To mark this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day, the Chesterfield Equality and Diversity Forum, supported by Chesterfield Borough Council, has been working with local schools and youth groups to commemorate the day and to help them to learn more about the sensitive issues in an age-appropriate way.
As part of this, children have been getting involved in a ‘Peace Rocks!’ stone painting activity. Each child has painted a stone with a picture or message which is meaningful to them, based on what they have learned about the Holocaust, prejudice or peace.
Once painted, the children have placed the Peace Rocks in the local community for others to find.
On the reverse of each stone is a link to this webpage and we hope that upon finding a Peace Rock, members of the local community will visit the website so that they can learn more about Holocaust Memorial Day and also sign our online Book of Remembrance.
If you find a Peace Rock in your local area, feel free to take a photo and share it with us via Facebook before placing it again in a new location for somebody else to find.