Sterling Betancourt MBE

In a career spanning more than five decades, he has received numerous awards including his involvement in the origins of the Notting Hill Carnival in the 1960s. Henderson, Betancourt and Ralph Cherrie, initiated the multicultural Notting Hill children street festival organised by Rhaune Laslett in 1964. A festival that grew to become the biggest street event in Europe, the Notting Hill Carnival.