COMMUNITIES across Yorkshire and the Humber can bid for a share of £500,000 funding to celebrate the outstanding contribution of the Windrush Generation and their descendants to the nation’s social, economic, political and religious life.
The fund will provide up to £25,000 to local councils, charities and community groups seeking to host events for Windrush Day 2020.
This follows the inaugural national Windrush Day earlier this year when the region honoured the extraordinary local stories of the Windrush generation and their descendants.
Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick MP said: "The Yorkshire and the Humber is a diverse region and has a thriving British Caribbean community whose valuable contribution to the everyday life in the region should be celebrated.
"I encourage local authorities and community groups to bid for a share of the £500,000 Windrush Day Grant Scheme to help reach even more local people with commemorations next year.”
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