Our Mission
What we have been doing
We are a small but passionate Dominican community in Slough and our aim is to provide long term support to schools, medical centres and the Infirmary in Dominica through various fundraising activities and events after hurricane Maria and beyond. We also aim to promote our Dominican culture during our activities.
Over the last year…
10thApril 2018 –
Commonwealth Big Lunch
Rochdale Alexis, SDA Chair and Alan Titre, SDA Treasurer attended the lunch with Dominican food and culture hosted by the Dominican High Commission in London as part of the Commonwealth Big Lunches celebrations.
Saturday 12th June 2018 –
Dance Event at Bar H, Langley
It was a great evening attended by 160 people. Music was provided by DJs Daddy Ernie, Ninjaman Lloyd and LLoydie Jay. We raised over £1,900
Saturday 22nd September 2018 –
Dinner & Dance Event at Slough Cricket Club
This was our main event and another fantastic evening attended by over 180 people including special guests Ms Nakinda Daniel, representative of the Dominica High Commission and former Chelsea Footballer, Paul Canoville. We had comedy from Glenda Jaxson and after the tasty Caribbean meal we continued to dance to music provided by DJs Lloydie Jay, Roy Medallion and Patrickson. There was a big raffle on the night with the top prize of a pair of tickets to Paris donated by British Airways, then a meal for 2 at the Tyme on the Waterfront Caribbean restaurant, in Northolt, a signed copy of Paul Canoville’s book ‘Black and Blue’, a signed Chelsea football shirt and a Dominica National Football team shirt. Photographs taken on the night by professional photographer, John Marzec can be viewed and purchased from our Facebook page with proceeds going towards our Dominican hurricane relief fund. We raised over £2,200 on the night.
Saturday 27th October 2018 – Dominica 40th Anniversary of Independence Service at Westminster Cathedral
A group of members attended the Service in London to support the celebration which was organised by the Dominica National Development & Disaster Fund.
Sunday 18th November 2018 – Thanksgiving mass at St. Anthony’s Church, Slough
The mass officiated by Rev Fr Nicholas Nwanzi was attended by Ms Janet Charles, Acting Dominica High Commissioner and Chair of DONA, Mr. Joseph Vidal. The mass was followed by refreshments and music.
Saturday 2nd March 2019 –
Dance Event at Bar H, Langley
Over 180 people attended and danced to music from DJs Daddy Ernie, Lloydie Jay and Patrickson. We had a special guest from Omega radio FM, DJ Lady M. We raised over £2,200
Dance Event at Bar H, Langley
Over 180 people attended and danced to music from DJs Daddy Ernie, Lloydie Jay and Patrickson. We had a special guest from Omega radio FM, DJ Lady M. We raised over £2,200
Saturday 1st June 2019 – Dance Event at Slough Cricket Club
Another enjoyable evening with music from DJs Daddy Ernie, LLoydie Jay and Patrickson. We raised over £1,200
Saturday 15th June 2019 – Windrush Elders Dinner at the Britwell Centre
With the help of other Slough Caribbean community groups SDA organised a dinner for over 80 elders from the Windrush generation to celebrate their contribution to Slough. Music was provided by a live band, Boss and the Horsepower Band from Anguilla and DJ Patrickson. There was poetry from Lennox Carty and guest speaker was Lydia Simmons OBE. Ms Janet Charles, Acting Dominica High Commissioner attended with other dignitaries including the Mayor of Slough, Councillor Avtar Kaur Cheema.
What’s Next
This year we have decided to support the following places:
- The Dominica Infirmary
- Salisbury Village Health Centre
- Salisbury Primary School
- Bagatelle Health Centre
- Petite Savanne Nursery
- Savanne Paille Primary School in Portsmouth
These places are still in need of many items following Hurricane Maria so we are in the process of purchasing supplies to assist them such as adult incontinence nappies, toiletries and a wheelchair for the Infirmary. Medical supplies for the health centres. Reading books and learning materials for the schools.
Shipping costs are expensive so we need to raise funds to ship the items too!
