Darren Henry “Roots to Grow, Wings to Fly: My Journey from RAF to Trade Envoy” Saturday, 13 September, 2025 Last night we were delighted to welcome Darren Henry, former MP and UK Trade Envoy to the Commonwealth Caribbean, as our guest speaker. In his inspiring talk “Roots to Grow, Wings to Fly: My Journey from RAF to Trade Envoy”, Darren reflected on his family’s Windrush heritage, 26 years’ service in the RAF, and his mission to strengthen ties between the UK and the Commonwealth Caribbean. “Roots to... Reports
CFCC Treasurer: Dennis Waters 6th September 2011 CFCC Members are mourning the loss and coming to terms with the very sad news about our Treasurer, Dennis Waters. Dennis – great friend, supporter, close to the... Articles
Ambassador of Paraguay 30th July 2011 HE Miguel Angel Solano-Lopez Casco gave an excellent and colourful talk illustrated with booklets on the history and wildlife in Paraguay, particularly birds. Reports
Annual Summer Diplomatic Party 2011 21st June 2011 The Annual Summer Diplomatic Party 2011 was a great success. Reports
Ambassador of Sweden 25th May 2011 HE Nicola Chase, Swedish Ambassador spoke to the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council in central London about Sweden in the context of European... Reports
CFCC AGM 27th April 2011 CFCC AGM: Dennis Waters, Secretary - Sir Ronald Halstead CBE, Chairman - Melissa Crawshay-Williams, Secretary. Articles
Ambassador of Bulgaria 27th April 2011 Bulgaria is a middle-sized European country with a population of 7.5 million. It is one of the oldest states in Europe, dating as far back as the 7th century... Reports
Ambassador of Georgia 17th March 2011 Speech by Ambassador Giorgi Badridze to Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council. Reports
Ambassador of Kuwait 28th February 2011 Firstly I would like to thank the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council for giving me the opportunity to be here this evening, to speak about a subject... Reports
Dinner with The Rt Hon The Lord Howe of Aberavon CH QC 24th January 2011 Sir Ronald Halstead, CBE, chairman of the CFCC, hosted the annual diplomatic dinner at the Cadogan Hall, Chelsea in association with the Conservative Political... Articles
