Monday 30 November
AGM - Maidstone Inter-Faith Network
Maidstone Inter-Faith Network is holding its AGM on Monday 30 November. It is being held by Zoom at 7.30pm. For more information, visit www.mifn.org.uk.
Send us your event details…
Events
This page contains a list of some of the inter faith events and activities taking place across the UK.
In light of COVID-19, organisations are now holding many of their events online.
Monday 30 November
My Faith Journey as a Nigerian Jew - Sheffield Interfaith
Sheffield Interfaith is holding its next meeting on Monday 30 November. The speaker will be Kenneth Awele Okafor, a British born Jew with Nigerian Igbo, Maghreb and Sephardi heritage who is member of Seven Hills Synagogue in Sheffield. The meeting takes place at 7.30pm via Zoom. For more information, visit http://sheffieldinterfaith.org.uk/category/events/.
Monday 30 November
London Faith and Belief Community Awards - Faith and Belief Forum
The Faith and Belief Forum is holding its London Faith and Belief Community Awards event online on Monday 30 November. 40 projects will be awarded for their work from inspiring youth to improving health and wellbeing, promoting inclusion, inter faith relations and supporting women. This year there will also be a new category of 'Community resourcefulness in response to Covid-19'. The event takes place from 7pm to 8.30pm on Zoom. For more information, visit https://faithbeliefforum.org/event/london-faith-belief-community-awards-2020/.
Tuesday 1 December
What do people of other Faiths do while Christians celebrate Christmas? - York Interfaith Group
York Interfaith Group will be holding its next meeting and its AGM on Tuesday 1 December. The short AGM will be followed by a meeting with the topic 'What do people of other Faiths do while Christians celebrate Christmas?' This will be a discussion with a panel of speakers, chaired by Michael Chester. The meeting is being held online and begins at 7.15pm. For more information, contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Wednesday 2 December
Building Resilience to the Covid-19 Pandemic and Beyond - Strengthening Faith Institutions
Strengthening Faith Institutions, in partnership with Near Neighbours, Civil Society Consulting and Steps to Sustainability, is holding a event on Wednesday 2 December on ‘Building Resilience to the Covid-19 Pandemic and Beyond’. Workshops will include: Income generation for Faith centres; How to create a faith-based social entrepreneurship; Safeguarding children at Faith organisations; and Funding for your group - how to write a grant proposal and what funders look for. The event is being held online from 10am to 1pm. To register, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkf-qtqzkjHNJgkBIzJEsmosgQYrK2slXu.
Thursday 3 December
Race and Jewish-Christian relations - CCJ and CTBI
Council of Christians and Jews and Churches Together in Britain and Ireland are holding an event on Thursday 3 December on 'Race and Jewish-Christian relations'. Richard Reddie from CTBI speaking on what he learned on the CCJ Yad Vashem study tour and how it could be fruitfully applied to remembering the transatlantic slave trade. Historian Robert Bieber from CCJ Southwest London and Dittons will consider the significance of Black British history in Jewish perspective. Discussion leaders will include Dionne Gravesande, Senior Ecumenical Relations Manager for Christian Aid; Revd Canon Dr Rosemarie Mallet, Archdeacon of Croydon; and others. To register, email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Thursday 3 December
Serving a Wounded World in Interreligious Solidarity - Crawley Interfaith Network
Crawley Interfaith Network is holding its next meeting on Thursday 3 December. The theme will be 'Serving a Wounded World in Interreligious Solidarity'. The meeting will be held on Zoom at 7.30pm. For further details, contact Iyad Daoud at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or on 01293 883372.
Monday 7 December
Faith Leadership in Uncertain Times - Spirit in Mind and Aksaa
Spirit in Mind and Aksaa are holding a workshop on Monday 7 December on Faith Leadership in Uncertain Times - Christianity and Islam. The workshop is being held from 10am to 12pm on Zoom. To register, visit https://bit.ly/2Ga970h. For more information, contact Debby Walker on 01924 316282 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Wednesday 9 December
Skills for Dialogue at Key Stage 3 - Faith and Belief Forum
The Faith and Belief Forum is holding an event on Wednesday 9 December about its resource 'Skills for Dialogue at Key Stage 3'. The event is being held online from 4.30pm to 5.30pm. For more information, and to book, visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/skills-for-dialogue-at-key-stage-3-tickets-128223400643.
Wednesday 9 December
Interpreting culture – improving cross-cultural communication - Interfaith Scotland
Interfaith Scotland is holding its next training session on ‘Interpreting culture – improving cross-cultural communication’ on Wednesday 9 December. By then end of the course delegates will be able to: Describe the wide-ranging influence of cultural background on people’s behaviour, expectations and beliefs; Utilise a simple tool for recognising and responding to misinterpretations stemming from cultural difference; Reconsider their responses to the behaviour of others, to avoid cultural difference becoming a source of anger and prejudice; and Show improved communication skills when communicating with those from other cultures. This will be held from 1pm to 4pm on Zoom. There is a fee to attend. For more information, visit https://interfaithscotland.org/get-involved/training.
Thursday 10 December
AGM - InterFaith Wolverhampton
InterFaith Wolverhampton is holding its AGM online on Thursday 10 December. This meeting will hear of the work of InterFaith over the last year, receive the financial statements and trustees report as well as conducting elections. It will take place on Zoom at 7pm. For further information, contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Monday 14 December
Adult Mental Health First Aid Training - Faiths Together in Lambeth and MHFA
Faiths Together in Lambeth and MFHA are running a 2 day Adult Mental Health First Aid Training course on Monday 14 December and Tuesday 15 December. It will be held from 8.45am to 5.30pm each day at St Martins Scout Hut, 16-28 High Trees, Tulse Hill, London SW2 3PU. To request a place, email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and for more information, contact Phil on 07956 441911.
Tuesday 15 December
8 Lamps of Hanukah - CCJ Norfolk and Norwich and Jewish Museum London
The Council of Christians and Jews (Norfolk and Norwich Branch) is holding an event, with the Jewish Museum London, on the '8 Lamps of Hanukah' on Tuesday 15 December. This will be an opportunity to explore the festival of Hanukah through the Jewish Museum London's collection. It is being held via Zoom from 5pm to 6.30pm. For more information contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
DISCLAIMER: Event information is based on that sent to the Inter Faith Network for the UK (IFN), which is then edited for style. IFN makes no guarantee that the event information displayed on this page is accurate. Inclusion of events should not be taken as endorsement of any kind. Lack of inclusion of events may not be assumed to imply a lack of endorsement. Events are included at the absolute discretion of IFN, which reserves the right to edit information provided for event listing purposes.
