Lectures

Please find below a record of our past Annual Lectures from the first to the last. A selection of Photo’s, video’s and Memrobilia.

The Resilience of Caribbean Communities Living in Newham

The Resilience of Caribbean Communities Living in Newham

Our inaugural event was titled ‘Celebrating Caribbean Settlement in Newham’ and held on 15th July 2010 at All Saints Church Hall London E7. The first half featured heritage and wellbeing promotions with the sharing of individual histories and contributions through one...

Promoting Family Health & Wellbeing

Promoting Family Health & Wellbeing

This lecture included a photographic exhibition of earlier events and promoted family health and wellbeing with special tributes to two outstanding community workers Valerie Forde and Betty Carter, who worked for many years in various voluntary organisations in the...

Remembering the Caribbean Community Contributions

Remembering the Caribbean Community Contributions

The theme for the lecture came from an evaluation request suggesting that the committee explore the African Caribbean community contributions in the UK. We agreed with the idea and the lecture was titled ‘Remembering the Caribbean Community’s Contributions -...

Black Women in society  (A Snap Shot of Black Women in Newham)

Black Women in society (A Snap Shot of Black Women in Newham)

The 2014 annual lecture was held at the Newham African Caribbean Centre on Mothering Sunday 30th March 2014. Titled ‘Black Women in Society (A snapshot of Black Women in Newham)’. Libation was performed by Anum Abeng and our special guest speakers were Marva Rollins,...

Caribbean Contribution to the Panama Canal

Caribbean Contribution to the Panama Canal

This was an exciting lecture given by Community activist Vasco Stevenson on a subject dear to his heart and with far reaching consequences into the Caribbean community. ‘The Lecture attracted many from the Caribbean community’ and  also Matthew Parker, Author of the...

WW1 Caribbean Soldiers on the Western Front

WW1 Caribbean Soldiers on the Western Front

The Tony Cheeseman Foundation 5th Annual Lecture was a great success with over 60 in attendance. We were overwhelmed with the support and from the feedback we may have to consider a bigger venue for future lectures. The month of November is a time of National...

Self Help and Self Reliance in Our Community

Self Help and Self Reliance in Our Community

‘Self help and Self Reliance in our community – How can we support our young people’ was the last event of our 2017 season. Marie Gabriel was our Key note speaker, lead the discussion and was also the recipient of our Community award Trophy. The panel discussion was...

Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget

The highlight of our year was the Foundation Annual lecture which was held at the Stratford Library on Sunday 18th November. It was good to see some of our old committee members attending and supporting the Foundation. Joyce Grandision was the popular choice for our...

A Caribbean Reminiscence Day & Annual Lecture

A Caribbean Reminiscence Day & Annual Lecture

During Black History Month 2019 we held a day event which included a reminiscence session in the morning where the Caribbean community was invited to share their stories of life in the UK. Here is the advertising callout we made in conjunction with Newham Black...