About Nottingham Inter Faith Council.
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Who we are!
Nottingham Inter Faith Council is a local charitable organisation. It has been working in Greater Nottingham for over 28 years and also in the County since around 2006, to overcome prejudice and promote social harmony. The Council has encouraged local people to get to know each other, in and beyond their communities, through meetings, training seminars, visits to places of worship, social events and healthy discussion.
We are affiliated to the Inter Faith Network for the UK.
Our President is the Lord Mayor of Nottingham.
The management committee includes at least one nominated representative from each of nine local faith groups:
▪ Bahá’ís ▪ Brahma Kumaris ▪ Buddhists ▪ Christians
▪ Hindus ▪ Jews ▪ Muslims ▪ Quakers ▪ Sikhs
Our aims.
beliefs and practices of different faiths and the
importance of spiritual aspects of life.
• To contribute to a more understanding and tolerant
community by building bridges between people of different
faiths and showing the wider public the contributions faith
communities make to society.
• To work together in harmony and friendship, with respect
for the distinctiveness of different beliefs and traditions.
• To work in partnership with other organisations, on
issues of concern to faith communities.
What we do!
We engage with statutory bodies to address issues of local concern for Faith Communities.
We address issues about religious or racial prejudice, also when we belief that national and international incidents such as terrorism, or some other atrocities, may impact in some way, on our local communities. We respond appropriately, through public statements and by networking through local media and through these communities, to encourage measured responses.
We facilitate events to bring communities together and also to engage area management from Statutory Bodies, with their local area’s Faith Communities.
We hold annual programmes of events for members and guests. This includes bringing together members and the wider communities, by providing a safe space for healthy discussion about current Faith topics and social concern, which may be impacting on our local communities.
Membership is open to any individuals and organisations in Nottinghamshire who agree with our aims. That includes faith groups and places of worship, their members, and people with no faith of their own who are interested in knowing more. No-one will try to convert you! The emphasis is on learning about each others’ ideas and ways of life, and finding ways to work together while respecting the distinctiveness of different traditions. Download leaflet here.
Partnerships.
Nottingham Inter Faith Council and One Nottingham
Nottingham’s Faiths Forum was formed in 2009 to provide all faiths with a voice, through the elected Faith’s Advocate member, to the City Council’s One Nottingham Board. Also to support the work of the Advocate in their role as Board member.
Nottingham Inter Faith Council is a founding member of this Forum, which is open to representation from any Faith community within the City of Nottingham.
Nottingham Inter Faith Council and the Religious Studies Resource Centre
We support Religious Education in schools, through our partnership work with the Religious Studies Resource Centre with which we share a base, hosted by Bluecoat Academy. We help to deliver ‘Faith Experiences’ in schools across both City and County.
We assist the RS Centre in its work of providing other teaching support about the world’s faiths, which is available to all Nottinghamshire schools. We also provide Faith members for school visits and through our networks, facilitate visits to local places of worship.
‘Faiths in Nottingham’ Exhibition.
Our new ‘Faiths in Nottingham’ exhibition is available on loan, with supporting literature, for display in public areas, community events, libraries, schools etc;
This exhibition and leaflets provide basic information about each of nine local faiths.
More details of these can be found here on this website.
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General Enquiries to:
Nottingham Inter Faith Council
c/o RS Resource Centre
Bluecoat Academy
Aspley Lane Campus
Nottingham NG8 5GY
Tel: 0115 929 7445[Op.1 ext 4040]
email info@interfaithnottm.org.uk
www.interfaithnottm.org.uk
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