Petition launched to save the Marcus Garvey Day Centre

The petition has so far received close to 5,000 signatures in a bid to save the centre's day service from moving to a new location

Written By: 

Leah Sinclair

COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNERS have launched a petition to fight what they claim to be the closure of the Marcus Garvey Day Centre in Nottingham.

The venue in Lenton, Nottingham, was built in 1931. It was named after the civil rights icon and has served the community for over 30 years.

According to the petition, which has received close to 5,000 signatures, the Marcus Garvey Day Centre was opened “as a response to the number of African Caribbean elders in Nottingham who often felt isolated at home, sometimes with no relatives and who had no form of social enjoyment.

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