Members of Kehillat Kernow joined other Faith groups from across Cornwall on Wednesday 13 November to sign Cornwall’s new Faith Covenant, a joint commitment between Cornwall Council and Cornwall’s faith communities to work together to support Cornwall residents.
The Covenant was developed by Cornwall Council in partnership with faith groups to support the council to help bring communities together and promote a sense of pride in Cornwall’s diversity.
Cornwall Council is the first local authority in the south-west to develop a Covenant but many other councils across the UK have developed one using a model created by the All Party Parliamentary group on Faith and Society.
All the groups involved came together at an event at Lys Kernow/County Hall in Truro to sign the Covenant which included members of the Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islam, Jewish, and Pagan faiths, alongside a representative from the Humanist community. Each group brought a sacred object that represented their faith, to be placed in the Inter Faith room of reflection at Lys Kernow.
