Rochester Cathedral awarded title of Awareness Ambassadors for Peace

Dean Philip Hesketh and Canon Gordon Giles were delighted and honoured to be invited to a gala dinner a couple of weeks ago where they unsuspectingly received from the Duchess of Edinburgh two certificates of recognition from the Awareness Foundation.

The Awareness Foundation is run by Nadim and Huda Nassar, who support children who are victims of war in Syria.  During the 2024 Safeguarding Season an exhibition of children’s art was displayed at the Cathedral and the Dean used one of the images in his Christmas Sermon. This exhibition has now travelled worldwide. As the first venue to host the exhibition Rochester Cathedral was named as an Ambassador for the Foundation.

Canon Gordon Giles writes

“It is humbling to think that our small efforts for this charity who do very significant, life-changing and dangerous work in Syria should be recognised in this way.”