Across the two Heritage Open Days weekends, we’ll be hosting four “Chai & Chat" sessions in collaboration with local faith communities, offering a rare opportunity to visit a Hindu mandir, a Sikh gurdwara, a mosque, and a South Asian church.
Each event will begin with a short guided tour of the space, highlighting its heritage and community role, followed by a relaxed, informal conversation over tea and biscuits.
At the heart of each session are personal stories from older, married couples within each community - sharing how they met, how they married, and the ways in which faith, spirituality, tradition and family shaped both their weddings and their lifelong partnerships.
These conversations will reveal both the distinctiveness and the shared values of marriage across cultures and faiths.
The sessions aim to open up our beautiful worship and heritage spaces to everyone, allowing us to come together through food, faith and friendship!
