Commemorating Tony Cheeseman on Emancipation Day
Before the Tony Cheeseman Foundation was constituted, the first 3 events (The Resilience of Caribbean Communities Living in Newham, Emancipation Day and Promoting Family Health & Wellbeing) were held as a Sub-Committee working under the Newham based Association of...
Our Caribbean Heritage
2011 Commemoration Report
Discovery To Independence
In June 2012, the secretary attended the Waltham Forest African Heritage educational centre launch of their exhibition ‘Preserving the heritage of Caribbean, Nigerian and Jamaican people in East London’. This event was held at Leyton Town hall where we met Sandra...
African & Caribbean Family History Day
Fund Raising Sponsorship Walks
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...
Hello London, Hello Barbados
Get ready for a carnival on the docks!
Celebrating the Windrush Generation in Newham 2019
As part of Newham 2019 Windrush celebrations, we were invited as an organisation to take part. We held an interactive workshop on tracing your family tree and after Nailah made a presentation on her family tree journey and the resources she used. It was also another...
Royal Docks Consultation
As London’s’ only Enterprise Zone the Royal Docks were developing plans to ensure that local people in the Docks and surrounding areas benefit from the Re-development. We received a small grant from the Royal Docks consultation programme to engage with as many people...