Friends of Windrush Square

Friends of Windrush Square (FoWS) and Friends of Tate Library Brixton (FoTLB) join forces to work around Windrush Square and the Library premises behind the railings.  Our volunteers partake in useful workshops that include weeding; litter picking; maintaining planters; and the areas around the famous Brixton Plane Tree and the lovely oak trees by Saltoun […]

22 June 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the SS Empire Windrush and a new era of Caribbean settlement in post-war Britain. After a call-out for help to rebuild Britain after the Second World War, many played crucial roles and took on jobs as nurses, engineers, teachers and a myriad of roles […]