Coventry Society would like to acknowledge the great work of Marjorie “Mo” Mowlam on the Northern Ireland Peace Conference. She was the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1997 to 1999, the first woman to hold this post, and … Continue reading →
At the Hiroshima Commemoration held in Coventry Cathedral on 6 August 2020, the certificate of friendship from the City of Coventry to the City of Hiroshima shown below was presented by the Lord Mayor of Coventry to Dr Miho Taka … Continue reading →
Throughout Coventry, the ‘Sacred’ can and does manifest in many different ways. Coventry Sacred Space has been established to honour and celebrate Coventry’s ‘arrivals hall’ for communities in need of sanctuary and a new home. It is a space for … Continue reading →
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust are running a survey to find the views of people of ethnic minority backgrounds on what mental health means to them, what their perception/experience is of mental health services, and what barriers there might … Continue reading →
Mindful of centuries of European persecution of the Jewish people and the continuing plight of the Palestinian people The Balfour Project invites the government and people of the United Kingdom to : • learn what the Balfour Declaration and Palestine mean for … Continue reading →
This article was first published on the United Nations Association Coventry Branch website. Can the armed forces be a force for peace? According to the Armed Forces Day [1] website [2]: “The UK Armed Forces defend the UK and its … Continue reading →
Rosie Marshall, a student at the Blue Coat School in Coventry, has won a competition run by anti-racism charity Show Racism the Red Card. Rosie won the Year 7-9 Creative Writing category of the charity’s 2020 school competition. Ged Grebby, … Continue reading →
The Post Office scandal is probably Britain’s biggest ever miscarriage of justice. Hundreds of postmasters were jailed or financially ruined after a computer system said money was missing from their branches. Finally the Post Office admitted that its Horizon computer … Continue reading →
Many youth services are severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. Rugby schoolboy Samren Reddy has just launched “When I Grow Up”, an initiative that invites young people to share pictures and videos of their hopes and dreams for the future. … Continue reading →