WW1 Caribbean Soldiers on the Western Front
Eddie Warner
Eddie Warner was born on the Caribbean Island of St Kitts and successfully completed a degree in engineering at the University of Puerto Rico. He arrived in London in 1955 with plans to take up an engineer post as the recipient of a British Crown Agents scholarship,...
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...
Allan Wilmot
ALLAN CHARLES WILMOT (1925 – to date)Allan volunteered first for the Royal Navy in 1941 when there was a call for volunteer servicemen from Jamaica. He saw an advertisement in the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper when he was sixteen and a half years old and the advertisement...
Emancipations and Repatriations
The 1st August is significant for the Foundation it is the day Tony Cheeseman passed. It is also a date that is marked in the African community in the British Caribbean as the date enslaved Africans were given their physical freedom under the Emancipation Act, African...
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...
Hello London, Hello Barbados
Get ready for a carnival on the docks!
Marie Gabriel CBE
With over 14 years of NHS Board experience, Marie is currently the Chairperson of East London Foundation Trust, an ‘Outstanding’ provider of mental health and community health services in London, Bedfordshire and Luton. Recognised nationally for staff engagement,...
Remembering the Caribbean Community’s Contributions
Joyce Grandision MBE
Joyce Grandision was born in Jamaica and came to the UK in 1962, met and married Neville Grandison in 1964 and has 2 sons and a daughter. Joyce had different fields of employment ranging from secretarial/administration at Dunn and Bradstreet to managing women's health...