North Herts Diversity + Culture

To celebrate Windrush Day with us sign up for our free events. All ages welcome and encouraged.
Please see the link in the bio for more details.

On Friday the 21st we will be holding an all age Reminiscence event led by facilitators from byLeigh. The event will be held at the Letchworth Heritage Foundation building at One Garden City.

To take part please bring an item with you that tells part of your family story.

We have requested that some of the local schools allow their young people of African and African Caribbean decent to attend. If you would like us to make a request for you please let us know.

We would need to know if anyone attending has any allergies for the buffet.

If anyone wants to book on to the Celebration Workshop please register here https://bit.ly/WindrushWorkshop or via the link in the bio.

We'll be running the Windrush Support Service tomorrow at the New Testament Church of God in Hitchin.
Find out if you are eligible to claim, get some support with your application, appeal or get support with a status claim.
We will also offer support with benefits, housing, general advice and guidance (advisor will be there from 11:30)
For more information see our website link in the bio.
To book an appointment please message us on 07413355647. Parking is free at the venue.

Thank you to Kimberley Piper & Danny Fullbrook from
BBC News, Hertfordshire for coming down and doing some interviews at the Special Showing of Bob Marley ONE LOVE.
Check out the interviews and pics by clicking the link below 👇🏿🖤❤️💛💚

Bob Marley: The Hitchin teens who snuck out to see him play The Wailers were still on the cusp of superstardom when they arrived in Hitchin nearly 51 years ago.

For more information on the Windrush Compensation Scheme please register at https://bit.ly/NHACCWindComp or see the link in the bio.
To help us with our monitoring please register each individual attendee. Spaces are limited. If you are not sure if you are able to attend please wait and register until you can confirm.

The closing date for the Collections Officer (Heritage) Role will soon close.
Please read the job description and submit your application if you are interested. It's just a C.V and Covering Letter.
Part time hours will be consider so please don't avoid applying

Please pass it on

Collections Officer (Heritage) | Letchworth Summary Following a successful bid from the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s ‘Dynamic Collections’ programme, for our ‘Uncovering Letchworth’ project we are recruiting a Collections Officer to help make this happen. Role Following a successful bid from the National Lottery Heritage Fund’...

https://www.letchworth.com/work-for-us/collections-officer-heritage

Collections Officer (Heritage) | Letchworth Summary Following a successful bid from the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s ‘Dynamic Collections’ programme, for our ‘Uncovering Letchworth’ project we are recruiting a Collections Officer to help make this happen. Role Following a successful bid from the National Lottery Heritage Fund’...

Little English film showing as part of this year's Royston Arts Festival!

This is an independent film supported by the British Film Institute and may be the last opportunity to see it on a big screen in North Herts!

Tickets still available for this Sunday!
Bring your friends and family

https://roystonpicturepalace.org.uk/

HAVE YOU GOT TALENT??

Sign up for the Talent Show we'll be hosting as part of the
AFRO Fest brought to you by Hitchin BID Team

Come and join us!! We’ll be in Hitchin Market Square from 10-4 on Saturday 7th of October



See ya there 💛💚❤️🖤

This Saturday! Only a few free tickets left so get yours sooner rather than later if you want to come 👍🏽
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Letchworth Caribbean Harmony Group are partnering with us and the Letchworth Micro Museum to hold a Family Fun Day.

Food by Harry's Coconut Shack will be on sale.

Steel Pan In Motion will be running an interactive workshop that will be recorded as a part of the Micro Museum's "Forging A Family" project.

We will be recording the stories of how people from African Caribbean backgrounds came to settle here in Letchworth and North Herts area.

It's all happening at the Jackmans Community Centre in Letchworth.

Entry is FREE but we ask that you please register via the Eventbrite link here https://bit.ly/LCHFamilyFunDay to assist those selling the food to prepare.

CAN'T WAIT!!

See ya there 😎❤️💚💛🖤

Letchworth Caribbean Harmony Group are partnering with us and the Letchworth Micro Museum to hold a Family Fun Day.

Food by Harry's Coconut Shack will be on sale.

Steel Pan In Motion will be running an interactive workshop that will be recorded as a part of the Micro Museum's "Forging A Family" project.

We will be recording the stories of how people from African Caribbean backgrounds came to settle here in Letchworth and North Herts area.

It's all happening at the Jackmans Community Centre in Letchworth.

Entry is FREE but we ask that you please register via the Eventbrite link here https://bit.ly/LCHFamilyFunDay to assist those selling the food to prepare.

CAN'T WAIT!!

See ya there 😎❤️💚💛🖤

Did someone say NORTH HERTS PRIDE 2023?!

Join us for our North Herts Pride Market, 29th July, 10.30am onwards 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Today is Windrush Day 75th Anniversary. The day when those amazing, resilient and talented men and women from the Caribbean, landed on these shores, after being invited to help rebuild the mother country. They arrived to abuse, harassment and hate from some sections of society, but they endured nonetheless 💪🏽

Let’s honour, remember and respect these pioneers who have paved the way and had such an incredible impact on our modern society 👏🏽❤️🙏🏽

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Today, we celebrate Windrush Day, honoring the resilient and remarkable contributions of the Windrush generation. Let's reflect on their enduring legacy through engaging events and content that shed light on their significance. https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/section/windrush-75/

Next week on Thursday the 22nd of June we are going to the National Maritime Museum as they host a Windrush Day Celebration

There are exactly 7 seats left on the coach
Tickets are £20.00 per seat. Account details are noted on Linktree.

Entrance to the event, exhibitions and performances are all FREE!
*Seats are secured with payment*

We have organised a a coach to bring us there and back and have arranged 2 pickup and drop off points, one in Letchworth 7:55am (Yardley Bus Stop, Radburn Way) and one in Hitchin 8:20am (St Mary Square). 5pm return time.

Bring a picnic or you can buy food from one of the vendors

PLEASE REGISTER online https://linktr.ee/nhacc (link in the bio 👆🏾)

We are going to be attending the Windrush Day Celebration at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich on Thursday 22nd of June.

Entrance to the event, exhibitions and performances are all FREE!
*Seats are secured with payment*

We have organised a a coach to bring us there and back and have arranged 2 pickup and drop off points, one in Letchworth 7:55am (Yardley Bus Stop, Radburn Way) and one in Hitchin 8:20am (St Mary Square). 5pm return time.

PLEASE REGISTER online https://linktr.ee/nhacc

Booking is confirmed with payment.

Tickets are £20.00 per seat. Account details are noted on Linktree.

*We now have 8 additional spaces as we have had to book a larger coach*
The booking portal will close on Thursday 15th of June.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

Today is your day, thanks for all you do ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Can't believe we are already on our 3rd Black History and Culture Talk!
Register below to join Professor Janice Fourniller discuss her research on "Black Mothering"
About her talk Janice says "The movement from a classroom teacher in the Caribbean to a university professor in the USA propelled me to find ways to perform my duties without losing my sense of self and belief that teaching is indeed a vocation. I reach back and fetch the various memories of, and knowledge gained from: those individuals who mothered me to tell the story. These include: narratives of students I mentored in my mothering way; and the theoretical and conceptual frames of Africana-feminist-womanist scholars (eg. Amadiume 1997, 2005 ; Oyěwùmí 2016, 2005, 1997) and Africana Womanist scholar (Hudson Weems 1995) who author me while I author the text (Fournillier, 2008) I write and perform."
No one can join without registering, this enables us to feedback to our sponser (The Hertfordshire Community Foundation) and to continue to deliver more activities in the near future.
Join us for what promises to be another celebration of Black History and Culture

Black History and Culture Talks : Black Mothering

Well done to our friend Wayne Haynes and all the people involved with the amazing documentary “Uprising”, for winning the BAFTA for Best Factual Series! 👏🏽 Congratulations on the well deserved award!

Don’t forget to register and join North Herts. African & Caribbean Community LTD. For what will be a really interesting talk tomorrow evening.

Please click the link below or search for the event on Eventbrite.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anansi-and-the-power-of-caribbean-storytelling-tickets-309395268577

Don’t forget to vote tomorrow 🗳

*Remember you don’t need to have your polling card with you.
*Polls are open from 7am and close at 10pm
**YOUR VOTE MATTERS!!**

Elections are taking place tomorrow (Thursday 5 May) for North Herts Council and Royston Town Council. The Knebworth Neighbourhood Planning Referendum will also be held.

Elections are only taking place in some areas. You can find information about where they are taking place and the candidates here: http://ow.ly/SZVC50IZjGO

Voting in person? Polling stations are open from 7am to 10pm.
Your polling station will be listed on your poll card or you can search your address in our polling station finder tool at http://ow.ly/Jtyr50IMz3y