future is proud to convene the Windrush 100 network, chaired by Patrick Vernon OBE. The network aims to raise awareness of the Windrush Pioneers and their descendants, celebrate our diversity today and increase public understanding of the history of race and migration to Britain across the decades.
The Windrush 100 network is open to all, meeting online to share plans and coordinate activities, linking up different organisations and opportunities.
Find out more and join us here:
www.windrush100.org/get-involved
Date: 18 June 2020
New research finds an increased sense of unity among the public following the shared experience of COVID-19 – but warns that divisions may be re-emerging as the lockdown eases.
Date: 10 June 2020
People across the country are being encouraged to come together on 5 July for a shared, national moment of thanks for everyone helping get us through the covid-19 crisis.
Date: 14 May 2020
Government and charities need to act now to make sure recent volunteering efforts have a lasting legacy, writes Jill Rutter
Date: 3 January 2020
Some of the UK’s biggest organisations from worlds of sport, culture, faith and business call for a ‘decade of reconnection’.
Date: 22 June 2018
Nicky Morgan, David Lammy and Tim Farron are among the dozens of MPs, Peers and civil society leaders and organisations who have written to The Times today to mark Windrush Day.
Date: 14 June 2017
Across the country, young Muslims and Jews have been getting together and finding out all they have in common in the lead-up to The Great Get Together
Date: 27 March 2015
Few know about the Polish passengers who came to Britain on the Empire Windrush in 1948 to be reunited with family members who had fought with the allies in WW2
Date: 23 June 2014
Faith leaders and descendants of the ‘Windrush generation’ gathered in London today to mark Windrush Day, an event which casts a spotlight on the positive contribution immigrant groups have made to Britain’s faith community.
Date: 21 June 2013
In a letter to The Times, nearly 100 individuals and organisations have called Windrush Day an opportunity to give thanks for the positive contribution to Britain of modern immigrations and integration. Signatories include politicians from each of the main parties and both Houses of Parliament, faith groups, academics, business leaders, trade unions and cultural figures such as authors Zadie Smith and Malorie Blackman.
As we mark #VJDay80, in which millions of soldiers from pre-partition India, Africa & the Caribbean served, worth noting that only 55% of UK public know that Indian soldiers fought for Britain in the World Wars. Just 24% are aware that soldiers from Kenya or Jamaica served.[1/4]
New column marking #VJDay80 today from @sundersays for @EasternEye
The three short months between VE Day in May and VJ day in August changed the contours of the postwar world, reshaping British politics, the map of Europe and the future of conflict in a new nuclear age. My column this week ahead of tomorrow's 80th anniversary commemorations
Important stat from ONS. Concerns about crime and migration are rising but people still care most about cost of living and NHS. Politicians need a message/plan on those too...
Ahead of the 80th anniversary of #VJDay tomorrow, @sundersays writes for @easterneye on the importance today of commemorating the multi-ethnic, multi-faith armies that won the war [1/2]
We're excited to be hosting a fringe event at the #SMCSymposium on 9 September, which aims to challenge conventional thinking about social mobility and explore insights into the causes of socio-economic disadvantage [1/2]
As small boat crossings are set to hit 50,000 sinec Labour came to power, our @sundersays is talking to @BBCWorldatOne at 1.15 about six years of policy failure and what can be done
British Future is hosting events at Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat party conferences this autumn. Full details, including speakers, dates and venues below [1/2]
This weekend, communities across the UK are coming together for the @RefugeesTogether #WelcomeWeekend, sending a message that Britain chooses welcome over division. 🧡 [1/2]
'What about the 'legitimate concerns' of ethnic minority Britons - about racism?' asks @sundersays in his @easterneye column [1/2]
Applications close Fri 15 August for these three roles at British Future, leading UK thinktank on immigration, integration, race and identity.
ICYMI: British Future is recruiting for 3 posts:
1) Senior Researcher on a new race equity project;
2) Manager for new ‘South Asian Bridgers Forum’ to strengthen South Asian inter-faith/community solidarity;
3) Events and Parliamentary Networks Manager
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