This forum coordinates the actions of over 50 civic and faith organisations in Oldham who have signed the European Pledge to Peace. Oldham has the highest number of signatories of any municipality in Europe. These include Oldham Council and Shaw … Continue reading →
Professor Yasmin Alibhai-Brown delivered the 2018 Coventry Lord Mayor’s Peace Lecture on 13 November 2018 in the beautiful St Mary’s Guildhall on the subject “Keeping Faith in Just Values in an Age of Populism”. The event was introduced by Councillor … Continue reading →
Rodney Kenny writes: I am looking for inspirational, enthusiastic, motivated and passionate young people (18 to 25) who can form a National Youth Counter Terrorism Advisory Group (YTAG), to advise National Counter Terrorism Police Headquarters (CTPHQ) about strategy, policy and operational delivery … Continue reading →
What happens when people are forced to abandon their land, homes, jobs and schools due to a civil war? Conflict, hunger and disease forced nearly 700,000 people to flee South Sudan to become refugees in neighbouring countries in 2017. More … Continue reading →
Can football be an agent of peace? Football for Peace believes so. It is an international movement that wants to foster lasting peace, equality and integration between communities around the world, and show governments and policy makers how the simple concept of … Continue reading →
During the Coventry Peace Festival leading up to the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that ended the fighting of the Second World War, Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation invited children aged 16 or younger who live or … Continue reading →
Peacemakers have a special offer for our Learning for Peace package for 2019 due to securing some generous funding that means we can offer a much larger than usual bursary for this package. We have enough funding for two schools … Continue reading →
On 14 November, Coventry Restorative Justice Forum held a Conference in Coventry Council House on the subject of RJ. Those who were delivering RJ to citizens of the city were able to describe their work, followed by a Question and Answer … Continue reading →
On 13 November, Coventry Lord Mayor and his Committee for Peace and Reconciliation were delighted to host Professor Yasmin Alibhai-Brown as she delivered the 34th Lord Mayor’s Peace Lecture, always the high point of Coventry Peace Festival, entitled “Keeping Faith … Continue reading →
The film “The Man who Built Peace” was shown at St Michael’s House on 10th November as part of Coventry Peace Festival 2018. Afterwards Kelly Burks, Amina Khalid and Jacqui Daukes discussed the film with the audience. Frank Buchman (1878 – … Continue reading →