Citizens Rights Project and Edinburgh and Lothian Regional Equality Council would like to invite you to the free information session about the Windrush Scheme and Windrush Compensation Scheme.
We are happy to announce the special guest – Prof. Sir Geoff Palmer who will take part in the event.
We will present the details of both Schemes available for migrants who arrived in the UK before 1989, that provide a physical document to prove the right to reside in the UK, as well as the financial compensation for the past troubles caused by the lack of such document.
We would like to use this opportunity, to speak with people from Commonwealth communities in Scotland to hear their voices about their difficult experiences of dealing with the UK immigration system. We would also like to listen about their views on the Windrush Compensation Scheme and the Government actions to rectify their past mistakes.
Prof Sir Geoff Palmer is ELREC Honorary President. He became the first black professor in Scotland in 1989 and then a Professor Emeritus after his retirement in 2005. In 2014 he was knighted with New Year Honours. Jamaican Honorary Consul. Chancellor of the Heriot- Watt University. Jamaican Commander of Distinction. Chair of Edinburgh Council’s Slavery Colonialism Group. Chair of the Scottish Museum Group. Chair of University’s Colonialism and Race Group.
Citizens Rights Project is a charity which has a long history of supporting EU nationals with applying to the EU Settlement Scheme and dealing with the Home Office on behalf of vulnerable individuals. We strongly believe that there is a need to talk more about the Windrush Generation and Commonwealth communities, but any action should be linked with the people affected. Let us know your view!
Join us:
19/10/2022, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Broughton St Marys Parish Church
12 Bellevue Cres, Edinburgh EH3 6NE
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