A bleak and dreary day did little to dampen the spirits of those who attended the Roy Anthony Reid Foundation’s Caribbean Cultural Day on Saturday 13th October 2018 at the All Saints Centre in Kings Heath, Birmingham.

We had a great turnout, with many enjoying the ever-popular African drumming workshop, live poetry performance and Windrush exhibition which coincided with this year’s Black History Month celebrations.

With lots of stalls offering food and drink, health and wellbeing solutions, clothing, mental health advice and much more, it was an extremely enjoyable day to help generate funds for the furtherance of the Foundation’s mission.

Here are a few pictures from the event.

Watch this space for details of our next event.

Our second Annual Awards Celebration took place on Saturday 7^th July 2018 at the West Midlands Travel Social Club in Kings Heath, Birmingham.  The event proved bigger and better than last year as we welcomed double the audience and acknowledged 16 individual award winners from the West Midland and Jamaica.

Attendees were treated to an uplifting and inspiring evening, which featured special performances from a number of upcoming young people including vocalist, Leesha Mac, and Tynna Hyde and Mya Bushell from Eloquent Praise Dance Company.

It was a pleasure to welcome back Romello Martin and Taneisha Deans (2017 RARF Award Winners) as co-presenters.  Both did an excellent job in ensuring the evening was enjoyed by all, with Romello bringing a sense of light humour to proceedings.

Further entertainment was provided by RARF Patron, Hector Pinkney MBE aka ‘Captain Boogie’ and singer Christine Adelsie.

The RARF Committee would like to thank all those who attended this event and helped make it a great success.  We also acknowledge our sponsors who provided donations to support our fundraising:

Appliance World, Moseley
Contrast Florist, Kings Heath
Gloria’ Jamaican Foods, Birmingham
MooreOptions Skills Development and Training, Hall Green
Stones Garage, Hall Green
The Village Gym & Health Club, Shirley Solihull

We value your continued support and hope you’ll be able to join us again, next year, at our 3^rd Annual Awards Celebration scheduled to take place on Saturday 6^th July 2019 at the Tally Ho Conference & Banqueting Centre in Edgbaston, Birmingham.

For further details please continue to visit the RARF website at www.royareidfoundation.org.uk or email: royareidfoundation@gmail.com