Manchester Buddhist Centre

In a joy­ful and inspir­ing cere­mony last week­end, the Centre form­ally received the North West Multi-​​Faith Tourism Association’s (NWMFTA) Marque of Excellence for our excel­lent vis­itor welcome.

The day was a great suc­cess, and, as well as Manchester’s Lord Mayor, Councillor Alison Firth, present­ing the award, we wel­comed vis­it­ors from the NWMFTA, Visit England and the Northern Quarter Busi­ness Association, plus many other friends and acquaint­ances of the Centre.

Joanna Booth from NWMFTA talked of how impressed she had been — how there was some­thing for every­one here; how she val­ued the work we do with schools; and how the idea of work as a spir­itual prac­tice had helped her to view her own work in a dif­fer­ent light.

The Lord Mayor echoed these sen­ti­ments and said she was very pleased to present us with the award.

In response, Dayamala stressed the Buddhist val­ues and prac­tice that under­pin the Centre’s suc­cess. She talked of how our prac­tice of lov­ing kind­ness dir­ectly res­ults in the warm wel­come we give to those who come through our doors.