credit for all photos Marvin @ www.cruzerfilmes.com On Saturday 27th October 2018 the Descendants family got together to mark our 14th Annual Dr John Roberts CBE Q.C Achievement Awards . Everyone gathered at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Ealing Common to celebrate the great achievements of our young people. The evening was […]
25th Anniversary
Descendants 25th Anniversary celebrations have now officially begun with our first key events: our Thanksgiving Service and Reception. Margaret Noel, Founder of Descendants, reports back on a very special evening. Descendants Thanksgiving Service on Saturday (13th October) at Our Lady Of Lourdes Church, Acton was extremely successful. It was well […]
JUST THREE WEEKS TO GO!!! Our Annual Achievement Awards are just around the corner and, as we all now know, this year’s edition will be extra, extra special as we are also celebrating our 25th Anniversary. Nominations are now closed and, with so many talented and hard-working young people to […]
******NOMINATIONS DEADLINE EXTENTED UNTIL THURSDAY 4TH OCTOBER****** We all lead such busy lives that sometimes it can feel like there’s just not enough time to get everything done… We hear you! That’s why we have extended the deadline to submit nominations for our Annual Achievement Awards. Its an extra-special […]
Images ©Coventry Telegraph GCSE results day is upon us and as all the images of jubilant young people picking up their grades start to hit TV and social media…it has got us thinking. Sometimes there is so much negativity in the press about young people that reports of their hard […]
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 countdown has already started to this year’s Annual Achievement Awards, made extra special for 2018 by the fact that it coincides with our 25th Anniversary! Nominations are now open with forms having been sent to primary (for year 6 pupils), secondary and special education schools within the community before […]
As we celebrate 25 positive, happy and successful years as part of the community, it is only right that we take a moment to reflect and give thanks. On the evening of Saturday 13th October, we will gather at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Acton High Street, for a service […]
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 […]
credit for all photos Marvin @ www.cruzerfilmes.com ***save the date*** The countdown has started to the biggest event of the year, more so this year as we will also be celebrating our 25th Anniversary! The date for our 14th Annual Achievement Awards has been set for Saturday, 27th October 2018. […]
When DESCENDANTS began, there was nothing like it in the area. Its ethos was based on togetherness, being a family for African and Caribbean children to come together and learn from each other. When the club began we were not sure how it would develop. We did not have any […]