Beverley Knight announces £244K grant towards Windrush project

Last week, singer/songwriter Beverley Knight announced Wolverhampton's Diversity Music Community 1st had received a grant of £244,452, towards their 'The Music, The Sound, The Legacy' project. Given by the National Lottery Heritage Fund at the Together For Music event at the Wolverhampton Arts Centre, the project aims to save stories from the Windrush generation. 

The project will also be exploring the impact of the Windrush migration within the local area through the lens of the Caribbean community's contributions to the music and culture of Wolverhampton from the 1950s to the 1980s. 

Founded to honour the stories and history of Caribbean-born DJs, musicians and community leaders who have helped shape Wolverhampton's cultural identity, the chair director of the group, Wayne Blake, said, "There's a rich and vibrant heritage in our community, and this National Lottery funding helps us honour it: from the Windrush generation who laid the foundations to the future generations shaping what comes next." 

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