Filipino Women's Association UK
Registered Charity #1147454
The Filipino Women’s Association-UK (FWA-UK) organised a mini gathering of friends coming from the young and not so young generation to assist the Support the Senior Citizens of the Community project. This afternoon tea was held at the Royal Festival Hall on a cloudy, windy Saturday the 10th of March 2018 . The friends of the FWA-UK occupied a corner table in the bar area of Skylon …
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 …