The Coronation Big Lunch was hosted by the Dean of Westminster on April 18, where Faith Leaders were invited to come together to share friendship and food at Westminster Abbey as the final preparations are being made for the Coronation weekend on 6-8 May.
Guests including His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, Dame Prue Leith and Sir Tim Smit, were welcomed by the Dean of Westminster and the Archbishop of Canterbury, as they came together to enjoy a relaxed celebration all about friendship, food and fun ahead of ceremonial events taking place at the Abbey early next month.
Some of the guests attending the Coronation Big Lunch at Westminster Abbey included Darcy Flynn Biddulph, Interfaith Representative, The Buddhist Society, Trupti Patel, President Hindu Forum of Britain, Bhai Sahib Ji Mohinder Singh OBE KSG, Chairman of the Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha UK, Manchandan Kaur Sandhu, Sikh Network, and Mr Narendra Waghela, Co-Chair, Interfaith Network.
Senior faith and belief leaders in Britain have voiced strong support for the Big Help Out and urged their communities to take part in volunteering activities on Coronation Bank Holiday on 8 May.
This comes as the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and other faith and community leaders visit The Passage homelessness charity in central London to encourage their communities and the nation to take part in the Big Help Out. At the visit, the group will help sort donated clothing and serve food to the charity’s clients.
The multi-faith statements of support, from all major UK faith communities (Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Bahá’í, Jain, Zoroastrian) is a rare occurrence in the run-up to the Coronation Weekend of HM King Charles and HM The Queen Consort.
The Big Help Out is one of the official projects of the forthcoming Coronation Weekend and is an initiative aiming to promote, champion and showcase volunteering. Building on the volunteering phenomenon seen during the pandemic, it aims to inspire a new generation of volunteers by making it easy for everyone to recognise opportunities and get involved.
