Holding Onto Hope - Manda Patel & Marina Cantacuzino - Thursday 16th October 2025

In celebration of World Values Day This evening’s programme is a joint UK Values Alliance and Brahma Kumaris contribution to World Values Day, 16th October. The theme this year is Values for the Future Hope is like a candle shining in the dark. It gives us the courage and determination to keep going. It uplifts and inspires us to rise to our challenges, whatever they may be. The conversation will be facilitated by Charles Fowler FRSA, member of the Steering Group of the UK Values Alliance and Chair of Human Values Foundation Speakers: Marina Cantacuzino MBE is an author, broadcaster and founder of The Forgiveness Project. Shining a light on restorative processes, the charity works with personal narratives to show how individuals and groups can break cycles of harm, reach across divides, and see humanity in those who have harmed them. Manda Patel is an inspiring teacher and speaker, who has dedicated her life to studying the simple, spiritual truth that lives behind the philosophy of the Brahma Kumaris. She is based in the Global Retreat Centre, near Oxford, where she has played a pivotal role for many years.