National Marriage Week occurs each year in May.
Marriage week is all about celebrating marriage and all the good it brings to society. At CARE, we believe marriage is worth investing in. There is a wealth of good research that highlights that strong marriages make for stable families and in turn, this makes for happier children, happier grown-ups and the benefits for local communities and wider society are many.
Watch below as Lyndon and Celia tell their story and reflect on more than 40 years of married life together.
WATCH: Lyndon and Celia’s story
Lyndon and Celia Bowring have been married for 40+ years. In this film, they talk about how they met, the challenges they've overcome and reflect on all the lessons they've learnt, and continue to learn, along the way.
National Marriage Week Resources
Below you will find a range of resources we hope you will find useful during National Marriage Week.
James Mildred: postponing my wedding day because of coronavirus
CARE's James Mildred was hoping and expecting to get married on June 6 2020. Then the coronavirus pandemic threw those plans up in the air. In this piece for, James reflects on what it was like and how he and his fiance were as determined as ever to get married.
Love, weddings and marriage during coronavirus
CARE's Jonathan Williams was due to get married in summer 2020. But the coronavirus pandemic meant his wedding plans looked very different. In this piece for National Marriage Week, Jonathan explains what life looked like as he and his fiance planned for a very different start to their married life together.
For more resources, interviews, stories and so much more, do visit the official Marriage Week website.