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.
Leicester College, Freeman's Park Campus, Welford Road, Leicester LE2 7LW
Leicester College will be holding an Inter Faith Display at its three major campuses. This will include faith and beliefs and how students can contact the College's Multi Faith Chaplaincy service and engage in events, celebrations and tutorials that run throughout the academic year.…
The Braithwaite Hall, The Town Hall, Katharine Street, Croydon CR0 1NX. 19.30 – 21.00
A Remembrance event to recognise the people of all faiths that fought in the World Wars. Input from the Mayor and the Civic Mayor of Croydon, the Lord Lieutenant of Croydon, and faith leaders from Croydon. …
Enniskillen Castle and Strule Arts Centre, Townhall Square, Omagh, BT78 1BL
Inter Faith Week commences on Sunday 13 November and to mark this Enniskillen Castle and Strule Arts Centre will be illuminated yellow. …
Briar Hill Primary, Briar Hill, Northampton, NN4 8sw. 9.00 – Sunday 20 November 15.15
Throughout the week there will different activities to celebrate the 6 different religions in our school. There is a competition for all children to write a prayer with the emphasis on 'Peace' also every year group are going to make a display throughout the week to show celebration of one of our religions. Each year group will be allocated a religion to share and focus on. Then on the final day, the classes will present their displays to the rest of the classes and explain what they have made and why.…
Sikh Temple, 207 Frodingham Road, Scunthorpe DN15 7NS. 11.00 – 13.00
Celebrate the Birth of Guru Nanak. Langar (lunch) served. …
St Thomas' Hospital, Guy's Hospital- London SE1 7EH. 12.00 – Sunday 20 November 16.00
St Thomas' Hospital aim to run internal inter faith week events across the 4 acute hospitals & 20 community sites. …
Ahimsa Peace Garden (beside Bowling Club), Harrow Recreation Ground, Roxborough Rd, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 1PB. 14.30 – 15.30
During Inter Faith Week, a specially-commissioned stone sculpture titled 'Unity in Diversity' will be be unveiled at the Ahimsa Peace Garden at Harrow Recreation Ground to celebrate our inter-connectedness and cultural diversity of Harrow. Since its clean-up and opening in late 2020, the Ahimsa Peace Garden is now being enjoyed by many residents and families in Harrow. There will be activities for the entire community to enjoy such as planting bulbs, pebble painting and writing messages of peace, as well as speeches from representatives of Harrow Interfaith and local dignitaries to promote the message of unity and harmony.…
All Hallows Church, Savernake Road, London, NW3 2JP. 15.15 – 20.00
While others talk, a chance to turn inwards during COP-27, with humility and hope in our hearts. An international group of world religious leaders of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders, representing Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism, from multiple countries, will join Archbishop Rowan Williams and local religious leaders to offer inspiration to Cop-27 participants and to humanity at large, in relation to the challenges of climate justice. …
Unitarian Church, Bank Street, Rawtenstall, BB4 7QY. 17.00 – 21.00
During this special Inter Faith Week service we are inviting people from different religious traditions to come together for a discussion around the theme of animals and their significance within their faiths. Please come along with a reading from your respective religious texts , bring along an object or a reading (poem, article, etc) that responds to the theme. This is an opportunity to expand our learning and understanding of other faiths traditions that our neighbours practice. …
Brahma Kumaris, World Spiritual University, Harmony House, 122 Ross Walk, Leicester LE4 5HH. 17.30 – 20.30
Service of remembrance involving representatives of diverse cultures and beliefs. Programme includes the Last Post; two minutes silence; wreath-laying ceremony; interfaith prayers; meditation commentary; vegetarian meal to end evening.…
Cardinal Newman College, Lark Hill Road, Preston, Lancashire. PR1 4HD. 0.00 – Friday 18 November 0.00
Talks, panels and workshops reflecting the diversity of our college community such as a day with offering of food from around the world, Henna tattooing and retail therapy, all whilst being entertained by our talented music students!…
Stafford, ST16
Annual Festival of Peace where we will reflect on the impact of lockdowns on faith communities. …
REonDemand, Manchester, SK10. 9.00 – 16.00
Delivering multi faith Religious Education workshops to all year groups at different primary schools in Manchester. …
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. …
Kirklees Libraries, HD1. 9.00 – Saturday 19 November 16.00
Pop into your local library for a variety of inter faith colouring/quizzes/wordsearches.…
Tonyrefail Community School, Gilfach Rd, Tonyrefail, Porth CF39 8HG. 9.00 – 15.00
Interfaith week video to be shared on TCS Twitter and in lessons.
Lower school Lessons - Pupils explore artefacts/act out a religion based on a fact file/Decorate classroom with Religious posters.
Middle School - Lesson on what is interfaith week with a focus on Climate Change…
Ridley's Cafe, St Elizabeth Hospice, 565 Foxhall Rd, Ipswich IP3 8LX. 10.00 – 11.30
Learning more about the diverse groups of people who make up the East Suffolk and Ipswich community through open conversations over cake and coffee. …
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.…
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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Padbury Primary School, Buckinghamshire, MK18 2AP. 11.00 – 12.00
The children in each class will write to another child of another faith or belief to find out more about their religion. We will tell them what we know so far, what we want to find out more on and how we as a faith school show our beliefs through different celebrations. …
Batley Library, 14 Market Pl, Batley WF17 5DA. 13.00 – 15.00
Afternoon tea for those who participated in the welcome club so far.…
E14 9SR. 13.00 – 14.00
To celebrate this important week, we’re holding our own Inter Faith event, hosted by our Muslim Network, as part of our commitment to our diversity and inclusion objectives. We’ve invited all the faith networks at the organisation (including the Christian Network, the Sikh Network, the Jewish Network and the Hindu Network, and members of our Muslim Network will be hosting the event) to take part in a discussion about religion and what it means to us. Our aim is to bring together people of all faiths and beliefs and to celebrate our similarities but also to value and appreciate what makes us all different and unique.…
Meols Cop High School, Meols Cop Road, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 6JS. 13.15 – 14.45
We are heading to a local primary school to lead a session with Primary students on different worldviews.…
Lower Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Plymouth, PL1 2BJ. 13.30 – 16.00
Following its 20th anniversary celebrations, PCFCD are hosting an afternoon of performances and presentations including Baháʼí, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jew, Muslim, Sikh and Unitarian. This will be in the presence of the Lord Lieutenant of Devon. Please come along and bring your friends and family too!…
Huddersfield Library, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield HD1 2SU. 14.00 – 16.00
An inter faith movie screening at Huddersfield Library. …
Batley Library, 14 Market Pl, Batley WF17 5DA. . 17.30 – 19.00
FREE matinee showings to celebrate Inter Faith week.…
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.…
University of Wolverhampton Chaplaincy Molineux Street WV1 1AD. 13.00 – 14.00
A gathering of students and staff to celebrate the dedication of a small area of garden at the University of Wolverhampton Multi Faith Chaplaincy. …
St Mark’s Church, Longwood and St John’s Church, Golcar, Huddersfield, HD3 4SZ. 13.00 – Wednesday 16 November 15.00
Local schools coming together to make presentations on the theme of peace.…
Active Black Country, Dudley Court South, The Waterfront Business Park, Level Street, Brierley Hill DY5 1XN. 0.00 – 0.00
Visit to one of our weekly yoga sessions that take place in Gurdwaras across Wolverhampton to celebrate #InterFaithWeek and #TheGOGAWAY. Linked social media.…
Our Lady & St Joseph Catholic Primary School, Wade's Pl, London E14 0DE
The event, hosted by Our Lady & St Joseph School, Tower Hamlets celebrated inter faith relations built on genuine friendship and mutual respect. …
Central United Reformed Church, Duckworth St, Darwen BB3 1AT. 10.00 – 13.00
Inter faith morning with arts, crafts and activities at Darwen Asylum and Refugee Enterprise (DARE).…
West Thames College, London Road, Isleworth TW7 4HS. 12.00 – 14.00
We will be showcasing students work about their faiths. Hounslow friends of faith will be visiting the college with artefacts from different faiths. Students will be demonstrating turban tying and Hijab tying. We will have foods from different faiths.
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Royal College Street, London NW1 0TU. 0.00 – 0.00
Our first #Interfaith Fayre at the RVC. We shared delicious food from our faith traditions, inspiring stories of faith, values and meaning, and interesting facts about each others'faiths, and renewed commitments to work together.
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Luton Mandir, Hereford Road, Luton, United Kingdom, LU4 0PS
Luton Council of Faiths celebrated Inter Faith Week with Luton Mandir. They welcomed representatives of all faith communities and voluntary organisations. Speakers included Sarah Owen MP, Luton Mandir vice-president Dhanuskhbhai Panchal and Prof. Zafar Khan, chair of LCoF. …
Kirklees, HD1. 9.00 – 17.00
An online inter faith event for primary schools. Two sessions will enable younger and older primary-aged pupils to meet local faith representatives and find out how they practice faith in their daily lives.…
Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, OX3 0BP. 11.00 – 12.00
As an enterprise, startup or established business, you work with people of faith every day without thinking about it. Faith is often an integral part of someone's life - it determines their values, daily routine, and even investment and spending habits. This workshop will introduce some ways in which you can be faith-inclusive in your working practice to improve your relationships with investors, customers, staff and partners.
This workshop will be run by Reverend Kate Harford as part of Thrive and Interfaith Week.…
PL21 0PN. 18.00 – 19.00
Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg is a regular speaker on BBC Radio 4’s Prayer for the Day. He is Rabbi of the New North London Synagogue and has taken a leading role in the development of the Masorti Movement for traditional non-fundamentalist Judaism in England. In 2008 he was appointed Senior Rabbi of Masorti Judaism in the UK. He is a President of the Council of Christians and Jews and a member of the Council of Imams and Rabbis. He is a co-founder of Eco-Synagogue and deeply engaged in environmental issues and is closely involved in supporting refugees. Further interests include pastoral work, hospice care, and literature, especially poetry. He teaches and speaks widely. …
Interfaith Room, Shirley House, 31 Psalter Lane, Sheffield S11 8YL. 18.00 – 20.00
You are warmly invited to bring some vegetarian food and share it with others. Our shared meal is a time to meet people from different faith traditions and find out a little bit more about each other as we have our dinner together.…
Greystone Community Centre, Close St, Carlisle CA1 2HA. 19.00 – 21.00
Bring and Share inter-faith meal for members of Churches Together in Carlisle, Carlisle One World Centre and Carlisle Refugee Action Group. People are invited to bring a dish to share and there will be children's entertainment. Church and mosque leaders will be present and a rabbi will join virtually. There will be a short address before the meal. …
Zoom, LL11. 19.00 – 21.00
All faith/belief representatives in North Wales and anyone interested in connecting with people of different faiths/beliefs are welcome to join Glyndwr Chaplaincy for the third annual North Wales Interfaith Forum. …
University of Hertfordshire, De Havilland Campus, Mosquito Way, Hatfield AL10 9EU
We had prayers from Hindu, Muslim, Christian and Jewish Traditions, with a Zen story from our Buddhist Chaplain. …
Blessed Trinity RC College, Ormerod Road, Burnley, Lancashire BB10 3AA
An Inter-Faith Day with Bollywood Dancing, a Shabbat Meal, talks from Pastor Mick, Fr David and Afrasiab Anwar, among others, as well as practising Buddhist Meditation.…
Shelf Junior and Infant School, HX3 7LT
Whole school day off time table, with visitors from the local mosque and gurdwara, followed by practical experience led activities from each year group. …
Oadby Library, 10 The Parade, Oadby, Leicester LE2 5BF. 10.30 – 12.30
Drop in for free cakes, samosas, coffee, tea, chai, chat and friendship.…
Wirral Deen Centre, 371-375 Borough Road, Birkenhead CH42 0HA. 18.00 – 20.00
Come and join us for food and friendship. All welcome. The Wirral Deen Centre is a mosque and community centre open to all. This event is for multi-faith, intergenerational, for families, young people, religious and none - the whole wider community.
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Living Water Church, St Jude's Terrace, Laygate, South Shields, NE33 5PB. 0.00 – 0.00
Our volunteers in the North East partnered with North East Diversity, Education and Solidarity (NEDES) volunteers to celebrate Interfaith Week in partnership with Living Water Church in South Shields.…
Little Blue Church, 330 Abbey Lane, Leicester, LE4 2AB. 11.30 – 15.00
Lunch served 12:00-13:30pm. Official ribbon cutting at 2.00pm with Pastor Janette Shardlow and Councillor Vijay Riyait, Abbey Ward. …
The Bell, Birmingham Road, Walsall WS53JP. 12.00 – 14.00
Gathering of all faiths to chat, network and make friends in an informal setting.…
Harrow Civic Centre, Council Chamber, Harrow, HA1 2XY. 15.00 – 17.00
Celebrate the 97th Birthday of Sri Sathya Sai Baba. …
PL21 0PN. 19.00 – 21.00
This year’s Interfaith Celebration for Animals will be celebrating Ahimsa and Extending the Golden Rule to all Life and will be led by the Animal Interfaith Alliances' Chair, Rev. Feargus O’Connor. The celebration will include talks and readings from all the major faiths concerning our care for all of God’s Creation, and will also celebrate the 200th birthday of social reformer, suffragist and anti-vivisection campaigner, Frances Power Cobbe, the founder of the BUAV and NAVS.
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St Mary's Church, Wanley St, Blyth NE24 1DP. 0.00 – 0.00
Blyth St. Mary's Church hosted our North East Branch and NEDES volunteers for Sunday service. After service, our volunteers served Noah's Puddings to the community. Our volunteers shared information about Dialogue Society and the story of Noah's Pudding.…
Vedic Society Hindu Temple, 79-195 Radcliffe Rd, Southampton SO14 0PS
Southampton Council of Faiths celebrated their 20th anniversary with dances, performances, songs are more from local faith communities.
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Quba Masjid, Weybrook Rd, Stockport M19 2QD
Come together to celebrate Inter Faith Week. …
Little Blue Church, 330 Abbey Lane, Leicester, LE4 2AB. 10.00 – 12.00
A service of celebration to commemorate the re-opening of The Little Blue Church. It was built in 1894 and in the last year has undergone a complete refurbishment.
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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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ME1. 18.00 – 20.00
A medley of presentations to celebrate Inter Faith Week. …
St Giles C of E Academy, Skinner Lane, Pontefract, West Yorkshire WF8 1HG
Our Inter Faith Week activities culminated in a special Collective Worship, led by our Ambassadors. Each class shared their knowledge, artwork or performed traditional songs and dances. …
The Roundhouse, Roundhouse Rd, Derby DE24 8JE. 9.07 – Friday 25 November 23.59
Visits from guest speakers who have shared their knowledge and experiences. …
Al-Hikmah Centre, 28 Track Road, Batley, Batley WF17 7AA. 9.30 – 11.00
End of Interfaith week celebration with a special session called "Bring and share". Our ladies brought in a favourite dish, shared recipes and stories centred around their childhood memories cooking and baking with family members.…
Cheltenham Hindu Community Centre, Swindon Road, Cheltenham, GL50 4AY
As part of Inter Faith Week 2022, between Monday 14th and Friday 18th November various faith groups from Cheltenham will be opening their doors to welcome visitors. Our hope is that this will help us to deepen our understanding of different faiths and to reflect on our own beliefs.
On Monday 21st November to share our experiences and to share a meal together.…
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