Sharing from 2018 onwards commemorating Caribbean people who arrived in Luton between 1948-1971 and their links to Lutonians by @officialsaundra
Luton, England
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Luton Baako Festival 2026
FREE TO ATTEND
Get ready for a bigger and better Festival featuring more African and Caribbean cultural entertainment, food and stalls
DATE:
Saturday, 15 August 2026
TIME:
12.00 to 21.00
VENUE:
Marsh House
Bramingham Rd, Luton LU3 2SR
Luton Windrush retweeted
The 76 year old Londoner fighting to save Britain's Black literature collection
#Londonnews #Blackhistory
Luton Windrush retweeted
Blue plaque mounted for railway pioneer Asquith Xavier
ENGLISH HERITAGE has installed a blue plaque at the former Notting Hill home of Asquith Xavier (1920–1980), the railway worker whose determination to challenge racial discrimination helped bring an end to a ‘colour bar’ .
➡️voice-online.co.uk/lifestyle…
Thank you, Saundra 😍
Delighted to have signed this letter as one of the first as the Founder of @LutonWindrush and for my continuing support of victims and our remaining members of the Windrush Generation in the fight for justice @LeighDay_Law @JacquiMckenzie6
#Windrushcompensation
#hostileenvironment
#Windrushscandal
#WindrushJustice
#immigration
#news
#UK
Luton Windrush retweeted
Delighted to have signed this letter as one of the first as the Founder of @LutonWindrush and for my continuing support of victims and our remaining members of the Windrush Generation in the fight for justice @LeighDay_Law @JacquiMckenzie6
#Windrushcompensation
#hostileenvironment
#Windrushscandal
#WindrushJustice
#immigration
#news
#UK
‘A stain on our nation’: ten years on lawyers demand action for Windrush scandal victims
More than 100 lawyers and campaigners urge urgent reform of the compensation scheme as victims continue waiting for justice nearly a decade after the scandal emerged
@JacquiMckenzie6
➡️voice-online.co.uk/uncategor…
Luton Windrush retweeted
Celebrating Father’s Day and the Windrush Generation with Luton Urban Radio! 💙
Nurse Dessie shared Windrush stories at this event honouring fathers and celebrating Windrush legacy.
Keep an eye for where Dessie will be next!
#Windrush
FREE EVENT
Annual #WINDRUSHDAY celebrations with flag raising in Luton this Saturday.
Event by @ULCACommittee supported by ACCDF.
FREE
BOOKING:
eventbrite.com/e/lutons-7th-…
Luton Windrush retweeted
Join us for a special evening in conversation with renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump as he discusses his new book, Worse Than a Lie.
🗓️ Thursday 25 June
⏰ 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
📍 Where: BCA, the event will also be livestreamed
🎟️ Reserve your seat buff.ly/15es5Gl
Luton Windrush retweeted
The Benjamin Zephaniah Community Lecture is back in 2026 — and we’re thrilled that @afuahirsch will be speaking! @bham_uni
Author of Brit(ish), broadcaster, and powerful voice on race & justice — a fitting tribute to Benjamin’s legacy
🗓️ 4 Nov 2026
📍 university of birmingham
Luton Windrush retweeted
One study found that claimants who applied for themselves received an average of £11.4k whilst those with legal advice received £83.2k.
That's the value of legal assistance and the difference it could make.
Luton Windrush retweeted
As of January, 56% of concluded Windrush claims received no compensation whatsoever.
Only 1 in 3 resulted in any payout. The average payment was £32,100: a fraction of what was awarded in the Post Office scandal.
Luton Windrush retweeted
I recently joined Windrush Justice Community Collective to call on the Home Secretary to grant legal assistance to all Windrush claimants.
Unlike survivors of other major state scandals, those impacted by the Windrush scandal are not entitled to free legal advice.
ALT A group of five people, including Bell Ribeiro-Addy, stand side by side outdoors in front of the entrance to the Black Cultural Archives, a modern glass-fronted building set alongside a light-coloured historic structure with arched windows. The group are posing close together on a paved courtyard, with the building’s logo and the words “Black Cultural Archives” visible on the glass behind them.
Luton Windrush retweeted
For countless years I saw only people waving & the words Empire Windrush London in this iconic photo
It wasn’t until 2014 that I realised I’d been looking but not seeing 🙄
Finally noticing the anchor & registering its symbolic significance was overcoming a blind spot
Luton Windrush retweeted
‘Windrush anniversary must focus on legacy and unfinished justice’ @ppvernon writes for the @JamaicaGleaner
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/…
Luton Windrush retweeted
He was also the official photographer for the British Black Panther Party 🖤
Did you know? 📸
Neil Kenlock arrived in Britain from Jamaica at just 13 years old — and went on to become one of the most important visual chroniclers of Black British life.
In 1979 he co-founded ROOT magazine — the first glossy lifestyle publication aimed at Black British readers. Then in 1990 he helped launch he legendary Choice FM - the UK's first 24-hour licensed Black music radio station.
➡️ Read more about him and other trailblazers in the Windrush issue of the Voice Newspaper.
🔗Link in bio.
Luton Windrush retweeted
NEW: Windrush campaigner Patrick Vernon receives a Knighthood for services to racial equality 🙏🏾
@ppvernon told me the honour is a recognition of the communities and causes he has championed for more than 30 years.
voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-n…
Luton Windrush retweeted
Did you know? 📸
Neil Kenlock arrived in Britain from Jamaica at just 13 years old — and went on to become one of the most important visual chroniclers of Black British life.
In 1979 he co-founded ROOT magazine — the first glossy lifestyle publication aimed at Black British readers. Then in 1990 he helped launch he legendary Choice FM - the UK's first 24-hour licensed Black music radio station.
➡️ Read more about him and other trailblazers in the Windrush issue of the Voice Newspaper.
🔗Link in bio.
A King's Birthday Knighthood for Patrick Vernon OBE 👏🏾
voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-n…
#Windrush
#news
#UK
