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London Boroughs Faiths Network meeting 11am Thursday 7th October central London
If you are interested in attending the next meeting of LBFN, please contact the convener.
Launch of Faiths Forum for London Monday 15th March 3.30pm
London's new regional faith forum was launched - LBFN will be keeping up to date with developments.
Tuesday 16 March 201017.30-19.00 Faith & Public Policy Seminar, King's College London The Old Committee Room (3c), Strand
Campus, King’s College London (just along from the chapel)
Basia Spalek, Senior
Lecturer in Community Justice Studies, University of Birmingham Partnership and engagement within a counter-terrorism context between
Muslim communities and police. Basia Spalek is the principle investigator of an AHRC sponsored research
project entitled: 'An Examination of Partnership Approaches to
Challenging Religiously-Endorsed Violence involving Muslim Groups and
Police'. More information here.
Islington Faiths Forum Conference Wesley’s Chapel &
Leysian Mission, 49 City Road, London
EC1Y
1AU 24th March 2010 10am - 4pm
An inter faith conference to support networking and effective practice for faith groups in
Islington.
Speakers include: Lord Griffiths of Pembrey and
Burry Port, Rev. Jennifer
Potter, Chair of IFF, Miek Christie, Doreen Finneron of
FbRN and Imam Ahmed Saad.
Workshops on fundraising, reaching the community/provision of community services, partnerships in teh faith sector/sharing information, resources and premises, safeguarding children &vulnerable people and supporting volunteers. More information http://www.islingtonfaithsforum.org.uk
Tuesday 15th
December 20092.00 – 5.00pm Faith,
Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion IPPR, 30 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7RA Book a place by contacting IPPR
Wednesday 2nd December 5.30-7.30pm Speak Out!Represent Your faith! Tooting Hub SW17 7BU Are you 13-19?Fed up with stereotypical views of your
faith or belief? Wish people knew what your faith is really about? Interactive workshops including guest
performers;
Mohammed Yahya, FLOetic Lara and Rozalla!!!
Contact Andy Pring
Thursday
November 26th 10-12
(finishing with a light lunch) Hillingdon Inter Faith Network Credit
Crunch Lunch Muslim
Centre, Pump Lane
Opportunity for a drop-in for advice &
support on benefits, housing issues ‘health check’
A Credit Crunch Brunch specifically
aimed at Faith Leaders and others in the Hayes and Harlington Area in liaison
with the ‘Streets Ahead’ initiative.
Contact Amir Ahmed
Wednesday 18th November 2009 FaithAction Commissioning Training Oasis Centre, 75
Westminster Bridge Road,
London SE1 7HS * Writing a winning tender * Planning and budgeting your project * PQQ's, ITT's, TUPE - what you need to know before you apply * How to get the most our of your Commissioner * Questions and Answer session with the practitioners £70 (discounts are avaliable for small member organisations) To book or for further information, please email the FaithAction National Office or telephone 0845 094 635.
Wednesday 18th November 2009 1.30pm – 5.30pm Religious
Philanthropy & Social ActionTools for Cohesion & Building Stronger Communities Faith Based Regeneration Network & UK
Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe
Zartoshty Brothers
Hall, Zoroastrian Centre for Europe
(diagonally opposite
Rayners Lane station)
440
Alexandra Avenue, Harrow HA2 9TL
Speakers Dr Doreen Finneron – Executive Director, Faith Based
Regeneration Network UK
Hon Barney Leith – Office of Public Information,
National Spiritual Assembly Baha'is Of UK
Leonie Lewis – Director Jewish Voluntary Network
Ramesh Pattni - Chair Inter Faith Committee, Hindu Forum of Britain
Philip Rosenberg - Interfaith Officer, Board of
Deputies of British Jews
Jehangir Sarosh - President Emeritus, Religion for
Peace Europe
Navin Shah – London Assembly Member Brent and Harrow
Murtaza Shibli - Public
Affairs and Media Officer, Muslim Council of Britain
Harmander Singh - Development Worker, Faiths Forums
for London
Revd Andrew Wakefield - Chair of Faiths Forum London & London
Civic Forum
More information from Malcolm Deboo
Wednesday 18th November 6.30pm Faiths Act Fellows London Launch Toynbee Hall, 23 Commercial Street, E1 6LS
Multi-faith action for malaria? Come and find out! Photography exhibition, speakers on malaria, multi-faith and Faiths Act Fellowship. www.tonyblairfaithfoundation.org Contact Nicky
Tuesday 17th November, 6.30pm — 10.30pm ARTIFICE Intercultural Dialogue Through the Arts at BASH, 65 - 71 Scrutton Street, London EC2A 4PJ
(Just off Great Eastern Street and Curtain Road. Nearest tube: Old Street)
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.
Tuesday 17 November 2009 17.30-19.00 FAITH & PUBLIC POLICY SEMINAR The Challenges of International Development: A
Practitioner's and a Theologian's Perspective Stephen Plant, Director of Studies, Wesley House,
Cambridge Kirsty Smith, Director of the Methodist Relief and
Development Fund
The Old
Committee Room (3c), Strand Campus, King’s College London www.kcl.ac.uk More information from Luke Bretherton.
Monday 16th November 2009 7pm - 9.30pm Barnet Multi-Faith Forum
Barnet Multi-Faith Forum together with The Faith Based
Regeneration Network invite you to an evening event as part of the Inter-faith
Week, a national event, in the presence of the Deputy Mayor of Barnet and other
dignitaries.
Date: Monday 16th November
Time: 7.00 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.
Venue: Hendon
Town Hall, The Burroughs,
NW4. RSVP to Bernd Koshland.
Monday 16th November 2009 5.30pm for 6.30pm FAITH PREMISES QUESTION TIME A Public Conversation about Faith Premises
Chaired by the BBC's Jumoké Fashola (Presenter of Inspirit on BBC
London) The Southbank University (Keyworth Centre,
Keyworth Street), London SE1 6NG. The evening will feature a panel and audience discussion on
the challenges facing faith groups in their need for places of worship, as well
as their contribution to the spiritual and civic life of communities.
The evening will also feature a performance by Koruso! The
Southwark Interfaith Community Choir, and refreshments will be
served.
Advance booking is advised as places are limited. Contact
Charlotte on 020 7525 5502 or Charlotte.Beaumont@southwark.gov.uk.
Monday 16th November and Thursday 19th November 2009 2-4pm London Councils Grants: Future Commissioning Priorities
Public Consultations at the Conference suite, London Councils, 59½ Southwark Street, London, SE1 0AL
London Councils is developing priorities for the prospective
2011-2015 grants programme. As part of
this exercise, LC has arranged a series of public meetings which will enable them to
engage with as wide a range of stakeholders as possible. The deadline for
responses to the consultation is 29 January 2010
London Councils vision is:
‘Londoners
enabled to live better and healthier lives, enjoying economic, housing,
educational and cultural opportunities in a safer and more sustainable
environment ; through improved services delivered by the voluntary sector
working in partnership with London’s local
authorities’ They want to hear opinions
on:
* The challenges in
London that our
funding should tackle
* Whether the
services we fund at the moment are the right ones and if not how they should be
updated
* The differences
our funding makes to local people, the voluntary sector and other organisations
working to support Londoners like the Health Service and the Police
* How our funding
can help local people and organisations get through the recession
There is also an online consultation form. More information from London Councils
Hillingdon Inter Faith Network Events during Inter Faith Week - see flyer
The first Inter Faith
Week in England will take place on 15 -21 November 2009.
More information at www.interfaithweek.org.
Saturday
14th November 2009
2pm
- 4pm
Sikhs
in the Square
To
Celebrate Interfaith Week The
Square (next to the cinema) Slough High Street Invited
guests
Mayor
of Slough Joginder Singh Bal & MP
Fiona Mactaggart
Come,
learn and take part in a great community event. Langar
- free somosas, sweets, fruit and drinks
Gatka
by
Baba
Fateh Singh Gatka Akhara, Life
Time Achievment Award
Khalsa
Aid, Sikhs and the Environment, Ministry of Dhol, Sikh ID. Broadcasted by
Sikh
Channel and Punjab Radio
Asian
Star (tbc). Contact Ranjit
Kaur Bilkhu
Saturday
14th November 2009 9.30am - 1pm Presence & Engagement Network
London Inter
Faith Centre 125 Salusbury Road NW6 6RG
Praying and Woshipping - including Shared space for prayer and reflection in the work
place with
Helen Sanderson, Recovering the Calm project &
Quiet Room Designs & Civic occasions and collective acts of worship with Revd Michael Camp; Area Dean
Bromley. Contact Susanne Mitchell for more details.
Tuesday 17th November, 6.30pm — 10.30pm
