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Kainé Celebrating Windrush in Leicester
About Leicester Windrush Consortium
Leicester Windrush Consortium (an amalgamation of Windrush Generation support organisations, Caribbean Island Associations, and individuals) aims to commemorate, celebrate, and congratulate the Windrush Generation. Its main aims are to: -
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Increase the visibility of the Windrush Generation in Leicester.
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Listen to the voices of the Windrush Generation and their descendants for now and the future.
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Celebrate Windrush Day each year.
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Establish a Windrush Calendar of events (including a gala dinner evening and Christmas Celebrations.
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Install lasting legacies to remember the input of the Windrush Generation in Leicester (mural/monument).
The Consortium has worked well over the last few years in achieving its aims and continues to develop and implement ideas to represent the Windrush Generation.
More Events Coming Soon - Calendar of Events 2026
As we continue to develop activities for the Windrush Generation, we seek to broaden social calendars and opportunities for learning and new experiences. Please keep an eye out for more details about our event and plan to come.
Event Name | Date and time | Venue |
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Windrush Launch | 20th June, 2025
12.00 - 2.00 pm | City Hall,
115 Charles Street Leicester LE1 1FZ |
Windrush Memories Project Launch | 20th June, 2025
12.00 - 2.00 pm | City Hall,
115 Charles Street Leicester LE1 1FZ |
Windrush Caribbean High Tea Party | 21st June, 2025
12.00 - 8.00 pm | Museum Square, Leicester, LE1 6UF |
Windrush Thanksgiving Service | 22nd June 2025
2.00 - 4.00pm | Leicester Central SDA Church,
116 London Rd, Leicester LE2 0QS |
Serendipity Annual Windrush Day Lecture | 22nd June, 2025
6.00 - 8.00 pm | Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage,
8 Bowling Green St, Leicester LE1 6AT |
Windrush Human Library | 25th June, 2025
10.00 - 12.15 pm | St Barnabas Library,
2 French Rd, Leicester LE5 4AH |
Windrush Art unveiling | 2nd July, 2025
11.00 - 1.00 pm | Central Library,
Bishop St, Leicester LE1 6AA |
Better Together Trip To Nottingham | 6th August, 2025
All Day | ACNA Centre
Nottingham,
31 Hungerhill Rd, Nottingham NG3 4NB |
Windrush Creative Legacy Project | Every Wednesday between 1 - 31 October 2025 | LCB Depot,
31 Rutland St, Leicester LE1 1RE |
Better Together Windrush Showcase | 6th October 2025
6.00 pm | Curve Theatre,
60 Rutland St, Leicester LE1 1SB |
Leicester Windrush Gala Dinner Evening | 1st November, 2025 | The Brite Centre, Braunstone Ave, Leicester LE3 1LE |
Better Together Christmas Do | 10th December 2025
6.00—9.00 pm | TBC |
More Events Coming Soon: 2026 follow us on for the latest updates or sign up to our news letter.
About Better Together
📍 Meetups:
🗓️ Wednesdays 10:30pm -12pm
📌 LCB Depot
Windrush Memories
We are inviting YOU to help us build a powerful community archive of photos, stories, and memories. Whether it's a family photo, a treasured object, or a personal memory we want to hear your story. For more information get in touch.
Rhetoric, Rhythms & Roots, our Heritage Open Days - New Wave projects
Kainé has been successful! In securing a “Heritage Open Days – New Wave Project” grant. With this funding, Kainé will co-create with 18–30-year-olds, tracing identity through language, music, and lived experience. The “New Wave projects” will bring an exciting heritage event that represents their history (1990’s – 2020’s) and experience as follows: -
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This year’s “Heritage Open Days Festival” takes place between 11th and 20th September, and Kaine will host its event during this time. Please keep an eye out for more details about our event and plan to come.
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“Heritage Open Days” is England’s largest community-led festival of history and culture, involving thousands of local volunteers and organisations. Every year in September, it brings people together to celebrate their heritage, community, and history.
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Kainé is a community-rooted organisation that nurtures growth and connection through arts, education, and cultural awareness. Working with all ages, it seeks to empower all the participants to engage, learn, and inherit positive futures.
The National Lottery Community Fund | UK Government
Kainé Management’s Arts, Community and Education is funded by the UK Government. Kainé Management’s projects with funding from the Million Hours fund, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and the UK Government. All adults aged 18-30 are welcome and free.
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