It’s been a bit busy this autumn, so apologies for not writing the blog more often! Our
Mitzvah Day in November was AMAZING! More volunteers than ever before – it
seems to get busier each year. If you missed it this year – sorry! Come next year.
Alexandra Hospital Redditch. 5 faiths represented, and I think 38 volunteers,
including some dignitaries (Mayor of Redditch, Deputy Lieutenant among others).

Pilgrimage exhibition: has been to Colwall & to Bredon. It is due to visit Eckington in
January. Bredon Hancocks School visited, and the results are brilliant.
During Interfaith Week I attended a “Midlands Interfaith Conference” held in
Coventry. It was a hope-filled event. After the closing of the national Interfaith
Network we were all a bit down-hearted, but there are plenty of people wanting to
engage in interfaith work, and the United Religions Initiative, or URI, who organised
this conference, have taken on quite a lot of it.

We had 2 talks in the autumn: John Chesworth on Faiths in Worcestershire, basing
some of his data on that found in the Census of 2021, and building on that; followed
by Paul & Farahnaz Mahony, and friends, talking about the Baha’i faith. Most of us
don’t know much about it, but I for one feel much better informed now.

In October we had a joint event with Herefordshire & Cheltenham Interfaith. The
theme was Pilgrimage, and Worcestershire’s main contribution was the exhibition,
which was well-received. It was held at Colwall Village Hall, and about 30 people
attended. It’s good to work together on these events.