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Chorley's Windrush Generation

We plan to involve our West Indian community, and other migrants to Chorley since 1945, in discovering, celebrating and displaying their contribution to our town.

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Our Delivery Report

Funded on 31 March 2023 | Delivered on 23 July 2023

£934

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More about our impact

More about our impact

Volunteering, jobs & education

Volunteering, jobs & education

We have three new members to date- and they all from Windrush Generation descendants, The exhibition and public talk on 23 June raised the profile of the Chorley Heritage Centre Group.

Arts, culture & heritage

Arts, culture & heritage

The article produced for the LA Lancashire History Magazine ( Issue 2) summarised the research results of the oral history project and recordings. LCC's Archive News sent details of the 24 June Library Day to a wider readership within the county. It is early to judge the impact on new art and study.