In this video Maggie Myers, our Director for Education and Visitors, brings you the story of Bishop Blaise who appears as a carving on top of the Dean's Stall.Click here to view.
<span style="font-size: 1rem;">...discover something about the different faiths they represent and learn more about Bradford’s local communities, cultures and faith heritage.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">For May’s trail Bradford Cathedral have brought it online so those interested in discovering more about some of the faith buildings in the city can explore highlights of the trail from the comfort of their home. Posts will appear on the cathedral’s social media and blog, in real-time, in a special ‘Faith Trail Online’.</span>The posts will include photos, facts and comments assembled by those who organise the monthly Faith Trail.The Trail begins at St. Peter’s RC Church at the top of Leeds Road at 10.15am, works its way down Leeds Road stopping at the Abu Bakar Masjid, the Shree Lakshmi Narayan Hindu Temple and the Guru Gobind Singh Ji Gurdwara, where everybody enjoys a vegetarian lunch. It finishes around 3.30pm after a tour of Bradford Cathedral.You can follow the online Faith Trail by visiting the cathedral’s Facebook, Twitter or Instagram accounts between 9am and 3:30pm on Saturday 2nd May or by looking out for the posts at bradfordcathedral.blog/blog. The hashtag #FaithTrailOnline can be used on Twitter and Instagram to see the updates as well as comments from those taking part in the online trail.You can find out more about the Faith Trail by going to bradfordcathedral.org/visit/faith-trail/.
In this video Maggie Myers, our Director for Education and Visitors, goes through the imagery of the Mothers' Union banner which is displayed in Bradford Cathedral from spring 2020 to spring 2021.Click here to watch it.
Although the Fairtrade Breakfast was several weeks ago, the money we raised contributes to long-term support of farmers and producers in the developing world, many of whom will be suffering additional hardships as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. We have today received this letter of thanks from Traidcraft on behalf of these farmers and producers. So, thank you again to everyone who enjoyed the fellowship and Fairtrade and locally produced items of the Breakfast – we look to welcoming even more breakfasters on the first Sunday in March 2021!<span style="font-size: 1rem;">Karen Smith writes:</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">I can’t thank you enough for holding a Fairtrade Breakfast at Bradford Cathedral, and for your generous gift of £110.00! I hope you had a lovely time celebrating with your friends and community.</span>Every penny you raised will support vulnerable farmers, workers and artisans around the world to get a better deal from trade. People like Thabiti, a coffee farmer from Tanzania – who can now start looking forward to a fairer return on the hard work he does every day.Thabiti owns a small plot of land where he grows coffee, bananas, maize and beans. He has a disability in his legs, and with no support for disabled people locally, his disability limits the amount of work he can do on his farm. With three young children to support, earning enough income has always been a huge worry.“Sometimes we fail to make profit,” he says. “I hold my stick in one hand and the plants in the other, so it’s very difficult without paying for help.”But thanks to the support of people like you, Thabiti recently joined a Traidcraft Exchange group with other disabled farmers in the area, which has really changed things for him.“Being part of the group gives me comfort and really good consolation. I meet with others with disabilities and they’re my friends, we accept each other, we accept our disabilities. I value Traidcraft Exchange.”Since joining the group Thabiti has undertaken training in practical skills such as book-keeping. He has also learned about the many ways that disabled people are stigmatised at family, community and even government level, and how being supported to earn a better living can help tackle this. “I think this will help us stamp out discrimination, he says.Thank you for giving people like Thabiti the power to transform their families’ lives through trade. With warmest wishes,Karen Karen Smith<span style="font-size: 1rem;">Fundraising Administrator</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Traidcraft Exchange</span>
