HM Lord-Lieutenant of Kent, Lady Colgrain hosted the first Inter Faith Reception with support from Deputy Lieutenant Gurvinder Sandher MBE and the Kent Equality Cohesion Council. The reception took place on Monday 11th November and looked to bring faith and community representatives together from across the county.

In total 20 faith representatives attended the reception at County Hall in Maidstone where the Chairman of KCC, Byran Sweetland very kindly provided the use of his rooms. Each representative had the opportunity to speak with the Lord-Lieutenant Lady Colgrain around their experiences and the work being done with their congregations as well as their local communities. The reception also provided an opportunity for those in attendance to learn from their peers and promote positive relationships between faith groups in the county.

Gurvinder Sandher MBE DL, CEO of KECC commented, “We are very lucky to enjoy such strong relationships across faiths and communities here in Kent and the purpose of this reception was to build upon those relationships and reaffirm our partnership. It also provided an opportunity for open discourse as well as to celebrate our unity. I am incredibly grateful to the faith representatives that took the time to attend and support the initiative. Work of this nature is only as successful as the buy in received from partners and I am glad that they had an opportunity to attend and speak with the Lord-Lieutenant who I know was moved by the work being done. We hope the success of the reception spurs on future Inter Faith activity working alongside the Kent Lieutenancy.”