Unit 1
Tech Exploration
A legacy of care and community
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1Windrush “pardner hand” savings scheme
Windrush “pardner
hand” savings scheme
on the NFL
Among the challenges faced by the Windrush generation when they arrived to work in Britain in the 1940s, 50s and 60s was the refusal by many banks and building societies to allow them to open accounts, deposit savings or take out loans. Instead, they set up their own community schemes, based on those that had existed for generations in the Caribbean and elsewhere, that relied on trust.
Now the Bank of England is hosting an exhibition in partnership with Museumand, the National Caribbean Heritage Museum, on “pardner hand” – a collective savings scheme that is still thriving 75 years after the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury in Essex. [...]
The new arrivals turned to a centuries-old system whereby people banded together in groups for the purpose of saving, known as pardner hand. It was a type of Rosca (rotating savings and credit association), used by people around the world, especially when access to traditional banking services is limited. Under the system, a group of people agree to save money together over a set period of time, with each individual handing their cash to one of their number for safekeeping. Each week, one “pardner” receives a lump sum made up of that week's total contributions. [...] Savings were used to fund businesses, buy homes and pay for weddings and funerals. [...] Pardner hand is still thriving in communities of Caribbean heritage in the UK, with many schemes run on apps.
Now the Bank of England is hosting an exhibition in partnership with Museumand, the National Caribbean Heritage Museum, on “pardner hand” – a collective savings scheme that is still thriving 75 years after the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury in Essex. [...]
The new arrivals turned to a centuries-old system whereby people banded together in groups for the purpose of saving, known as pardner hand. It was a type of Rosca (rotating savings and credit association), used by people around the world, especially when access to traditional banking services is limited. Under the system, a group of people agree to save money together over a set period of time, with each individual handing their cash to one of their number for safekeeping. Each week, one “pardner” receives a lump sum made up of that week's total contributions. [...] Savings were used to fund businesses, buy homes and pay for weddings and funerals. [...] Pardner hand is still thriving in communities of Caribbean heritage in the UK, with many schemes run on apps.
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2Windrush and the National Health Service
Windrush and the
National Health Service
on the NFL
Even before the NHS was founded, there was a nursing shortage in Britain and in 1948, there were 54,000 vacancies. [...]
In response to these workforce shortages, the Ministry of Health and Labour embarked on a concerted recruitment drive across the British colonies. [...]
The recruitment campaign was a success; 5,000 Jamaican women were working in British hospitals by 1965 and by 1977, 66% of overseas student nurses and midwives originated from the Caribbean. [...]
Nursing recruits from the West Indies also found themselves dispatched to unpopular and unprestigious specialties that British nurses avoided, such as psychiatric nursing or working with people with learning disabilities.
In response to these workforce shortages, the Ministry of Health and Labour embarked on a concerted recruitment drive across the British colonies. [...]
The recruitment campaign was a success; 5,000 Jamaican women were working in British hospitals by 1965 and by 1977, 66% of overseas student nurses and midwives originated from the Caribbean. [...]
Nursing recruits from the West Indies also found themselves dispatched to unpopular and unprestigious specialties that British nurses avoided, such as psychiatric nursing or working with people with learning disabilities.
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Communication
1-A
What types of challenges did Caribbean migrants face when they arrived in the UK?
2-A
What difficulties did the nurses talk about in the video? How did they cope?
3-A
Why was the “pardner hand” savings system so important for these communities?
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Science
1-B
What kind of healthcare jobs were Caribbean nurses assigned to in Britain? Why do you think they were often given these roles?
2-B
Explain how the “pardner hand” system worked. How did it impact the Caribbean community?
3-B
Pick out key figures showing the importance of the Windrush contribution to the NHS.
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Communication
Act out an interview of Caribbean nurses.
Show the challenges they faced, how they supported each other, and why community mattered.
Science
Create a “Did you know?” post.
Create a dynamic infographic featuring three surprising facts about the financial and professional challenges the Windrush generation had to face, and how they overcame them.
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