Tree planting ceremony at St Marys Church Theraputic Garden on April 22 The Mayor of Lewisham has planted a blossom tree to commemorate the almost 600 Lewisham residents who have lost their lives to Covid-19. The tree was planted in the Therapeutic Garden at St Mary’s Church last month as a “living memorial that anybody can visit to reflect on the lives of those who have passed and the long-lasting impact of the pandemic”. The Therapeutic Garden, funded by Lewisham Council, was first opened in 2017 as a joint project between St Mary’s Church and the Ladywell Unit at Lewisham Hospital to promote mental wellbeing through gardening.
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Dartford council and Kent Equality Cohesion Council hold virtual service for Holocaust Memorial Day
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Updated: 10:07, 29 January 2021
A virtual service was held to mark Holocaust Memorial Day and encourage everyone to reflect on the depths humanity can sink to.
It was organised by the Kent Equality Cohesion Council and Cohesion Plus in partnership with Dartford council.
Kent Holocaust Memorial Day Event 2021. Video: Kent Equality Cohesion Council
Civic, community and faith partners came together to remember the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust, under Nazi persecution and in the genocides which followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day this year was Be the light in the Darkness to encourage everyone to reflect on the depths humanity can sink to, but also the ways individuals and communities have resisted that darkness to âbe the lightâ before, during, and after genocide.