US EditionWindrush campaigners back Carnival funding bid
- Campaigners marking Windrush Day on Sunday called on the Government to act swiftly and allocate emergency funds to preserve the Notting Hill Carnival in west London.
- The call follows ongoing impacts of the 2018 Windrush scandal, where thousands of mainly Caribbean British people were wrongly classified as illegal immigrants.
- The carnival, founded by Windrush pioneers and attracting around two million attendees annually, is described as a vital cultural institution with significant national and international importance.
- Human rights lawyer Jacqueline McKenzie said seeing the carnival in jeopardy 'adds insult to injury' for Windrush victims and called for urgent government action.
- Without swift funding and cooperation with local authorities, the carnival risks further betraying communities and undermining a key celebration of resilience and diversity.
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If no tax money runs out, the Notting Hill Carnival, one of Europe's largest open-air events, is about to end. The post Notting Hill Carnival: Organisers:Innen demand state emergency aid first appeared on Groove.
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Anniversaries can catalyse action. The government appointed the first Windrush Commissioner last week, shortly before Windrush Day, this year marking the 77th anniversary of the ship’s arrival in Britain. The Windrush generation came to Britain believing what the law said – that they were British subjects, with equal rights in the mother country. But they were to discover a different reality – not just in the 1950s, but in this century too. It i…
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