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Apply for the Windrush Community Fund Information to apply for the Windrush Community Fund for projects which raise awareness of the Windrush schemes. From: Contents Overview The Windrush Community Fund is up to £500,000 of financial support available to charity, community or grassroots organisations across the UK to fund projects which raise awareness of the Windrush Scheme (documentation), the Windrush Compensation Scheme or both. This support is available to fund activities across...

£500,000 fund for 2021 Windrush Day celebrations launched Community groups to bid for a share of fund to develop and host events to celebrate and build understanding of the Windrush Generation and their contributions to British society. From: 20 January 2021 Communities across the country invited to bid for share of up to £500,000 to support projects that celebrate, educate and foster pride in the Windrush Generation and their contributions to society. Councils and community groups can re...

Sir Roger Gale, the Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Frozen British Pensions, was particularly critical of the UK governments efforts: "Successive governments of differing political persuasions have sheltered behind the assertion that we can only uprate pensions for UK citizens living overseas in countries with which we have a reciprocal agreement. That is quite simply factually and morally wrong. “As the Chairman of the APPG on Frozen Pensions I regard it as a disgrace and a ...