Big thanks for your support!🌟Spread the word & share why you support #JohnBlankeProject Haven't chipped in? Never been better time – every tweet, share, or contribution brings us closer as we near the finish line! 🏁 #FinalPush #LetsMakeHistory 2DYS 2 GO 2 MEET STRETCH TARGET

Delicious jerk chicken Fish, Wings & Tings with two legends Prof Vernon OBE and Yvonne Field OBE #Brixton #Windrush #Justice Patrick Vernon The Ubele Initiative

Moving vigil today BCA with community leaders and church leaders Glenda Caesar Patrick Vernon #Windrush #Justice #Remembering wonderful also to see Stories of Black Leadership exhibition Dame Elizabeth Anionwu SHIRLEY J. THOMPSON MUSIC & OPERA PRODUCTIONS.

Join us this Saturday 6th April
'WINDRUSH NATIONAL VIGIL'
commemorating the 6th anniversary of the Windrush Scandal. 12 Noon Windrush Square, Brixton, London. [email protected] Patrick Vernon Jacqueline (Jacqui) Mckenzie Diane Abbott MP Dawn Butler MP✊🏾💙
David Lammy

Our open letter from our members impacted by Islamist extremism - survivorsagainstterror.org.uk/a-letter-from-… : “To defeat this threat the single most important thing we can do is to isolate the extremists and the terrorists from the vast majority of British Muslims who deplore such violence.

Excellent article here for Journal of Refugee Studies privilege to have played a small part #coproduction #film #asylumseekers

Do you have #AngloIndian heritage & live in the UK? Would you like to share your story & reflect on what this has meant for you, with a final year undergraduate student for his dissertation? If so, or if you have networks with whom you can share this info, then take a look ⬇️ 🙏

Today it's #HumanRightsDay & we must remember that everyone has the right to life, liberty & security of person.

The rates of domestic homicide in the UK remain unacceptably high. Every life lost to domestic abuse is an unimaginable tragedy.

We must do better. Killed Women ⬇️

'It's vital that young people are given the tools to be on the lookout for their peers, and to be better equipped to understand red flags in their relationships'

For #16Days we spoke to Changing Relations about their prevention work with young people ⬇️
domesticabusecommissioner.uk/blogs/early-in…

Love this Patrick Vernon #Windrush

@Alex_NAVCA The Stars are for Everyone Rose O'Neill Fair. And again great outcome.

I think the general Q remains. How do we celebrate different outdoor activities?

Love this one from our work on YHA England & Wales Outside Voices

With thanks to Dr Pen Mendonca for graphic and Cockermouth Football Club.

The mission to find the Windrush anchor Patrick Vernon David Mearns OAM

“Our history is almost invisible – if you look at all aspects of Black British history in Britain today, all of it is temporal says Patrick Vernon. We need something that is permanent.”

theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/a…

From to vision to change. The ADASS commissioned “Roadmap” starts from the #socialcarefuture vision & sets out “8 key features for a better system” These are the first 3 👇What early steps should councils keen to progress make? (Graphic via LDEngland by Dr Pen Mendonca )

🚨New SPA blog published! 🚨

'Uneasy bedfellows and unintended consequences: Gendered violence, the family and the state'.

A report of activity supported by an SPA Opportunity Grant.

Image by Dr Dr Pen Mendonca

➡️social-policy.org.uk/spa-blog/uneas…

#Windrush 75 evening reception NHS Race & Health Observatory NHS Confederation
Patrick Vernon Patrick Vernon cited his ode to the #Windrush generation. An apt poem of their contribution, determination grit, respect and reflection of their legacy

This is such a powerful piece by Hugh Muir

Really worth finding 10 minutes of peace to read it quietly

They survived and thrived in a hostile Britain. That’s why we revere the Windrush pioneers theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

2day marks 75yrs since HMT Windrush arrived at Tilbury. Since the inception of the NHS just 2 wks later, health service colleagues & pt’s benefitted from the skills of health prof’ls from across the globe.

2day also marks the 5th yr since I rcvd The RCN Nursing Excellence Award

1/2 Breaking News! The Windrush Scandal suddenly gets worst, if that's possible, as a BBC team uncover that hundreds of Commonwealth citizens with mental illnesses were removed from the UK, unlawfully... I visited Kew Archives with the BBC team to examine
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-659266…

This is fantastic news! Huge congratulations to the amazing Yvonne Field x love the drawing too x

We're so proud to announce that the new series of #TheRepairShop will feature two very special programmes, marking both the 75th anniversary of the Empire Windrush's arrival to the UK and the birth of the NHS.

The series starts on June 7th at 8pm on BBC One & iPlayer.