Culture at the Bombed Out Church

About Culture at the Bombed Out Church

Culture at the Bombed Out Church is a family-friendly event featuring high-profile speakers and diverse performances, celebrating the beauty of culture while making clear there is no excuse for abuse.

‘Honour’-based abuse (HBA) and harmful practices happen here in the UK, and are too often wrongly seen as part of a person’s culture. Culture is beautiful, and this event celebrates culture while separating it from abuse.

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We’re always looking for volunteers to support the work that we do. However, if you can’t volunteer but would like to support our work in another way, you can also make a donation.

What is ‘honour’-based abuse?

HBA is a crime or incident that has or may have been committed to protect or defend the ‘honour’ of the family and/or community. The perpetrator or perpetrators feel that the only way to restore family ‘honour’ is to harm or kill. HBA is not a cultural practice. Abuse is never part of culture. Too often, it is wrongly conflated with culture or tradition, when in reality, culture is beautiful. There is no excuse for abuse.