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The Godiva Trust Coventry is a Heritage, Arts & Community Group in Coventry, West Midlands.
In 1999 Pru Porretta, Coventry's official Lady Godiva and heart of England qualified Tourist Guide, ...
Annual Multi Faith peace walk with Lady Godiva
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Walk to different places of worship together under the banner of PeaceDetailed description
Saturday, 9th of November we have our annual Peace Walk!
Coventry Multifaith forum highlights all Faiths and we walk together promoting unity respect and peace.
Lady Godiva asks for your support to make this a wonderful experience and occasion of peace and happiness. You'll be provided with a wonderful booklet to give the full route with a map, prayers and information about Coventry Multifaith forum.
The Peace walk starts in Priory Gardens at 9:45. Together, we'll visit the Christian place of worship Holy Trinity Church across from Priory Gardens, then out to Stoney Stanton Road to the mosque, then onto the Hindu Temple by Halfords and finish with the Sikh Gurdwara with a meal together.
Everything should be finished approximately 12:30.
Coventry Multi-Faith Forum Peace Walk Route
1. - Start at 9.45am in the Priory Gardens Priory Row, CV1 5RX
2. - 10am at the Holy Trinity Church, Priory Row, CV1 5EX
3. - 11.00am at the Masjid Zeenatul Islam, Cambridge Street, CV1 4FR 4. -
11.50am at the Shree Krishna Temple, Harnall Lane West, CV1 4EZ 5. -
12.30pm finish the walk at Gurdwara Guru Nanak Parkash, 71 Harnall Lane West, CV1 4FB And finally we eat together.
About The Godiva Trust
In 1999 Pru Porretta, Coventry's official Lady Godiva and heart of England qualified Tourist Guide, discovered a lost city festival dedicated to the Anglo-Saxon noblewoman, Lady Godiva that hadn’t been shared or celebrated for over 500 years.
Following a lot of hard work, Pru staged a recreation for that September’s Heritage Open Days. Encouraged by the response, the festival has been repeated each year since, expanding to now include over 50 ‘Godiva Sisters’: women who live in Coventry but have their roots in other lands. A procession involving choirs, musicians and special banners created by each community group is led through the city by their Godiva Sister to the Priory Gardens, site of the city’s first cathedral founded by the original Lady Godiva.
Participating in Heritage Open Days has inspired the team to create further educational workshops, heritage tours, peace and citizenship programmes throughout the year. They’ve gone from strength to strength and been recognised locally and nationally with a 2011 Coventry City Council Community Champions Award for cultural diversity and a 2018 Queens Award as well as awards for Imagination Reading storytelling Cafes, part of the Godiva Trust.
• The Godiva Trust works all year to plan and expand our reach to communities and faiths. We hold storytelling and art workshops in schools and women’s groups celebrating Diwali, Eid, Christmas, Chinese New Year, International Women's Week, Black History month, Peace month.