Bradford Cathedral – in conjunction with Bradford For Everyone and the Bradford Hate Crime Alliance – will be hosting a Service of Hope and Remembrance during this year’s National Hate Crime Awareness Week.

The service will take place on Monday 16th October at 7:30pm, and will begin with a welcome from the Revd Canon Ned Lunn of Bradford Cathedral and the Bishop of Bradford, the Rt Revd Dr Toby Howarth, and will include contributions from schools, live music and a keynote address from the West Yorkshire Police.

There will also be a short piece with members of the Bradford Hate Crime Alliance, and a discussion, with prayers and reflections, on the faith response to hate crime.

At the end of the service each faith community will come together to light a single candle which will burn throughout the week as a sign and symbol of our continuing commitment to stand with, and to seek the flourishing of, one another.

You can read the full piece on the Bradford Cathedral website.