Activities calendar

The calendar below shows activity information linked to Inter Faith Week 2021. Many 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.

• Wednesday 17 November

  New relations of stigma & mutuality during the Covid-19 pandemic with Dr Nikita Simpson, Postdoctoral Researcher in Anthropology, London School of Economics

  St Philip's Church, Evington Road, Leicester LE2 1HN. 12.30 – 14.00
  The Covid pandemic has had an uneven impact across the UK: in many ways it has heightened and exacerbated existing structural inequalities and challenges. During 2020 Leicester suffered more prolonged and stricter lockdown conditions than any other English city. Drawing…

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Disabled toilet
  • Step-free access
  • Wheelchair access

  Faith in the Climate with George Merchant Ballentyne

  St Philip's Church, Evington Road, Leicester LE2 1HN. 19.00 – 20.30
  Faith Communities have their distinctive views - as well as points of agreement - on the climate crisis: its origins, its impact and the future actions we might take to escape the worst of this worldwide emergency. In this session,…

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Disabled toilet
  • Step-free access
  • Wheelchair access
• Thursday 18 November

  Talks for Inter Faith Week

  The Quaker Friends Meeting House, Stramongate, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4BH. 10.30 – 13.00
  AWAZ Cumbria and the South Lakeland Equality and Diversity Partnership (SLEDP) present talks on interfaith by
  Sister Margaret Atkins CRSA, a Sister of the Community of Augustinian Canonesses at Boarbank Hall in Cumbria, and
  Carlo Schröder,…

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Disabled toilet
  • Hearing induction loop
  • Step-free access
  • Wheelchair access

  Christian Aid talk

  St Andrew’s Church Hall, Colne Rd, Burnley BB10 1DU. 19.00 – 20.30
  Building Bridges Burnley have invited William Bell, Christian Aid's head of work in the Middle East, to speak about Christian Aid’s report: "A story of loss, inequality and failure, the reality for Palestinians across the Middle East". …

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

  Talk by Director of Research, Woolf Institute, Cambridge: Research, diversity and religion

  Our Lady Immaculate & St Andrew Catholic Church, Nightingale Road, Hitchin, Herts SG5 1QS. 19.30 – 21.00
  This talks forms part of NHIFF's AGM, to be held in person in Hitchin and online, with the lead researcher of the UK's largest diversity survey.
  
  Questions to be discussed:
  How religiously diverse are we?

  • Online activity
  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Disabled parking
  • Disabled toilet
  • Wheelchair access
• Saturday 20 November

  Talk and Display ‘Perspectives on Climate’

  Christian Science Church, Douglas, IM2 3AG. 14.30 – 16.30
  An opportunity to share ideas about the effects of climate change. Featuring a talk by Cat Jenkins, local environmental campaigner and supporter.…

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Step-free access
  • Wheelchair access
• Sunday 21 November

  Sunday Assembly London presents “The Beauty of Struggle”

  Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. 11.00 – 13.00
  Grace Marshall, award-winning writer and coach on productivity, will tell us how we can use our struggles as a force for good. As always, this Sunday Assembly London event will also feature rocking sing-alongs, poetry, and an opportunity to socialise…

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Disabled parking
  • Disabled toilet
  • Hearing induction loop
  • 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