Young people
Local inter faith organisations are increasingly
seeking ways to involve young people in inter faith activities. A
widely used resource for young people is the inter faith youth action
guide Connect: Different Faiths, Shared
Values.
In 2005, Birmingham Council of
Faiths held a youth event, "Living Between Cultures", in
partnership with Birmingham Youth Service. This was described as a
Youth Forum and brought together young people of various faiths -
recruited by both BCF and BYS - for an evening of discussion in
Birmingham City Council House. Young participants talked about
some of the pressures they experienced in living in a secular
culture and following a religious tradition. As a result of the
event, there are plans to try and set up a youth inter faith group
run by BYS with an annual contact with BCF.
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Note: If your local inter faith body plans to work directly with young
people under the age of 18 it needs to develop a Child Protection
Policy. The
NSPCC’s A Step by Step Guide for Organisations to Safeguard
Children is a helpful short guide to key issues.
Useful links
Connecting for the Future: Young People and Inter Faith Relations in
Britain
Connect:
Different Faiths Shared Values
Operation Noah
An inter faith
environment project, developed from ideas from Christian Ecology Link.
It involved young people from three faith communities: St. Andrew's
with Castlegate United Reformed Church, the Jewish Lads and Girls
Brigade and the Muslim-led Bobber's Mill Community Centre.
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Spring for Peace
We organised “Spring for Peace” - an art, poetry and essay competition
for mainstream and weekend religion schools. The 300+ entries were
displayed at a Saturday exhibition, alongside general exhibits from
all the faiths. An afternoon presentation by young people, again a
mixture of mainstream and religion schools, looked at the theme of
peace from various religious perspectives. All of our members' faiths
were involved and the event drew a fair number of people, boosted by
shoppers drawn in by the young people giving out leaflets and playing
trumpets in the neighbouring shopping centre. Harrow Inter Faith
Council
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