Marking Windrush Day

Saturday 22 June is Windrush Day.

Windrush Day has been held on 22 June since 2018, to celebrate the contribution Caribbean people and their families have made to the UK.

On 22 June 1948, after 30 days at sea, 492 commonwealth citizens from Caribbean Islands arrived at Tilbury docks in Essex aboard the HMT Empire Windrush ship.

The ship became a symbol of  a wider movement from commonwealth countries to the UK, with the 1971 Immigration Act giving Commonwealth citizens the permanent right to live and work in the UK

The term Windrush generation was coined to recognise people who arrived from the Caribbean during the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

Over the course of the next 60 to 70 years, British Caribbean people would go on to contribute to all areas of Britain's economy and society including healthcare, transport and the production of steel, coal, iron and food.  

This contribution was especially significant given the losses that the UK suffered after the Second World War.

Windrush Community Day

12 noon to 4pm, Saturday 22 June

Hove Museum of Creativity, 19 New Church Road, BN3 4AB

Enjoy a day of music, memories and fun at Hove Museum to celebrate and remember the Windrush Generation. Bring your stories and photographs of the Windrush generation to be preserved in a new digital archive or enjoy family-friendly arts and craft activities, live steel-drum music, Caribbean cuisine and a host of other activities.

The event is free, no need to book just drop in.

Learn more about the event on the Brighton & Hove Museums website.