About Culture is Beautiful

‘Culture is Beautiful’ is our annual event featuring our ‘March to End HBA’ and Festival of ‘Culture at the Bombed Out Church’.

‘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.

Why we created this event

This event is part of a campaign highlighting that HBA and harmful practices, including forced marriage, FGM, and conversion ‘therapy’ happen here, and that it is a violation of human rights.

March to End HBA 

March to End HBA is Savera UK’s annual call to end ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and harmful practices.

Date: Sat 29th August 2026
Time: Gather from 11:45 am 
Meet up location: Williamson Square, Liverpool City Centre

Credit: AB Photography
Credit: AB Photography

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.

Date: Sat 29th August 2026
Time: 1PM – 5PM 
Location: St Lukes Bombed Out Church, Leece Street, Liverpool, L1 2TR

Meet our sponsors, supporters, and partners

Thank you to our sponsors, supporters, and partners for helping make this event possible.

March Sponsor

Festival Sponsors

Thornley Leisure Parks
Merseyrail

Festival Supporters

MSB Solicitors
Morecrofts Solicitors

Event Partners

Bombed Out Church
Zonta Club

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.