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The Empire Windrush — With all the excitement around 25 Years of Descendants , it would be easy to think that ours was the only significant anniversary of the year. However, let us not forget that 2018 also marks another landmark for our community: 70 Years since The Windrush Arrivals. Descendants have been working […]

The Descendants Windrush70 Tea Party

15 Aug, 2018 in 25th Anniversary 2018 / Events 2018 / Home tagged 25th Anniversary / Caribbean / community / Events / film / history by Natalie

Captain Joel Mark — photo credit Marvin @ www.cruzerfilmes.com As we look forward to this year’s Annual Achievement Awards, we reflect on last year’s ceremony with a focus on our guest speaker Captain Joel Mark. 5 facts about captain joel mark Joel “Jex” Mark was born in Grenada in 1970 and grew up in Belmont, […]

The Inspirational Captain Joel Mark

17 Jul, 2018 in Home / News tagged Caribbean / community / Inspiration / news by Natalie

2017 Achievement Award Winners — photo credit Marvin @ www.cruzerfilmes.com The Summer holidays may have started and we are in the middle of a heatwave, but here at Descendants we are still hard at work planning all the events to celebrate our 25th Year, including our 14th Annual Achievement Awards! about the awards The Dr […]

2018 Nominations Now Open!

17 Jul, 2018 in 25th Anniversary 2018 / Events 2018 / Home tagged 25th Anniversary / Africa / Awards / Caribbean / community / Events / news by Natalie

It’s October and Descendants are celebrating Black history Month! We explore the achievement of our forefathers and foremothers who have gone before us and acknowledge the people who are currently making history and paving the way for the next generation. For more on Black History Month and information on events […]

Black History Month 2017

8 Oct, 2017 in Events 2017 / Home / News tagged Africa / BlackHistoryMonth / Caribbean / community / culture / Events / history by Natalie

Photo by HappyManPhotoGraphy The Autumn Term Project for 2015 is… exploring the Caribbean Beginning Friday, 4th September 2015 Sessions are from 6-8pm and will cost £2.

Exploring the Caribbean

1 Sep, 2015 in Friday Projects 2015 tagged Caribbean / culture / history / Projects by Natalie