The Forgiveness Project collects and shares stories from both victims/survivors and perpetrators of crime and conflict who have rebuilt their lives following hurt and trauma. Founded in 2004 by journalist, Marina Cantacuzino, The Forgiveness Project provides resources and experiences to … Continue reading →
The Good Citizen Award honours people who may not get the recognition they deserve for their efforts to help or improve the community. Who can be nominated? It could be someone who has made Coventry a better place, or who … Continue reading →
Cultural Education Partnerships are an Arts Council England initiative delivered by bridge organisations in local areas. Arts Connect are helping to develop a Cultural Education Partnership in Coventry, The Coventry Cultural Education Partnership will work with schools, the local authority, voluntary and … Continue reading →
Here is the Coventry Peace House Night Shelter wish list for February: This month we need coffee, hot chocolate, sugar, toilet roll and cooking oil. And, as always, any donations of fresh fruit, peanut butter, juice, and snacks people can … Continue reading →
In January the Head Teacher of Keresley Grange Academy Mrs. Penlington hosted an award ceremony before the whole school, parents and guests in which the Lord Mayor of Coventry presented awards to the joint winners of the Coventry Schools Peace Poem Competition 2018. Mrs Penlington … Continue reading →
Here are some suggestions about how you can take simple actions in your daily life to help make your home, your community, your country and your world a more peaceful place. Please use the comments box to add your own … 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 →
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 →