Black Heroes® Soul Food Cafe Will Johnson Black Heroes Soul Food Cafe @ Bromley Library Saturday 19th October 2pm – 8pm An evening of fun, music, dance, quiz and song • Guests: Wil Johnson, Rev Michael King, Loxley This event is funded by the Start-Up Bromley Book Tickets Youtube video Black Heroes Soul Food Cafe Celebrating Black History Month An evening of fun, music, dance, quiz and song Black Heroes® Soul Food Cafe Food for your SOUL Bromley Celebrating Black […]
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New Event – The Story of Flip Fraser – Shaw Theatre, London
Join Us On October 25th 2024 THE STORY OF FLIP FRASER THE SHAW THEATRE, LONDON ONE NIGHT ONLY – LIMITED TICKETS LEARN MORE A play commemorating the life of Flip Fraser – A Black History Trailblazer. A musical extravaganza, captivating Flip’s early days and creation of BLACK HEREOS IN THE HALL OF FAME, charting 5,000 years of Black History. CELEBRATE WITH US AND BE INSPIRED Click image to see event details Address List REGISTERED ADDRESS: 16 South End, Croydon, CR0 […]
The Story of Flip Fraser
The Story of Flip Fraser A Windrush Story A TRIBUTE TO FLIP FRASER – NEW PLAY Crowd Funding Event This year marks the 10th anniversary of Flip Fraser’s passing, a visionary creator of ‘Black Heroes in the Hall of Fame’ and pioneering editor of The Voice newspaper. To honor his legacy, the Black Heroes Foundation is presenting ‘The Story of Flip Fraser: A Windrush Story’ at The Shaw Theater on October 25th. This play, written by Flip’s widow Joyce, and […]
Play – The Story of Flip Fraser
BLACK HEROES FOUNDATION THE STORY OF FLIP FRASER: A WINDRUSH STORY Building on the exhibition display during WAF2022, this is a new play telling the inspiring story of Peter Randolph Fraser, AKA Flip Fraser. Flip’s work inspired people, using the arts and media for education, entertainment and empowerment. His work is celebrated for giving Black people a voice, recognising and celebrating the achievements and contributions of Black people to humanity and society, telling the hidden stories, re-writing history, and making […]
WINDRUSH 75 Celebrating Women of Colour
Black Heroes SoulFood Cafe Black Heroes® Soul Food Cafe Returns to St James! Location: Wonderville, 57-60 Haymarket, Piccadilly, St. James’s, London SW1Y 4QX When: Sunday 11 June 2023 Time: 18:30 -21:00 Continuing our Windrush 75 theme, we shall be highlighting Claudia Jones, Trinidadian born, political activist, founder of the West Indian Gazette and the first Caribbean Carnival in 1959 at St Pancras Town Hall, London. Tickets price includes one drink (Wine, Beer or Soft Drink) Tickets £15, Early Bird Tickets […]
Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2023 – WAF23
BLACK HEROES FOUNDATION THE STORY OF JOHN ARCHER – EXHIBITION & SOUL FOOD CAFE 17 JUNE An evening of song, dance and celebration from the award-winning Black Heroes Soul Food Café. Join Black Heroes Soul Food Café on Saturday 17 June to enjoy ‘The Story of John Archer’ exhibition, plus performances, a Q&A and open-mic session at Battersea Arts Centre. Book Tickets
Story of John Archer opened Black History Month 2021
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The Gallery 12 Waterloo Place St James London
Black Heroes @ The Gallery This event opens on Windrush Day, 22nd June, and finishes on the 31st of July 2021. Exhibitions Windrush Living Room Black Heroes Wall of Fame the Classic Collection London’s Great Women of Colour An Oral History, Wandsworth People Artist at Work Rehearsals for the new play The Story of John Archer for Wandsworth Arts Fringe festival Living studio with fashion designer Mary Martin at work Picture framing of African Art Events and Activities Award-winning Soul Food Café – stories, quizzes, […]
Wandsworth Art Fringe 2nd of July 2021 Celebrates John Archer
Black Heroes Soul Food Café™ at the Wandsworth Arts Fringe (WAF) Tells the Story of John Archer Celebrating John Archer, Black Heroes Foundation returned to Wandsworth Arts Fringe with a fantastic lineup of theatre, music, and spoken word. The Black Heroes Soul Food Cafe presented a short play telling the story of John Archer; spoken word from David Neita, and the UK Soul power-house group The British Collective (Don-e, Junior Giscombe, Omar Lye-fook, and Noel McKoy). [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCRNl_R8wSw[/embedyt] The advert… […]
Bazil Meade
Bazil Meade founder of the London Community Gospel Choir visits the Black Heroes Soul Food Cafe. Talking about his international life in gospel music. Good Friday 2nd April. Plus Old School Videos, Dance, Talk & Fun. 7.30pm FREE tickets on https://www.blackheroesfoundation.org/black-heroes-soul…/
International Day for the Elimination of Racism
#InternationalDayAgainstRacism ✊🏾 #International Day for the Elimination of #Racial #Discrimination Call it out every time✊🏾 https://www.un.org/en/observances/end-racism-day United Nations International Day Against Racism
Lockdown Breakout
Lockdown Breakout with The Black Heroes Virtual Locomotion Club. Providing a safe online virtual space for those shielding, isolating and alone to meet and share stories, make friends, and support each other during lockdown. This is a free and online event. Please contact bookings@blackheroesfoundation.org for further details or click on the links below. Locomotion Lockdown Buster! Every Thursday at 11:00am Including fun, chat, stories, music, dance, quizzes and song. Book your Virtual Locomotion space now! Get your FREE tickets at Eventbrite A weekly […]
Black History Month 2020
The Legacy of Sam King goes to Southwark Schools The Legacy of Sam King project went into four Southwark based schools during Black History Month 2020. Greatly impeded by the pandemic, this project was delivered digitally using Zoom to take the program into the socially distanced classrooms of Kingsdale Foundation School, St Saviour’s and St Olave’s Church of England School, Sacred Heart Catholic School, and University Academy of Engineering South Bank. The initial plan was to engage with 3 schools. […]
Kings College University African-Caribbean Society
Black Heroes Foundation Chair spoke on Tuesday 2nd October 2018, at Kings College University (KCL) African-Caribbean Society (ACS). Theme: Talk B(l)ack and what blackness means to you. African-Caribbean Society. KCL ACS https://kcl-acs.com Exeter University Students’s; Guild (BIPOC Society) 30 October 2020 How to Find Success as BIPOC in the Real World Host: Bethan Neil (Secretary) and Tobi Olubodun(Treasurer) Guest: Black Heroes Foundation Chair, Joyce Fraser A zoom workshop for Exeter University’s BIPOC Society, covering issues of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion […]
London’s Great Women of Colour BHM 2020
https://www.better.org.uk/library/london/wandsworth Wandsworth Libraries celebrate Black History Month 2020 The following video is the recording of a webinar, presenting London’s Great Women of Colour, using Black Heroes Foundation’s collections from exhibitions held since their launch at London’s Living Room, City Hall in 2016. #womenofcolour #blackwomenheroes #wandsworth #bhf #blackheroesfoundation #bhm #blackhistorymonth #blm #blackhistory #blacklivesmatters #blackculture #blackpride #blacklives #blackheroes #blacklives #blackculture
IoD Awards 2020
Director of the Year Awards 2020 We are so pleased that our Founder and Chair Joyce Fraser is a finalist for the Institute of Directors (IoD) London & South Joyce has been recognised for her work in the Third Sector. She is also a trustee of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising (IOF), Directory of Social Change (DSC) and the Small Charities Coalition (SCC). Joyce set up the Black Heroes Foundation in order to preserve the legacy of her late husband […]
Virtual Locomotion Features Diane Abbott
Diane Abbot [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywmGbG7ROWQ[/embedyt] June 1987 [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTqpdkQ2UzU[/embedyt] June 2013 Who will we feature next week? Join us and see! #dianeabbott #whointheworld #lockdownquiz #bhf #blackheroesfoundation #bhm #blackhistorymonth #blm #blackhistory #blacklivesmatters #blackculture #blackpride #blacklives #blackheroes #blacklives #blackculture
National Diversity Awards 2020
We are proud to announce that our Chair Joyce Fraser has been nominated for the National Diversity Awards! The National Diversity Awards – a prestigious black-tie event, which celebrates the excellent achievements of grass-root communities that tackle the issues in today’s society, giving them recognition for their dedication and hard work. Charities, role models and community heroes will be honoured at the ceremony showcasing their outstanding devotion to enhancing equality, diversity and inclusion; thus embracing the excellence of all our […]
A Story of Our Heroes
A new and unexpected chapter in the journey to re-imagine a new theatre show inspired by the legendary Black Heroes in the Hall of Fame. Our storyteller is inspired by heroes: John Archer, Claudia Jones, Stormzy and Ty as we pass from off to on-line, from live to recorded, with a mono-vlog that lightly traces 100 plus years of Black British political, culture and musical activism in London A Story of Our Heroes Featured on Wandsworth Arts Fringe Festival WAF2020 […]
The Story of Claudia Jones WHF 2020
The Story of Claudia Jones Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2020 – Black Heroes Foundation Black Heroes Foundation – Short Play Claudia Jones A short play telling the story of Claudia Jones, fondly known as the mother of the Caribbean Carnival, precursor to the world-famous Notting Hill Carnival by some, although the event that she held was at St Pancras Town Hall. She died young. The significance of her work is indicated by the location of her grave, next to, besides, to […]