Filipino Women's Association UK
Registered Charity #1147454
St. Peter’s High School in Gloucester is representative of the city of Gloucester in that it has a significant Filipino population. Over the past two years, students in Year 11 have raised over £5000 for people in the Philippines still rebuilding their lives after Typhoon Haiyan in Nov. 2013. With the assistance of its associated charity, the FWA-UK (registered charity …
A moving message from one of the FWA-UK’s scholars – Kloie An Cabrera Dear FWA-UK ladies, Thank you so much for giving me a high-standard of education at ERDA Tech. I would not be who am I today without the help of FWA-UK. I thank you a lot for sponsoring my studies even if you don’t personally know me. After …
Highlights from the 2017 PND
The FWA-UK celebrated Philippine independence day by holding its highly anticipated dinner-dance in their usual tasteful style at the prestigious Royal Garden Hotel on Saturday, the 11th of June 2016. The usual long queue at reception didn’t happen this time as those who still needed to pay were few and a new innovation was employed; no time was spent checking …
Launched in November 2015, this local project strives to serve the needs of the first generation of Filipino migrants to the United Kingdom who arrived during the late 1960s and peaked in the 1970s. They were mostly economic migrants and were generally employed in the service industries, catering and hospitality, healthcare and domestic services. Their ages ranged from 18-30 years …
INTRODUCTION / BACKGROUND The first generation of Filipino migrants to the United Kingdom arrived during the late 1960s and peaked in the 1970s. They were mostly economic migrants and were generally employed in the service industries namely, catering and hospitality, healthcare and domestic services. Their ages ranged from 18 – 30 years. This first generation are now senior citizens and …
The Executive Board is the nerve centre of the Association.The Executive Board meets at least four times a year. It makes all decisions concerning the general policy of the Association. It appoints chairpersons of the different Standing Committees and Sub-committees. The Executive Board reviews all projects and planned activities submitted by the Standing Committees and approves the annual and supplementary …