Events
Inter Faith Week took place from 15 to 21
November across England. A
national launch event took place on 12 November.
Many exciting events were held by national, regional and local
bodies around the country.
This page carries information about a selection of national and regional
launch events. The regional faith forums acted as sources of
information on local events in their respective regions. Their sites are
listed below. If you are holding a local event and would like this listed,
please contact the regional forum in your region.
East of England:
www.eefaithscouncil.org.uk
East Midlands: www.ffem.org.uk
London:
www.londoncivicforum.org.uk
North East:
www.nerfn.org
North West:
www.faithnorthwest.org.uk
South East:
www.se-faithforum.net
South West:
www.faithnetsouthwest.org.uk
West Midlands:
www.westmidlandsifw.org.uk
Yorkshire and Humber: www.yorkshireandhumberfaiths.org.uk
For events in Wales see the
Inter Faith Wales web site.
A selection of events that are being
held by national and regional bodies are listed below.
Sunday 15 November
Date and Time:
Sunday 15 November 9:30am - 1pm
Event:
Seminar: “Young British and Believer”
Host Body:
Joseph Interfaith Foundation and the Islamic
Cultural Centre
Description: A half day Seminar for Muslim and Jewish
University and sixth form students. The discussion will focus on the key
question: “why should we live peacefully with people of other faiths
today?”
Location:
Details available on registration
Further Information:
Please visit the website at
http://www.josephinterfaithfoundation.org/currentAttachments/info_young09.pdf.
To register please contact:
Imamshahid@gmail.com, or
info@josephinterfaithfoundation.org or
timberwho7ves@gmail.com
Date and Time:
Sunday 15 November 10:30am - 4:30pm
Event:
Open day at Jinalay (Jain Temple)
Host Body:
The Institute of Jainology, Jain Community of
the UK and the Oshwal Association of the UK
Description: The temple will be open for visitors and
there will be three guided tours during the day.
Location:
Oshwal Centre
Further Information:
To book your visit contact the Oshwal Centre
by phone at 01707 643838 or email at
admin@oshwal.org
Date and Time:
Sunday 15 November - 21 November 7pm - 9pm
Event:
A Sea of Stories
Host Body:
St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and
Peace
Description:
Come and be enchanted by a talented troupe of
storytellers from diverse faith backgrounds, brought together by St
Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace.
Location:
The event is being held, one day each, in the
following five venues. Tickets will be available at the door from 30
minutes before performance time. Further information at
www.stethelburgas.org/stories
Saturday 14 November: 7pm - 9pm
Radha
Krishna Temple, 10 Soho Street, London, W1V 5DA
Monday 16 November 7pm - 9pm
West London Synagogue, 34 Upper Berkeley Street, London, W1H 5QE
Wednesday 18 November 6pm - 8:30pmRegents
Park Mosque, the Islamic Cultural Centre and the London Central Mosque,
146 Park Road, London, NW8 7RG
Thursday 19 November 7pm - 9pm
Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge, London, SE1 9DA
Saturday 21 November 7pm - 9pm
The London Buddhist Centre, 51 Roman Road,
Bethnal Green, London, E2 0HU
Date and Time:
Sunday 15 - 21 November
Event:
Interfaith Volunteer Challenge
Host Body:
Inter Faith Action
Description: During Inter Faith Week, Interfaith Action
will help students at 16 universities to organise an Interfaith Volunteer
Challenge. Over two days, students from different religious/non-religious
backgrounds will volunteer together around the country, in total completing
1000 hours of volunteering.
Further Information:
If you would like to hold an Interfaith
Volunteer Challenge at your University, please contact Laura Griffiths by
email at
laura.griffiths@interact-uk.org.uk, or by phone at 020 7482 4020
Date and Time:
Sunday 15 - 22 November
Event: Four ‘Faith Evenings’
Host Body:
United Religions Initiative (UK)
Description:
Four ‘Faith Evenings’, under the theme
‘Beyond Faith Boundaries’ locations during Inter Faith Week. These events
will enable people of different faith backgrounds to come together and gain
a positive inter faith experience.
Location:
The event is being held in four different
locations:
Monday 15 November 7pm - 9:30pm
Open Door, Taunton
Wednesday 18 November 6:30pm
YMCA, Mansfield
Thursday 19 November 6:30pm
Cumbria University, Penrigh
Sunday 22 November 7pm – 9:30pm
Public Library, Loughton
Further Information:
For further information, please contact
Malcolm Stonestreet by email at
Malcolm@dip.edi.co.uk or by phone at 01768777671
Date and Time:
Sunday 15 November, 6pm
Event: Children of Abraham – Jewish-Muslim Scriptural
Reasoning
Host Body: Interfaith Alliance UK, Foundation for Ethnic
Understanding, Islamic Cultural Centre and London Central Mosque, Scriptural
Reasoning, Liberal Judaism, the Movement for Reform Judaism, Leo Baeck
College and Children of Abraham
Description: This event will be a special opportunity to
read together and discuss Jewish and Islamic sacred texts, aiming to build
understanding and respect for religious differences.
Location: Islamic Cultural Centre and London Central
Mosque, 146 Park Road, London NW8 7RG
Further Information: For further information, please email
enquiries@interfaithalliance.org.uk
Monday 16 November
Date and Time: Monday 16 November 12 noon - 2pm
Event: Archbishop of Canterbury hosts national faith communities'
leadership event to mark Inter Faith Week
Location: London
Further information: Forthcoming
Date and Time:
Monday 16 November
Event:
Lecture
Host Body:
Council of Christians and Jews
Description:
Speaker to be confirmed.
Location:
House of Lords
Further Information:
By invitation only
Date and Time:
Monday 16 November 10am - 4pm
Event:
A regional academic conference
Host Body:
The Multi Faith Centre, University of Derby
Description:
A regional academic conference exploring the
interface between academic and practitioner perspectives, examining the four
building blocks in the Face to Face and Side by Side strategy.
Location: The Multi Faith Centre at the University of
Derby, Derby
Further Information:
Pre-booking essential – for booking from
contact the Multi-Faith Centre: 01332591285 or
j.thornewill@derby.ac.uk. For further information, please visit the
website at
http://www.multifaithcentre.org/news-view.asp?News_ID=13
Date and Time:
Monday 16 - Friday 20 November
Event:
Pilgrims’ Walk
Host Body:
All Faiths and None (AFAN)
Description:
A walk from London to Walsingham covering 15
miles per day.
Location:
London-Walsingham
Further Information: If you would like to participate, or for
further information, please contact alan@afan.uk.net
Date and Time:
See Sunday 15 November
Event: A Sea of Stories
Host Body:
St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and
Peace
Tuesday 17 November
Date and Time:
Tuesday 17 November
Event:
Faith Leaders Event
Host Body: Yorkshire and Humber Faiths Forum
Description:
A Faith Leaders event with the Archbishop of
York
Further Information:
By invitation only
Date and Time: Tuesday 17 - 19 November
Event:
Comedy performances and theatre workshops
Host Body:
Alif Aleph and Muju
Description: Celebrating Inter Faith Week with 3 high
profile comedy performances, alongside participatory theatre and comedy
workshops at a selection of University campuses.
Location: Various
Further Information:
For further information please contact
Georgina Bednar at
Bednar_g@yahoo.co.uk
Date and Time: Tuesday 17 November 6pm – 8pm
Host Body: The Inter Faith Network for the UK and the
British Humanist Association
Description: A by invitation discussion to provide an
opportunity for shared reflection on the extent to which there may be
meeting points between religious traditions and the Humanist tradition.
Location: Central London
Date and Time:
17 November, 8pm – 10pm
Host Body: Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme
Event: Scriptural Reasoning demonstration
Description: This is a demonstration of the dynamic and
evolving inter-faith practice in which Jews, Christians and Muslims meet to
study their sacred Scriptures together.
Further Information: Fully booked. For further
information e-mail Miriam Lorie at
cip@divinity.cam.ac.uk
Date and Time: Tuesday 17 November, 6:30pm
– 10:30pm
Event: Artifice: Inter Cultural Dialogue Through the Arts
Host Body: Three Faiths Forum, JCC for London, Radical Middle Way and Arts and
Christianity Enquiry
Description: An evening of visual art, music, video, spoken word,
graffiti and dialogue about culture, faith and identity. Artists from
different traditions using different forms of expression taking over and
transforming a space. This event is
linked to Inter Faith Week and the Charter for Compassion.
Location: BASH 65 - 71 Scrutton Street,
London EC2A 4PJ
Further Information: Please see
http://www.threefaithsforum.org.uk/Artifice.html
Wednesday 18 November
Date and Time:
Wednesday 18 November 2:30pm - 5pm
Event:
Faith in the Region
Host Body:
East of England Faiths Council
Description:
Networking event for inter faith groups,
public sector officers and support organisations. This is an opportunity to
meet others from around the region, gather information, and make contacts.
The event is free of charge and refreshments will be provided.
Location:
Venue details available on registration
Further Information:
Please visit the website at
http://www.eefaithscouncil.org.uk/interf.htm, email
eefc@camb.catalyst.co.uk or phone 01223421606
Date and Time:
Wednesday 18 November 2:30pm - 4pm
Event: United in Opposing the BNP
Host Body:
The Joseph Interfaith Foundation and the
Muslim Jewish Forum
Description:
A panel discussion.
Location:
Manchester University
Further Information:
Please contact
muslimjewish@googlemail.com or
info@josephinterfaithfoundation.org
Date and Time:
Wednesday 18 November 8pm - 10pm
Event:
Debate
Host Body:
Cambridge Union
Description:
The Cambridge Union is holding a debate on
the motion “This house believes that faith is essential to the democratic
debate.” Confirmed speakers so far are Dr Peter Cave, Chair of the Humanist
Philosophers Group, and Dr Jonathan Chaplin and Kirby Laing from the
Institute for Christian Ethics; Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra, the Chair of the
Interfaith Relations Committee of the Muslim Council of Britain, Vivian
Wineman, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and Samantha
Stein, the Director of Camp Quest UK. The debate costs £5.
Location: Cambridge Union Society Building
Further Information:
Tickets are only available from the Cambridge
Union Society office 01223 566421. For further information, please visit the
website at
http://www.eefaithscouncil.org.uk/interf.htm, call 01223 421606 or email
eefc@camb.catalyst.co.uk
Date and Time:
Wednesday 18 November 10am - 4pm
Event:
Showcase of work done by faith groups in the
North East Region
Host Body:
North East Regional Faiths Network
Description:
A showcase of the work being done with faith
groups in local authorities across the region.
Location:
Stockton Education Centre
Further Information:
North East Regional Faiths Network
Invitations are available upon request from
info@nerfn.org. For further information, please visit the website at
http://www.nerfn.org/page/events-listing/national-interfaith-week-14th---21st-november-2009/
Date and Time:
See Sunday 15 November
Event: A Sea of Stories
Host Body:
St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and
Peace
Date and Time:
See Sunday 15 November
Event: Four ‘Faith Evenings’
Host Body:
United Religions Initiative
Date and Time: Wednesday 18 November 1:30pm – 5:30pm
Event: Inter Faith Seminar
Host Body: Faith Based Regeneration Network UK &
Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe
Description: All are welcome to the seminar entitled
“Religious Philanthropy and Social Action: Tools for Cohesion and Building
Stronger Communities.”
Location: Zoroastrian Centre, Middlesex, diagonally
opposite Raynes Lane London Underground station
Further Information: For further information, please
see www.fbrn.org.uk and to RSVP, please contact Malcolm Deboo at
secretary@ztfe.com
Date and Time: 18 November 1pm – 5.30pm
Event: Inter Faith Day
Host Body: Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board
and Lambeth Palace
Description: A by invitation event for religious
leaders from various faith groups to highlight the benefits and
contributions faith communities can make in building a harmonious and
balanced society. Speakers will include those from different sections of the
Islamic community.
Location: London
Date and
Time: Wednesday 18 November
Event: Mayoral Reception for London’s Faith Communities
Host Body: Greater London Assembly
Location: London
Further Information: By invitation
Thursday 19 November
Date and Time:
Thursday 19 November 8pm
Event:
Panel discussion
Host Body: London Jewish Forum, Community Security and Arsenal in
the Community
Description:
A panel discussion addressing the topic of
anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in football.
Location: Emirates Stadium, London
Further Information:
To book and for further information, please
see
www.jcclondon.org.uk. The price of the event is £10 for advance booking
and £12 on the door
Date and Time:
See Sunday 15 November
Event: A Sea of Stories
Host Body:
St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and
Peace
Date and Time:
See Sunday 15 November
Event: Four ‘Faith Evenings’
Host Body:
United Religions Initiative
Date and Time: 19 November 6pm – 8:45pm
Event: A Women’s Inter Faith event
Host Body: Board of Deputies of British Jews and Hindu
Forum of Britain
Description: A by invitation event to share,
communicate and hear the common and distinct faith challenges arising from
the Preston Report – “Connection Continuity and Community – British Jewish
Women Speak Out.”
Location: London
Date and Time: Thursday 19 November 1:45pm – 5:30pm
Event: A discussion seminar
Host Body: British Humanist Association
Description: A discussion seminar centred on the
question: what is the role of faith in community development and cohesion
work?
Location: Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London
Further Information: The seminar is £25 per person and
tickets are available at
www.humanism.org.uk/shop/tickets or 020 7079
3580
Date and Time: Thursday 19 November,
7:30pm refreshments, 8pm – 9pm lecture
Event: Lily Montagu Memorial Lecture 2009: Is Scripture
Still “Holy”? - Coming of Age with the Bible
Host Body: London Society of Jews and Christians
Description:
Lecture by Rev Dr Anthony Harvey, formerly Canon
Theologian of Westminster Abbey, discussing modern attitudes to the Bible in
the light of critical challenges and scientific thinking, especially
Darwinism. Response by Rabbi Dr David Goldberg, and discussion.
Location:
The Liberal
Jewish Synagogue, 28 St John's
Wood Road,
London NW8 7HA.
Nearest tube St John’s
Wood (Jubilee Line)
Further Information:
Event is
free, all are welcome. The London Society of Jews and Christians is the
oldest public interfaith organisation in the
UK, founded in 1927. For further
information contact the co-chairman, Rabbi Mark Solomon,
m.solomon@liberaljudaism.org.
Friday 20 November
Date and Time: Friday 20 November,
7:30pm – 10pm
Event: In Tune with God
Host Body: Young Jains and Bhakti Mandal
Description: Various faiths will sing some of their most
devotional songs/prayers during this musical night.
Location: London
Further Information: To attend, please email Prafula Shah
at ppraffyshah@gmail.com or Roshni Gudhka at
roshni@youngjains.org.uk
Date and Time: Friday 20 November, 6pm
Host Body: National Council of Hindu Temples (UK) and Patanjali Yog Peeth UK
Event: Yoga Camp
Description: All communities and faiths are invited to this
self development yoga session aimed at providing knowledge of the basic
principles of how to live a healthy life.
Location: Indian Community Centre, Coventry
Further Information: Please contact Sanjay Jagatia at
07805054776
Saturday 21 November
Date and Time:
Saturday 21 November 10am - 4pm
Event:
Open Day at Ghar Derasar
Host Body:
Institute of Jainology, Jain Community of the
UK and Oshwal Association of the UK
Description: The temple will be open for visitors and
there will be four guided tours during the day.
Location:
Ghar Derasar, Croydon
Further Information:
Please email
admin@oshwal.org or Pushpaben Bhimji Shah at
pushpashah12@hotmail.co.uk, or visit the website at
www.oshwal.org
Date and Time:
Saturday 21 November, 10am – 4pm
Event: Inter Faith Seminar
Host Body: Hindu Council UK
Description: An inter faith seminar to improve the
relationship between various faith groups.
Location: London
Further Information: This event is by invitation only. For
further information, please contact Brij-Mohan Gupta at 07931249251
Date and Time:
See Sunday 15 November
Event: A Sea of Stories
Host Body:
St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and
Peace
Date and Time:
See Sunday 15 November
Event: Four ‘Faith Evenings’
Host Body:
United Religions Initiative
These events took place ahead of the Week:
Date and Time:
Saturday 24 October 11am - 3:30pm
Event:
Seminar: Christian Approaches to Inter Faith
Relations: Your Faith Matters!
Host Body:
Church of England
Description:
A seminar in preparation for Inter Faith Week
with keynote speakers Dr Helen Reid, Director of Bradford Churches for
Dialogue and Diversity and Rt Revd John Goddard, Bishop of Burnley.
Location: Manchester
Further Information:
For more information contact Celia Blackden
at
celia.blackden@cte.org.uk
Date and
Time: 7 November, 12:30pm – 6:30pm
Event: A cross community seminar Host Body: Jain Network
(Jain Samaj Europe)
Description: A seminar under the theme of the Jain
contribution to the inter faith understanding.
Location: Sayer Centre, London
Further Information: Please contact Natubhai Shah at 020
8343 1422.
Date and Time:
Tuesday 10 November 9:30am - 4:30pm
Event:
Confronting Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
Host Body: The Joseph Interfaith Foundation
Description:
A one day international conference with
speakers including senior lecturers and heads of department from major
universities.
Location:
London
Further Information:
Tickets are £30 and £15 for students. To
register, please contact
info@josephinterfaithfoundation.org or see the website at
www.josephinterfaithfoundation.org
Date and Time:
Thursday 12 November
Event: Inter Faith Week in England National Launch
Host Body:
CLG in partnership with the Inter Faith
Network for the UK
Description:
An official launch event for Inter Faith Week in partnership with the
Inter Faith Network.
Location:
London
Further Information: By invitation only
Date and Time:
Saturday 14 November 5pm - 8:30pm
Event:
Regional Launch Event
Host Body:
West Midlands Faiths Forum
Description:
The focus of the evening will be to celebrate
and recognise the value of inter faith work in the region. There will be
stands, live music and a inter faith photography exhibition that visually
celebrates the wide range of Inter Faith work that has taken place
throughout the region.
Location:
Central Birmingham
Further Information:
For further information please visit the
website at
http://www.westmidlandsifw.org.uk, or contact Selina Brown by email at
s.brown@wmfaithsforum.org.uk or by phone at 01216788840
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