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Religious Literacy
... what people in the public sector need to know about working with faith communities.
16-25 and looking for something interesting and fun (and even useful) to do this summer?
Cathedral Camps say "if you want a fun week enjoying the beautiful British countryside, there is still room at the hamlet of Privett in Hampshire, or if you want a week by the sea-side how about signing up for St Paul’s, Weymouth, on the south coast of Dorset." And they say there are a few places available at Worcester Cathedral.
Transforming Places; Changing Lives: Taking Forward the Regeneration Framework
Type(s) Strategies and action plans
Site Cities and regions
Product code 09RSD05931
ISBN 9781409814450
Price Free FROM CLG
£15m available for services supporting local people during the recession
The government’s £15 million Real Help for Communities: Targeted Support Fund (grants element) opened at the beginning of May. Small charities, which offer vital local services to those most in need during the recession can come forward and get their hands on essential funding.
The Faith and Organ Donation Initiative.
The Organ Donation Campaign is working on a very important campaign around faith and organ donation.Currently, they are working in partnership with the Department of Health on a series of seminars to explore faith-based barriers to organ donation in the UK - The Faith and Organ Donation Initiative.
ASB Online new CSAS website
ASB Online – Positive solutions to anti-social-behaviour from Community Safety Advisory Service and London Councils.
Government publishes guidance to help realise the potential of churches and faith buildings
The Government and the Church of England has published ‘Churches and Faith Buildings: Realising the Potential’,
Improving Support for all Faith Groups in South Yorkshire
Funded by the Capacity Builders ‘Improving Reach’ programme, Together for Regeneration (TfR) is currently compiling a key list of faith groups in the region through a short questionnaire it has developed; this will ensure that the rich diversity of faith traditions in South Yorkshire have access to the free support opportunities and events that TfR provides. www.tfr.org.uk
A FREE Faith Community Development Course for 19-25 year olds
The course is based in Leicester at the award winning St Philip's Centre. Leicester has been selected as one of only six cities in England to deliver the free Faith Community Development Programme which is supported by the National Institute for Adults in Continuing Education (NIACE) and funded by the
Department for Communities and Local Government. The course has been accredited by the National Open College Network.
Policy briefing: A Framework for a Fairer Future – the Equality Bill
In June 2008, Government published Framework for a Fairer Future, which sets out a programme of legislative measures for the Equality Bill. This Bill aims to simplify discrimination laws, which at the moment are complex and hard to understand ...
Looking Beyond the Veil
The North Kirklees Inter Faith Council is pleased to publish the report "Looking Beyond the Veil".
FbRN has some copies of this - please contact valr@fbrn.org.uk or call 020 7471 6791
