Many Voices One World Festival Mar 21 2-6
Doors open at 1.30 pm
Full Programme Details
How to get there
A fantastic afternoon is taking shape, thanks to the hard work of our dedicated team of volunteers. Highlights include:
- Keynote speech by Ashok Sinha, Director of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition
- Dance performances from African and Indian communities
- Sacred song, dance and poetry from Mem and friends of the Sufi tradition
- Singing workshop led by Arthasiddhi of Cambridge Buddhist Centre
- Bollywood dance workshop, led by Shilpa Shah, Co-founder of the Akashi Project
- Faiths Panel in discussion about faiths and climate change, chaired by Jenny Kartupelis, Director of the East of England Faiths Council
- Workshop on greening your church or faith meeting place, led by David Chandler and Hilary Marlow of A Rocha.
- For the sceptics (!), Climate Change: is it really happening? talk by Dr Stephen Peake of the Judge Business School
- Children’s activities
- Hula hooping
- Henna painting
- Films: Hanging Gardens of Arabia, and Sisters on the Planet
- Delicious food on sale
- Freebies
- Lots of engaging activities on how to go low carbon!
Take a look at the programme to see how it all fits together here.
Getting to Festival
The college is on the local bus route and is in walking distance from the railway station. Cambridge citi 1 buses run every 15 minutes and citi 7 buses run every 30 minutes both stopping at Hills Road Sixth Form College from the city centre and Cambridge train station.
The Babraham Road Park & Ride service stops directly outside the College and operates on Sundays.
Please contact www.stagecoachbus.com or traveline (0870 608 2608) if you require further details of local bus services.
The College is subject to parking restrictions on site. You are therefore encouraged to arrive on foot, bicycle or bus.
If driving, festival visitors are encouraged to use the multi-storey car park, conveniently located on Clifton Road. The car park is a short walking distance from the College.
Purbeck Road is a private, non-through road. This road is the access route for fire appliances and other emergency vehicles supporting the College, local businesses and residents. A company operates a wheel clamping service along this road to ensure that the double yellow lines are adhered to. A non-refundable £90 release charge applies if a vehicle is clamped.
