June 21st & 22nd 2025
Windrush 77th Anniversary
A two-day of celebration, reflection, and cultural exchange, featuring music, food and other activities at Landseer Road Park and Sailmakers Shopping Centre, Ipswich.
Celebrating the Windrush Generation
Our mission is to celebrate the contributions of the Windrush Generation in Ipswich and to promote cultural exchange and social cohesion.
Max and Leah at the BBC Radio Suffolk Make a Difference Award Ceremony, Trinity Park, Ipswich on 17 September 2025
Max Thomas – BBC Radio Suffolk Make a Difference Volunteer Award Winner 🥂🍾
Max has won the BBC Radio Suffolk Make a Difference Award for his tireless community work in Suffolk including regular school talks, the much loved Reflection Room micro museum at Sailmakers Shopping Centre, Ipswich, and the annual Windrush Legacy Festivals to celebrate Windrush Day.
Reflection Touring Bus
Following on from the success of our Reflection Room micro museum in Sailmakers Shopping Centre, Ipswich, it is now time for us to share this special space with our wider society. We aim to create the front room setting within a touring bus for all to see and reflect upon what we all have in common without social media all those years ago.
If you can help, please donate to our fundraiser.
Reflection Bus Mobile Museum by Ipswich Windrush Society
The Reflection Room
The Reflection Room is a time capsule exhibition located in the Sailmakers Shopping Centre, Ipswich, and showcases the stories of the Windrush Generation via a unique collection of memorabilia and a memorial wall honouring the local community. Please contact us to arrange a viewing.
Reflection Room | Opening Times
- MondayClosed
- Tuesday10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
- Wednesday10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
- ThursdayClosed
- Friday10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
- Saturday10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
- SundayClosed
Times are subject to change based on the availability of volunteers
Visit us
Visit us at our new (temporary) location: First floor, Sailmakers Shopping Centre, opposite River Island.
Can you help us find a permanent home?
We're urgently looking for a new home for the Reflection Room display after being asked to leave our space at Sailmakers Shopping Centre before the end of 2024.
If you can help, please contact us.
New location
Visit us at our new (temporary) location: First floor, Sailmakers Shopping Centre, opposite River Island.
Featured Projects
July 25 2024
Arrival Stories
In partnership with Chapter 82
Free creative workshops for 7–11 year olds at The Hold, Suffolk Archives, Ipswich. Dates/Times: 10:00–12:00 on Thursday July 25, Friday July 26, Thursday August 1. Book your tickets at the Suffolk Archives website
In The News
November 20 2025
Town community fundraises for Jamaican hurricane
Max Thomas, who founded the Ipswich Windrush Society, said: “We have two 40-foot containers ready to go on the 26 November. We are doing this not only for our community, but for our society — so anybody can come and support that. We are going to use our skills, our talents, to make this showcase what Ipswich has — a rich community that would support each other in these times of need.”
March 3 2026
Ipswich High School hosts second Rosa Weekes Prize
Ipswich High School celebrated the second annual Rosa Weekes Prize, marking an increased participation from local Year 6 pupils. The initiative, launched to honour the legacy of Rosa Weekes, who arrived from Nevis in the Caribbean, encouraged students to deliver speeches reflecting the theme of perseverance.