Deputy PM marks Windrush Day with celebration at Number 10 following £500k in community funding awards
Deputy PM marks Windrush Day with celebration at Number 10 following £500k in community funding awards
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Deputy PM marks Windrush Day with celebration at Number 10 following £500k in community funding awards
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Windrush elders and campaigners welcomed to Downing Street to mark Windrush Day 2026
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The event follows the award of half a million pounds’ worth of community funding for commemorative Windrush projects across the UK
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Attendees including Windrush Commissioner Reverend Clive Foster CBE joined the Deputy PM in celebrating the contributions made to modern Britain by the Windrush generation.
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The Deputy Prime Minister welcomed Windrush campaigners and community members to Downing Street today, Wednesday 1st July, to mark the 78th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush.The reception follows the award of £500,000 to community groups, announced in May this year [2026], to fund festivals, touring artwork and other projects which celebrate the contribution of the Windrush generation and their descendants.Windrush Commissioner Reverend Clive Foster CBE joined the Deputy Prime Minister in addressing campaigners and elders at Downing Street, accompanied by a steel band.The Deputy PM spoke to his parents’ experience of migrating to Britain after the Second World War and reflected on the complex legacy of Windrush, paying testament to the injustices faced by the Windrush generation and the opportunity to learn from that shared history.The Deputy Prime Minister, David Lammy MP, said:“I am honoured to host this fantastic celebration of the Windrush generation here at Downing Street.“From Tube drivers to Three Lions strikers, the contributions made to modern Britain by this brilliant community and their descendants are too numerous to count.
“This government is marking the moment with by backing the community with funding to celebrate the Windrush generation up and down the country.
"This year the funding will be put to use supporting amazing commemorations as varied as a gospel choir celebration in Nottingham, a Tapestry of Black Britons woven in Bristol and new immersive library installations in Leicester.
