Activities calendar

The calendar below shows activity information linked to Inter Faith Week 2024. Some activities this year will take place virtually, and an icon identifies these on the list below. You can also filter online/ in-person activities using the controls above.

• Saturday 12 October

  Contemplative Practice at St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace

  St Ethelburga’s Centre, 78 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AG. 18.30 – 19.30
  Join us to share contemplative silence for the sake of our world at this special event celebrating Inter Faith Week.
  
  Contemplation is a universal practice that can be found in faith and secular traditions from around the world. Those of all faiths and none are warmly welcome.You are welcome to practice your preferred mode of contemplative practice in this gathering, but no previous prayer or meditation practice is required.
  
  This event will include a short reading drawn from different faith/secular sources, an offering of shared prayer, 30 minutes of silent contemplation, and a chance for participants to share any reflections if they wish. This will be followed by a shared meal from 19.30-21.00.…

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Disabled toilet
  • Step-free access
  • Wheelchair access
• Thursday 17 October

  Zoroastrian Interfaith workshop and discussion

  Jain World Peace Centre, 8 Elm Park Rd, Pinner HA5 3LA. 13.30 – 15.30
  An interfaith meeting and reception, with discussion.…

  • Disabled parking
  • Disabled toilet
  • Wheelchair access
• Saturday 9 November

  York Interfaith Week

  City of York
  The historic City of York will host a number of events during National Interfaith Week, each inviting you to discover more about our diverse and vibrant faith communities, beliefs, traditions, values and contributions to 21st Century York life.
  This year's theme is 'Unity – We are all on a Journey’.
  List of events and times is available on our website: https://yorkinterfaith.org/news
  
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  Sacred Tress- a woodland walk

  Blean woods nature reserve, Rough Common Road, Canterbury CT2 9DD. 10.30 – 13.00
  A woodland walk with a number of pauses, during which we share sacred texts and poems on themes of trees and woodland.…

  • Assistance dogs permitted
• Sunday 10 November

  Whole year assemblies

  Bingley Grammar School, BD16 2RS. 8.30 – Friday 15 November 9.00
  All year groups will be given an assembly promoting InterFaith Week from the Head of Religious Studies, involving modelling and promoting pro-active interfaith dialogue without emphasis on trying to persuade others of our beliefs.
  I will be asking Y11 students to get involved in the assemblies to see if they would like to model an example of interfaith dialogue. If this is unsuccessful, I will show a video provided by the InterFaith network.…

  • Disabled parking
  • Disabled toilet
  • Large print signage
  • Wheelchair access

  Cheltenham Rememberance Sunday Open Event

  War Memorial, Promenade, Cheltenham, GL50 1PJ. 10.45 – 13.00
  Open Event at the War Memorial…

  • Disabled toilet

  Jain Interfaith celebration

  Jain World Peace Centre, 8 Elm Park Rd, Pinner HA5 3LA. 14.00 – 16.00
  An interfaith service and reception…
• Monday 11 November

  Welcome to our Spiritual Homes in Cheltenham

  Cheltenham Hindu Community Centre, Swindon Road, Cheltenham, GL50 4AY
  A week of activity at various sites in Cheltenham. - https://www.cheltenhaminterfaith.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Inter-Faith-Week-2024-Poster-Events-Listing-combined.pdf …

  Cheltenham Hindu Open Event

  Cheltenham Hindu Community Centre, Swindon Road, Cheltenham, GL50 4AY. 9.45 – 0.00
  Open Event at the Cheltenham Hindu Community Centre…

  • Disabled toilet
• Tuesday 12 November

  Cuisines and conversations

  Moor park High School and Sixth form, Preston, PR1 6DT
  food tasting from different cultures and religions. Information to be given on what the different food and drinks represents. Pupils to also take this opportunity to talk have a dialogue with others and their personal beliefs. …

  Cheltenham Spiritualist Open Event

  Cheltenham Spiritualist Church, 19 Bennington Street, Cheltenham, GL50 4ED. 11.00 – 13.00
  Open Event at the CheltenhamSpiritualist Church…

  • Disabled toilet

  Inter-Faith ‘Coffee Morning’ via Zoom

  Online meeting. Based from CB10 1ES (Saffron Walden, NW Essex). . 12.30 – 13.30
  This is a weekly online meeting, via Zoom, every Tuesday since 'Lockdown' at 12:30pm.
  We discuss the week's Religious Festivals, as listed in https://www.interfaith.org.uk/resources/religious-festivals…

  • Online activity

  Inter-Faith meeting via Zoom

  Online meeting. Based from CF10 1FL (Cardiff, SE Wales). . 12.30 – 13.30
  This is a weekly online meeting, via Zoom, every Tuesday since 'Lockdown' at 12:30pm.
  We discuss the week's Religious Festivals, as listed in https://www.interfaith.org.uk/resources/religious-festivals
  
  These are the Zoom Meeting details for every Tuesday...
  https://us05web.zoom.us/j/89553237109
  Meeting ID: 895 5323 7109
  Passcode: Inter
  Starts 12:30pm…

  • Online activity

  Inter-Faith meeting via Zoom

  Online meeting. Based from GL1 1HT (Gloucester). . 12.30 – 13.30
  This is a weekly online meeting, via Zoom, every Tuesday since 'Lockdown' at 12:30pm.
  We discuss the week's Religious Festivals, as listed in https://www.interfaith.org.uk/resources/religious-festivals
  
  These are the Zoom Meeting details for every Tuesday...
  https://us05web.zoom.us/j/89553237109
  Meeting ID: 895 5323 7109
  Passcode: Inter
  Starts 12:30pm…

  • Online activity

  People of Faith: A Young Adult Dialogue (18-35 year olds)

  D121 (in the Waldegrave Suite), St Mary's University, Twickenham, TW1 4SX. 17.30 – 19.00
  Calling all people of faith! This Interfaith Week, join us for our first young adult (18-35 year olds) dialogue, hosted by St Mary's University, Twickenham. People from all faiths are invited to listen to speakers from the Christian, Muslim and Jewish religions as they share their beliefs & hopes for the role faith can play in contemporary society. Refreshments will be provided.…

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Disabled parking
  • Disabled toilet
  • Large print signage

  Midlands Interfaith Conference

  Room EC1-29, Frank Whittle Building, 3 Gulson Road, Coventry CV1 2JH. 18.00 – 21.00
  This evening event will take place at Coventry University. It is designed to re-energise interfaith dialogue and multi-faith social action across the West and East Midlands, in the wake of the closure of the Inter Faith Network, the Middle East conflict and the recent disturbances in British cities. The Faith Minister, Lord Khan of Burnley, will be giving the keynote speech. Other speakers include Professor Mike Hardy from the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University; Cllr Abdul Khan, Community Cohesion lead, Coventry City Council; the Most Revd John Witcombe, Dean of Coventry Cathedral; Rabbi Dr Michael Hilton; Patricia Stoat, Chair of Nottingham
  Interfaith Council; and Kirit Mistry, Founder of South Asian Health Action, Leicester. There will be plenty of networking, and an opportunity for participants to design new collaborations and projects. The conference will be accompanied by an Interfaith Fair where local inter faith groups can showcase their activities (starting 5pm), and preceded by a workshop for young adults.…

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

  Glocestershire Humanists Open Event

  Cheltenham Quakers, Warwick Place, Cheltenham, GL52 2NP. 19.00 – 21.00
  Open Event at Glocester Humanists…

  • Disabled toilet
• Wednesday 13 November

  Inter Faith Week Event at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire

  University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Clifford Bridge Road, CV2 2DX. 10.00 – 13.00
  University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire are hosting their Inter Faith Week event this week. They have arranged for a variety of speakers to share a reflection on the importance of faith relations in their roles. Their guest speakers are representing West Midlands Police, Leicester NHS Trusts, GPs and Consultants in the Coventry and Warwickshire area.
  This will be followed up by an opportunity build connections, conversations and communities. …

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Disabled parking
  • Disabled toilet
  • Large print signage
  • Other (access)
  • Wheelchair access

  Inter Faith Week Event at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire

  University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Clifford Bridge Road, CV2 2DX. 10.00 – 13.00
  University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire are hosting their Inter Faith Week event this week. They have arranged for a variety of speakers to share a reflection on the importance of faith relations in their roles. Their guest speakers are representing West Midlands Police, Leicester NHS Trusts, GPs and Consultants in the Coventry and Warwickshire area.
  This will be followed up by an opportunity to build connections, conversations and communities. …

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Disabled parking
  • Disabled toilet
  • Large print signage
  • Other (access)
  • Wheelchair access

  Interfaith Contributions towards Sustainable Development Goals

  . 19.00 – 20.00
  Interfaith Contribution towards Sustainable Development Goals: Collaboration Opportunities
  
  On 24 September 2024, RfPUK presented its working model and ongoing work at a SDGs Conference #UNGA79 in New York City. We have long held the belief that SDGs are tangible, actionable and measurable goals to bring sustainable peace.
  
  As part of 2024 Inter Faith Week activities, we want to share the way we incorporate SDGs into our programmes with the UK interfaith community, and open up discussion of how our CIO foundational model can partner interfaith organisations to maximise our impact in our society for a just and sustainable society for all.…

  • Online activity
• Thursday 14 November

  Bahai Community Event

  Cheltenham Quakers, Warwick Place, Cheltenham, GL52 2NP
  Full details of the location of this event will be emailed separately when a booking has been confirmed.…

  • Disabled toilet

  Harrow Interfaith Conference of the Interfaith Chairs from London Boroughs

  Brahma Kumaris Centre, 65 Pound Lane, Willesden, London NW10 2HH. 10.30 – 15.30
  A Conference of talks and discussion on Interfaith in London…

  • Online activity

  Highbury Congregational Church Open Event

  Highbury Congregational Church, top of Oxford Road, off London Road, Cheltenham, GL52 6DT. 10.45 – 13.00
  Open Public Event…

  • Disabled toilet

  Bethesda Methodist Church

  Bethesda Methodist Church, 18 Great Norwood Street, Cheltenham, GL50 2AP. 14.45 – 15.00
  Open Public Event…

  • Disabled toilet

  Join Us for the Launch of “Interfaith Work and Interfaith Families: A Toolkit”

  . 16.00 – 16.45
  Please join us for the Zoom launch of “Interfaith Work and Interfaith Families: A Toolkit.”
  This will be an opportunity to bring together interfaith organisations, interfaith families, multiple religious practitioners, and academics working in this field. The goal is to provide tools, and connections, to work more closely together in the future.
  
  This project grew out of personal experience. Both of the authors have built professions inspired by our interfaith families and identities. Susan covers interfaith families as a journalist and author. Dalia is an academic, studying interfaith families in her PhD research.
  
  We created the Toolkit with these goals:
  - To share what we have learned through full-time relationships across religious boundaries in our families–and/or through embodying more than one set of religious practices or ancestries.
  
  - To provide interfaith organisations with tools and encouragement to engage with interfaith families & practitioners, and highlight successful examples of this engagement.
  
  - To begin a conversation on how interfaith family members, interfaith organisations, and interfaith academic researchers can benefit from working together more closely.…

  • Online activity

  Science and religion between Christianity and Islam

  St Michael's Church, Broad Street, Bath BA1 5LJ. 19.00 – 21.00
  A conversation between the Bishop of Bath and Wells, Rt Rev Michael Beasley, and the Imam of Bath Mosque, Dr Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour.…

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Step-free access
• Friday 15 November

  Orthodox Jewish Community

  Cheltenham Quakers, Warwick Place, Cheltenham, GL52 2NP
  Opportunity to visit Cheltenham's synagogue, home to Cheltenham Hebrew Congregation, to welcome the Sabbath at Synagogue Lane, Cheltenham GL50 3PU. Please register interest by email to info@cheltenhamsynagogue.org.uk…

  • Disabled toilet

  Forum of Faiths

  The Guru Nanak Gurdwara, 719 Bramford Road, Ipswich, IP1 5BD. 10.00 – 13.00
  Welcome
  Gurphal Singh-Lovlee (President of the Gurdwara)
  Councillor Sarah Adams (Chair of the Faith and Spirituality Network (Suffolk))
  
  Introductions
  Delegates introduce themselves and their faith communities.
  
  Looking Back
  The first Forum of Faiths organised by SIFRE was held on 3rd December 2002
  and we recall the vision of that Forum.
  
  Taking Stock of where we are today
  
  Looking Forward
  Sharing our hopes and fears
  
  A tribute to Guru Nanak
  
  Visit to the Prayer Hall
  
  Shared meal in the Langar as guests of the Sikh Community
  
  Faith Communities are invited to send at least two delegates (preferably an elder (senior) and a visionary (younger)).
  
  …

  • Disabled parking
  • Step-free access

  St Gregory’s Church Open Event

  St. Gregory's Roman Catholic Church, 10 St James' Square, Cheltenham, GL50 3PR. 10.30 – 11.30
  Open Public Event…

  • Disabled toilet

  Cheltenham Quakers Open Event

  Cheltenham Quakers, Warwick Place, Cheltenham, GL52 2NP. 14.00 – 16.00
  Open Public Event…

  • Disabled toilet

  Free Resource for Interfaith Understanding in Primary and Secondary Schools

  Online via zoom link: (organised from London, UK). 16.00 – 17.00
  A Learning Resource for Interfaith Understanding in Primary and Secondary Schools
  
  Speakers:
  Waqas Ahmed - Executive Director, Khalili Foundation
  Dr Martin-Poulter - Wikimedian-in-Residence, Khalili Foundation
  
  For over 30 years, we at the Khalili Foundation have been promoting interfaith and intercultural understanding through exhibitions, curriculum development, training programmes, events, publications and campaigns.
  We are now launching the revised and updated version of Interfaith Explorers - a free, pioneering learning resource for primary school teachers and students created in collaboration with Wikimedia, contributed to by Cambridge Interfaith Programme and endorsed by UNESCO and the Commonwealth.
  
  This webinar will focus on the Foundation's experience of interfaith education, and take participants on an introductory tour of the Interfaith Explorers resource. As well as showing you the free classroom resources we have developed, we are inviting you to join in the community of educators expanding the scope of the site to cover more aspects of religion and worldviews.…

  • Online activity

  Interfaith Explorers: a free resource for Interfaith Understanding in Primary and Secondary schools

  BS7 9BD. 16.00 – 17.00
  For over 30 years, we at the Khalili Foundation have been promoting interfaith and intercultural understanding through exhibitions, curriculum development, training programmes, events, publications and campaigns.
  
  We are now launching the revised and updated version of Interfaith Explorers - a free, pioneering learning resource for primary school teachers and students created in collaboration with Wikimedia, contributed to by Cambridge Interfaith Programme and endorsed by UNESCO and the Commonwealth.
  
  This webinar will focus on the Foundation's experience of interfaith education, and take participants on an introductory tour of the Interfaith Explorers resource. As well as showing you the free classroom resources we have developed, we are inviting you to join in the community of educators expanding the scope of the site to cover more aspects of religion and worldviews.…

  • Online activity
• Saturday 16 November

  Peace Conference

  The Blackley Centre, Elland HX5 0TD
  All day Peace Conference consisting of various workshops.
  Further information on booking form.
  …

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

  Interfaith Moot - The Divine Feminine

  The Towers Inn (in the private family room), 636 Walsall Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B42 1EY. 11.30 – 14.30
  Join us for our third annual Interfaith gathering.
  
  This year we'd like to invite everyone to experience a Pagan moot. Our topic will focus on The Divine Feminine;
  ???? What is the Divine Feminine
  ???? The Pagan Goddess; Maiden, Mother and Crone
  ???? Women in Spiritualism
  ???? Feminine energy, Lilith, Celtic Goddesses
  ???? Women in Christianity and the Mother God
  
  As well as the above talks we'll have discussion time in a friendly, relaxed and welcoming environment.
  
  Tea and coffee will be provided and everyone is welcome to join us for lunch afterwards.
  
  So we can make sure the room is set up with enough space for everyone, please confirm your place by 12 noon on 31 October by emailing anniej.5@outlook.com
  …

  • Disabled parking
  • Disabled toilet
  • Step-free access
  • Wheelchair access
• Sunday 17 November

  Watford Interfaith Pilgrimage to six places of worship in Watford.

  Watford and District Synagogue, Nascot Road. 11.30 – 17.00
  Pilgrims will assemble at 11.30 am at the Watford and District Synagogue in Nascot Road, Watford and will then walk to the Friends Meeting House Central Mosque, Al-Zahra Centre, Holy Rood RC Church, finishing at St Mary's Church in Watford High Street at around 5.00pm. You can come and go as you wish, or drive between places of worship.
  All are very welcome, from any or no faith and every age and ability. Please see web site www.wifa.org.uk for more information or call 07564 972616, or check on the Watford Interfaith Association Facebook page. Maps will be available on the day and on the web site.…

  • Assistance dogs permitted
  • Disabled parking
  • Hearing induction loop
  • Wheelchair access

  Light for Leeds

  Abbey House Museum, LS5 3EH. 12.00 – 16.00
  Representatives of all faiths and none join together in this annual celebration of what we have in common, in the Gatehouse Community Space. Featuring singing, a chance for contemplation, food, stallholders and an opportunity to join us on our dusk walk to the Chapter House to close the day. Drop in, free.…

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

  “Open House” and the Friends Meeting House, Leicester

  Quaker Meeting House, 16 Queens Road, Leicester, LE2 1WP. 12.30 – 15.00
  A chance to visit Leicester Meeting House (Quakers). Light refreshments, tours and a chance to ask questions. …

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

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