You are here

TRIUMPH OF THE GRASSROOTS British Social History 1972-2012

City:

Categories:

Date: 
Wednesday, 14 October 2015 to Saturday, 12 December 2015

TRIUMPH OF THE GRASSROOTS is an exhibition showcasing 40 years of charitable work at a ‘grassroots’ level by Afrikans, who arrived in Britain from the British Commonwealth during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. They were invited by the British government to assist in re-building Britain’s war-torn economy, and in the process, they made invaluable and lasting contributions to British Social History.

To mark British Black History Month the Vince Hines Foundation highlights the work and struggles of the Black Self-Help Movement in Britain during the period 1972-2012. Over these four decades the Vince Hines Foundation, based in west London, have been involved in a number of social initiatives and programmes including education, careers advice and training, community support, musical endeavours, outreach activities and business advice. We present here a small snapshot of their work and hope you will enjoy finding out more about the Foundation and its broader historical context.

Through forty years of photographic evidence, we follow the innovative and creative community development work undertaken by these new comers to Britain, which has had a deep and lasting influence on the host community and has added values to Britain’s existing social structures.

The Foundation’s work includes; securing hostels for homeless youth, providing supplementary education, leisure and recreational activities in community sports, arts and entertainment as well as providing information, advice and guidance and campaigning for social justice in introducing and reforming equality laws.

Today, over forty years later, we can look back and identify lasting monuments in British Social History, which the Vince Hines Foundation, a community, education and training charity, had made as national lead partner of the Self-Help Partnership Network, within Britain’s Voluntary and Community Sector. A demonstration of outcomes of over four decades of continued work in making a difference for the well-being of Afrikans; Asians and other members of society. This included those harder to reach within our wider society, and who were at risk of falling through societal safety nets. Lessons, from which members of other communities have learnt, applied and gained benefits from.

 

Other Info: 

To find out more about the The Vince Hines Foundation and their work visit www.ubol.com

Venue ( Address ): 

Brunei Gallery, SOAS

Other events from Brunei Gallery, SOAS

view
Academics, Activists & Agents: A History of the School of Oriental and African Studies 1916-2016
10/12/2016 to 12/17/2016
view
WORLD IKAT TEXTILES...ties that bind A voyage of the World’s most celebrated Textile, IKAT
04/14/2016 to 06/25/2016
view
In Search of Lost Time الذاكرة على عجل
01/21/2016 to 03/19/2016
view
Sand in My Eyes: Sudanese Moments
01/15/2016 to 03/19/2016

Pages

Related Shows This Week in UK

view
Philip Muñoz | Of Land, Sea and Sky
03/15/2024 to 04/20/2024
view
Lucy Harwood: Bold Impressions
12/02/2023 to 04/14/2024
view
Clay Is My Canvas
01/20/2024 to 04/07/2024
view
THE HUDSONS, Family Ties
01/31/2024 to 04/14/2024
view
Capturing the Climate – Mixed Media Workshop
03/29/2024 to 04/07/2024
view
Joe Cheetham
02/29/2024 to 04/06/2024

Pages