Caribbean Links

Caribbean Links

In 1985, Caribbean Links was set up by Afro-Caribbean community members, as a “voluntary and totally non-funded organisation”, aimed at promoting the Caribbean, its history, culture and people in Britain. Grant was subsequently made honorary president of the group. Originally based in Tottenham, Caribbean Links soon spread its membership and activities across the country, including an organisational trip to Liverpool. Other activities included an annual “Family Fun Day” which took place in July, and helped to bolster cultural pride and familiarity especially in younger generations living in Britain, who had begun to feel disconnected from their Caribbean heritage. Caribbean Links opted for a unifying motto “out of many… we are one”, similar to the national motto of Jamaica: “out of many, one people”.

Caribbean Links promotional brochure

Like many initiatives Grant was involved with, the organisation was supported by other Black activists engaged in social and political promotions of Black cultures in Britain, such as Linda Bellos and Dorothy Kuya, pictured here at a Caribbean Links event.