Steppin' Sistas Walkers honour Windrush legacy

A GROUP set up to get the Black women of Bristol out enjoying the countryside around the city is to stage a walk around somewhere a bit more familiar - the streets of St Pauls.

- Tristan CORK

The Steppin' Sistas were set up in Covid times back in the spring of 2021 to encourage an interest in walking and open spaces, and now hold dozens of walks every year around the West Country and beyond.

The group, founded and led by Sophia Brown, has won awards for its work to bring together Black women in Bristol and encourage them to be more active and get out into the countryside to enjoy the benefits of exercise and nature.

But later this month, the group will hold a walk that will be close to their hearts. The Windrush Walk will take place around St Pauls, on Windrush Day on June 22. Sophia said the event will be a celebration and a commemoration, and be followed by a party in St Agnes Park.

Sophia organised the first Windrush walk two years ago, and it has grown into a larger event each year since.