We are now launching a new project for summer 2021, please see details below and attached is the final leaflet to promote the project: Seafarer’s Stories. It’s an exciting opportunity for young people age 16-19 taking place with The…
Insight 71 Talks Book here now Thursday 8 July at 6pm Presentation by Syed Nahas Pasha, Janomot News Weekly Join us online and discover 18 front page headlines from Janomot Weekly Newspaper documenting the struggles in the UK and abroad during the1971…
We do hope you can come to our One Creation Climate Change concert on 21st July at 7pm at St. Marylebone Parish Church You can book tickets here: Alice and Gavin
Stories of 71 Summer events: Celebrating Bangladesh50 at Toynbee Hall As part of Bangladesh 50 celebrations, we’re hosting two events honouring the powerful history of Bengalis (in the UK and Bangladesh) during the liberation struggle in 1971. With lockdown finally…
Swadhinata Trust speakers Julie Begum and Ansar Ahmed Uddin at Tuesday 4 May 2021 Film Screening & Panel Discussion Please go to link for video Swadhinata Trust have help to create an educational resource pack The Fight for Equality with a…
Displaced Voices: A Journal of Archives, Migration and Cultural Heritage Volume 1, Issue 1 (Summer 2020) Bengali Music and Musicians in the UK Oral History Project
Thank you for submitting to the Storiesof71 Short Story Competition back in March/April 2021. We are delighted to have received 22 submissions coming from a variety of backgrounds, including elder community members, local youth and professional esteemed writers. It is…
In honour of the 50th anniversary 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence today, Toynbee Hall has developed a year-long programme that brings stories and experiences of Tower Hamlets Bengali communities to the forefront of the anniversary celebrations. We have chosen to centre…
Focus groups 8th April 2021 male partciapants faciliatated by Ansar Ahmed Ullah 12th April 2021 female participants and their social contacts faciliatated by Julie Begum in Sylheti
New #podcast DUST AND SHADOW is out! With Vice Chair of the Brick Lane Mosque Harmuz Ali, author @RachelLichtenst architects @shahedsaleem & Dan Leon, @SwadhinataTrust director Ansar Ahmed Ullah + academics Rosalind Parker & Rebekah Coffman. Listen now: