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UWE Alumni Windrush and Me
♦ Child of the Windrush generation determined to make Bristol better Carole Johnson was appointed Deputy Lord Mayor of Bristol City Council May 2020- May 2021. With a strong sense of civic duty and a commitment to unlocking the agency of Bristol’s BAME communities is driven by personal life experience… Click here to find out more Child of the Windrush generation determined to make Bristol better
FOUNDER FIRST BAME & ALLIES Magistrates support group in Avon & Somerset
Cllr Dr Carole Johnson JP AND….. Founder! As Local councillor for Ashley Ward in Bristol and current Magistrates Deputy Bench Chairman for Avon and Somerset and a sitting magistrate of Jamaican descent. I am delighted to announce as the FOUNDER and Chair ….. The successful launch, of the very first Magistrates Black Asian and Ethnic Minority & Allies support group which took place last night on the 22nd APRIL 2021!!! You may ask …Why I say “FOUNDER”? The first reason is from my original, suggestion regarding this in 2017, to the launch yesterday, on the 22nd APRIL 2021, it has […]
Nomination NOEA
St Pauls Carnival!! NOEA National Outdoors Event Association We have been nominated for another award! Category : Production Partnership of the Year!!! 28th November 2019
Handing over the Keys GAFSIP 6
Important keys – Official Handing over of Fire Engine with equipment and keys from UK to The Gambia.
GAFSIP 4
I am proudly an Authority member of Avon Fire and Rescue who through the Charity GAFSIP have had a working relationship with Gambia for decades. We not only donate equipment but also provide fire safety training. I hope to visit next year and I look forward to hearing all about the trip
Meeting President Adama Barrow
Your Excellency Adama Barrow Meets with GAFSIP At His Royal residence. Very humbling to have been invited an audience with the President of Gambia on our second day here. It represents amongst other things the recognition of the great work GAFSIP are doing and the importance of this partnership. Long may it continue.
I Am Woman – Celebrating EACH OTHER!
Celebrate exactly where you are in life today…NOW! Whether in the home or the board room…WOMAN you are powerful, important and influential…you deserve to be celebrated! And…so do your sisters …!!!! A WOMAN who can recognise and respect her female counterparts…is sadly rare..and increasingly unique.. Lets decide to change that ,,and grow up…together..! We are stronger that way.. Our daughters are watching..US! With this in mind let’s begin now…..Let’s take a look at these ladies blazing trails !!!!!!! https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/who-wests-most-influential-woman-1309449 It’s wonderful that we have so many talented WOMEN to celebrate.. and there are…
I AM Woman – I AM Mother/ing
This week has been characterized by loss bereavement due to an unfortunate and fatal knife crime and a community response of love … I observed a family struggle with the untimely loss of a young father brother son cousin and friend and a community respond with love concern and genuine heartfelt care. I saw men stand up and be counted in the deep acknowledgement of their strength of feeling and compassion. It hurts…. We as mothers…say …please..no more… There is an African Proverb If you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman you educate […]