Decision details

ORIGINS - Black History Month –

· A month-long Exhibition = Launch - Snacks/Refreshments, Frames & Fixings

· Screening of 2 UK films = Venue Hire

· Talk on ‘How the Black Female was Whitewashed From Renaissance Art and

  Onwards’ = Speaker Fee, Venue Hire

· A family Photo/embroidery workshop = Materials & Equipment

· A social Gathering = Snacks & Refreshments

To provide funding of £150 to the above project.

Reason for decision:

More people from the African Diaspora are moving to Folkestone. On the first ever ‘Windrush Day’ this year Origins together with Dr Legumes hosted a Kaiso workshop in Dr Legumes restaurant that attracted a mixed audience that included many new African Diaspora residents to Folkestone.

Whatever enables people to feel accepted and part of the community is beneficial to, not only those people but, the community as a whole. This will be our fourth year of hosting events and interest from the community as a whole is growing year on year.