Slough Faith Partnership

Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Shared World Environmental Initiative – 1

Saturday 10th November at 6pm – St Paul’s Church Stoke Road

For more information, contact Malcolm 07909 100675

As a new venture for 2012, Slough Faith Partnership is supporting a project to encourage local
action on the environment across faith communities. Called Shared World, it aims to bring people
together in a shared space as a focus in making decisions towards a practical and local expression of our responsibility towards our shared environment. The project is a partnership between Slough Faith Partnership and the Burnham and Slough Deanery Climate Concern group.

This is the  first meeting for the project. Feedback from this event will then inform a second event at 7pm on Friday Nov 23rd at The Centre, Farnham Road. At this event, the spotlight will turn to the state of the environment both globally and locally, not only because of its crucial importance in contemporary thinking, but because most faiths have an awareness of our relationship to creation as a significant part of their self-understanding.

Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Inter Faith Awareness Walk

Sunday 18th November at 11.45am – meet outside Kingsway URC Church Street

For more information, contact Rafi 07887 840477 or Michèle 07919 095118

Slough is a multi-cultural town;  people living here have many different nationalities, languages, belief systems, customs and traditions, but we all share the same values of peace, respect, wisdom and harmony.

Throughout the year, Slough Faith Partnership promotes these values by organizing activities involving different faiths and community groups with the aim of increasing mutual understanding and providing opportunities to exchange ideas, socialise, and work together. This year we are proud to be holding an awareness walk in the town centre on Sunday Nov 18th, where we will meet members of the public and encourage them to get involved with our work.

Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Who am I? – Religious Identity of Young People

Monday 19th November at 7pm – Kingsway URC Church Street

For more information, contact David 07412 974454

Who Am I? is a project in which young people explore and discuss their religious identities. It grew out of an Inter Faith 2010 event and has now been produced and filmed at Slough Grammar School, with  Sixth-form students, teachers and Inter Faith groups taking part.

The resulting DVD – a resource for schools and other groups as a basis for debate and discussion – will be officially launched  at Kingsway, Church Street on Monday Nov 19th at 7pm. During the evening some of the students who took part will be talking about their experiences.

Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Police Ethics

Tuesday 20th November at 6pm – The Centre Farnham Road

For more information, Contact Zafar 07838 189380

The Slough Local Police Area Commander, Superintendent Richard Humphrey, will talk us through the challenges of establishing and maintaining legitimacy in policing and its value in building trusting relationships that deliver safer communities.

Referring to the core principles of policing in the UK and the specifics of policing in the Thames Valley, he will set out his own view of the future challenges we all face together. The event will take place at The Centre, Farnham Road, on Tuesday Nov 20th at 6pm.

Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Forced Marriage

Wednesday 21st November at 6pm – The Centre Farnham Road

For more information, contact Andrea 07446 187762

Chaz Akoshile, Joint Head of the Forced Marriage Unit of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office/Home Office will join us at The Centre, Farnham Road at 6pm on Wednesday Nov 21st to talk about the Unit’s work.

In the UK the FMU helps victims and potential victims of forced marriage, assists those worried about friends and relatives, and supports professionals working in the social, educational and health sectors. The unit also works with embassy staff abroad to rescue victims who may have been held captive, raped, forced into a marriage or into having an abortion. In 2011 the Unit responded to some 1500 calls for help.

Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Mental Health

Thursday  22nd November at 6pm – The Centre Farnham Road

For more information, contact Emel 07446 129154

Mad – Kupenga – Pagaal – Sanki – Szalony – Locura – Mathari …
It doesn’t matter which language you speak or which faith you hold, on Thursday Nov 22nd at 6pm at The Centre, Farnham Road, members of the Slough Community Mental Health Team Karen Shukla and Jacqueline Oliva invite you to find out more about the effects of cultural stigma in Mental Health.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapist Toyin Odowu will introduce Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust’s
Talking Therapies initiative, and there will be time for questions and discussion.

Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Shared World Environmental Initiative – 2

Friday 23rd November at 7pm – The Centre Farnham Road

For more information, contact Malcolm 07909 100675

As a new venture for 2012, Slough Faith Partnership is supporting a project to encourage local
action on the environment across faith communities. Called Shared World, it aims to bring people
together in a shared space as a focus in making decisions towards a practical and local expression of our responsibility towards our shared environment. The project is a partnership between Slough Faith Partnership and the Burnham and Slough Deanery Climate Concern group.

This is the second meeting, following on from the event on 10th, and addressing feedback from that meeting At this event, the spotlight will turn to the state of the environment both globally and locally, not only because of its crucial importance in contemporary thinking, but because most faiths have an awareness of our relationship to creation as a significant part of their self-understanding.

Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Bring and Share Party

Saturday 24th November at 6pm – The Centre Farnham Road

For more information, contact Emel 07446 129154

We end Inter Faith Week in our usual way, sharing food together, at 6pm Saturday 24th at The Centre, Farnham Road. All welcome!