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 →
This valuable report was published by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy Multi-Party Office and the Centre for Democracy and Peace Building in January 2017. This report provides snapshots of the context of conflicts, peace agreements and implementation structures or institutions … Continue reading →
In the face of the current restrictions on meetings due to COVID-19, Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation have launched a teleconference facility aimed at bringing communities together for meetings of up to 99 people for up to … Continue reading →
The following newsletter with information about programmes and projects to help people sleeping rough in Coventry was produced by Paul Maddocks, Chair of Coventry Action for Neighbourhoods.
Continue reading →The Rising Cafe within Coventry Cathedral will close for renovations from 1 March 2020 until an unspecified date in 2021. The cafe staff said “We will sadly miss all of you the rest of 2020… But PLEASE be sure to … Continue reading →
In late 2019, working with Coventry Cathedral and Coventry and Warwickshire Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education (SACRE), we invited children aged 16 or younger who live or attend school in Coventry or Warwickshire to submit a poem on the … Continue reading →