Activities calendar

The calendar below shows activity information linked to Inter Faith Week 2022. Some activities this year will take place virtually, and an icon identifies these on the list below. You can also filter online/ socially distanced in-person activities using the controls above.

• Monday 31 October

  Epping Forest District Museum - Faiths in the Forest Online Exhibition

  39 – 41 Sun Street Waltham Abbey EN9 1EL. 10.00 – Saturday 17 December 16.00
  Epping Forest District Museum will be holding an online exhibition on its website https://www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/museum, which will also be displayed digitally at the museum, allowing visitors to learn more faiths within the Epping Forest District.
  
  Ahead of the exhibition, the Museum has been working to identify gaps in its photograph collection and working to add some reflecting the Jewish lived experience within the Epping Forest District. It is working alongside Chabad Lubavitch Buckhurst Hill (https://www.chabadonthehill.co.uk/) and other members of the Jewish community to collect photographs, including photographs of Jewish holidays and menorah lightings throughout the district, to ensure the collection remains relevant and reflective of the district's community. …

  • Online activity
  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Disabled toilet
  • Step-free access
  • Wheelchair access
• Saturday 12 November

  Trees, Faith and Life

  Birkenhead Central Library, Borough Road, Birkenhead CH41 2XB
  This exhibition is organised by the Wirral Deen Centre and will include local schools' responses to the a variety of faith, philosophical and symbolic perspectives on trees, faith and life. There will also be an interactive element and we hope to have trees or seeds for visitors to take away with them and plant.…

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Disabled toilet
  • Large print signage
  • Step-free access
  • Wheelchair access

  Natural Reflections - Interfaith Art Exhibition

  Yeovil Arts Space Quedam centre, Yeovil BA20 1UE. 10.00 – Monday 19 December 17.00
  Yeovil Art Space is working with Somerset Diverse Communities, part of the Community Council for Somerset and the Interfaith and belief network, on a new special exhibition in the town centre gallery for Interfaith Week this November.
  
  The exhibition will showcase artworks from several artists from across Somerset, sharing their different creative interpretations of faith, belief, and their connections to our natural world, giving insight into how various faith/belief traditions teach about caring for the earth and our environment.…

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Disabled parking
  • Disabled toilet
  • Wheelchair access
• Monday 14 November

  Inter Faith Week: Exhibition and Panel

  Endeavour House, IP1 2BX . 9.00 – Friday 18 November 17.00
  Suffolk County Council are taking part in Interfaith Week. We have been working in co-production with the local Multi-Faith Agency to create an exhibition display. This will include posters, artifacts, books and the board game 'Diversity'.
  
  We are also creating videos where people will talk a bit about their faith and this will be shared throughout the council.
  
  There will also be a panel talk where we will invite staff over lunchtime on 16th Nov to come to talk to people of different faiths about their religion/belief.
  We will be providing quizzes as a way of interacting with staff. …

  • Online activity
  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Braille signage
  • Disabled parking
  • Disabled toilet
  • Hearing induction loop
  • Other (access)
  • Step-free access
  • Wheelchair access
  • Faith leader meeting/hosted visit

  Inter Faith Book Display

  Kirklees Libraries, HD1. 9.00 – Saturday 19 November 16.00
  We will be creating inter faith book displays across our Kirklees libraries. …

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Braille signage
  • Disabled parking
  • Disabled toilet
  • Hearing induction loop
  • Large print signage
  • Wheelchair access

  Child of Empire

  Bradford Cathedral, 1 Stott Hill, Bradford, BD1 4EH. 10.00 – Saturday 19 November 20.30
  Child of Empire is an animated virtual reality (VR) docu-drama experience which immerses viewers in one of the largest forced migrations in human history: the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan.…

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Disabled parking
  • Disabled toilet
  • Wheelchair access

  Food, Faith and Fiction

  Middlesex University, The Grove Building, Room G409, The Burroughs, Hendon, London NW4 4BT. 11.00 – 13.00
  A writing workshop celebrating the relationship between food and culture with celebrated Muslim poet Shamim Azad. Facilitated by Dr Ariel Kahn, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing. You are invited to bring some vegetarian food to share.…

  • Disabled toilet
  • Wheelchair access

  Faiths and Beliefs Week begining 14th November to 18th November at Pennine Care Foundation Trust

  Pennine Care Foundation Trust, Across 5 sites Stockport; The Meadows, Tameside Buckton Unit, Oldham Forrest House; Rochdale at Birchhill, OL6. 11.00 – Friday 18 November 14.00
  We have plans in place for a week of activities across the five boroughs that make up Pennine Care Foundation Trust. These include Stockport, Tameside, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale. We will be having a stall in each borough with a lots of information about the different faith including copies of our new Faith and Culture booklet which will help staff understand the faiths, beliefs and culture of our service users and their carers. Each day we will be focusing on a different Faith Group Monday- Islam in Oldham; Tuesday Judaism in Bury; Wednesday Hindu’s and Sikh’s in Rochdale, Buddhism and Hindus in Tameside and Christianity in Stockport.
  
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  • Disabled parking
  • Disabled toilet
  • Large print signage

  Afternoon Tea at Batley Welcome Club

  Batley Library, 14 Market Pl, Batley WF17 5DA. 13.00 – 15.00
  Afternoon tea for those who participated in the welcome club so far.…

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Braille signage
  • Disabled parking
  • Disabled toilet
  • Large print signage
  • Wheelchair access

  Inter Faith Monday at the Movies

  Huddersfield Library, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield HD1 2SU. 14.00 – 16.00
  An inter faith movie screening at Huddersfield Library. …

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Braille signage
  • Disabled toilet
  • Hearing induction loop
  • Large print signage
  • Step-free access
  • Wheelchair access

  Inter Faith Monday at the Movies

  Batley Library, 14 Market Pl, Batley WF17 5DA. . 17.30 – 19.00
  FREE matinee showings to celebrate Inter Faith week.…

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Braille signage
  • Disabled parking
  • Disabled toilet
  • Hearing induction loop
  • Large print signage
  • Step-free access
  • Wheelchair access

  Invitation from the Mayor of Reading to Reading Interfaith Group

  The Mayor's Parlour is in Reading Civic Offices, Bridge St, Reading RG1 2LU. 18.00 – 19.30
  An inclusive opportunity to meet in the Mayor's Parlour, discuss opportunities for inter faith in our town and create a multi-faith Calender for 2023 together.
  
  The purpose of the event is to promote the aims of the Reading Interfaith Group.
  These are:-
  To enable members of different faiths to learn about and experience each other’s beliefs, practices, and traditions.
  To acknowledge each other’s differing spiritual paths
  To challenge misinformation and prejudice.
  To promote friendship through interfaith dialogue and hospitality locally and nationally.
  To support interfaith initiatives organised in the Reading area by faith and community leaders.…

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Disabled toilet
  • Step-free access
  • Wheelchair access
• Tuesday 15 November

  Film and Faith Discussion

  W147, Williams Building, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, Hendon, London, NW4 4BT. 15.45 – 19.00
  Our aim is to create dialogue and learn from each other and what better way than through the medium of film? You do not need to be religious or follow any faith to take part in the discussion - the more different views, the better!
  
  Watch the acclaimed film The Emigrant, at our free film screening and join panel members, Cllr. Caroline Stock, Dr James Charlton, Revd. Julie Gittoes, Rabbi Jeff Berger, Milijana Bodroza - International Politics and Law Alumna and Anna Hussain from Nisa-Nashim for questions and a lively discussion about the film. The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study.
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  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Disabled parking
  • Disabled toilet
  • Large print signage
  • Step-free access
  • Wheelchair access
• Wednesday 16 November

  Story 4 Thoughts : 5 min stories from different faiths

  Martin Luther King Multi-Faith Centre, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET, UK. 14.30 – 17.00
  It is an opportunity for attendees to share their favorite story in 5 minutes from their religious tradition or non- religious tradition should they wish to do so.…

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Disabled toilet
  • Wheelchair access
  • Faith leader meeting/hosted visit

  An Evening of Music, Song, Prayer and Faith

  Church of Scientology London, 146 Queen Victoria Street, EC4V 4BY. 18.30 – 20.30
  This will be an evening of music, song, dance, prayer from people of many different faiths. A celebration of Interfaith Week bringing faiths together.…

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Disabled toilet
  • Wheelchair access
• Friday 18 November

  Inter Faith Week Roadshow - Glastonbury

  Glastonbury Library, 1 Orchard Court, Glastonbury BA6 9JB. 10.00 – 12.00
  To celebrate Inter Faith Week we are travelling the county to share, celebrate and educate. Activities include: learning about other faiths, family & children's activities, talks, living book (15 minutes 1-1), meet new communities, stalls, Buddhist meditation and much much more...…

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Disabled parking
  • Disabled toilet
  • Step-free access
  • Wheelchair access
• Saturday 19 November

  Inter Faith Week Poetry Session

  Batley Library, Market Place, Batley WF17 5DA. 14.00 – 16.00
  An annual Inter Faith Week poetry session hosted by the Batley poets. Come along to perform a poem you've written, one you like, or sit back and enjoy the afternoon with a cuppa and meet some new friends.
  
  Everyone's welcome, regardless of faith, whether it's your first or fifty-first time. We've always said 'Everyone's a Batley Poet', and we haven't been proven wrong yet.…

  • Disabled parking
  • Disabled toilet
  • Wheelchair access
• Sunday 20 November

  Light For Leeds - An Inter Faith Week event

  Kirkstall Abbey, Abbey Walk, Kirkstall, Leeds, LS5 3EH. 12.00 – 16.00
  Featuring representatives of different faiths and non-faith organisations, and celebrating what we have in common. There will be stalls in the Rose Room, Kirkstall Abbey's Visitor Centre and outdoor performances.
  
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  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Disabled toilet
  • Step-free access
  • Wheelchair access

Inter Faith Week is open to all. Listing of events on this site does not imply support or endorsement of events or of their organising bodies by the Inter Faith Network or partners. This list is provided for information. While all efforts have been made to