Fitzrovia Youth in Action (FYA) is a community based youth action project using sports and youth work to engage young people and support them in developing projects which benefit the community. It aims to improve relationships between people from different faiths and backgrounds throughout the London Borough of Camden.
Continued »One of the official events to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002 was the Young People's Faith Forum. This event brought together forty young men and forty young women from the nine historic faith communities in the UK, the Baha'i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh and Zoroastrian faiths.
Continued »Two youth groups, one Muslim and one Christian, came together to create a welcome sign for their community centre. The sign encourages all sections of the Isle of Dogs community to come into the centre. It is a stained glass mosaic, combining the artistic traditions of both Islam and Christianity.
The participants visited each other's places of worship and designed the piece of artwork to symbolise co-operation between the two groups. They also talked about their religions and about why it was important to understand each other's beliefs.
Continued »The Imperial College London Chaplaincy is interested in interfaith work and has run a number of interfaith initiatives for the students and staff of Imperial College London, the Royal College of Art and Design and the Royal College of Music.
Continued »Interculture is a volunteer and training programme that brings together young people in London from different faiths and ethnic backgrounds to organise multi-cultural events in four host youth clubs across the capital. It aims to unite multi-racial communities and raise the profile of young people's desire for cultural integration by bringing people together for youth-led events and encouraging the sharing of culture and the celebration of diversity.
Continued »Interfaith Action (or 'Interact') aims to build understanding and increase tolerance between people of all faiths. They facilitate joint action and civic participation, enabling members of all faith communities to work together for the benefit of all communities. Their projects are tailored for young people from all faith and cultural backgrounds, particularly student communities.
Continued »The Interfaith Society was set up in North London Collegiate School in 2006. It aims to promote understanding and communication between students of different faiths. This is achieved through meetings for years 7 to 11 and talks for the sixth form.
Continued »The Tricycle Theatre runs a Jewish and Muslim Youth Theatre Group, formed in 2004 to share and promote understanding through the creative arts.
Continued »Since it was established in 1987, Leap Confronting Conflict has been working to raise awareness of the conflicts facing young people in our communities. Through a number of projects it aims to help young people find possible solutions to conflicts and to train adults working with young people to confront conflict. Each year Leap reaches more than 2000 young people and 500 adults directly and about 6,000 more indirectly through network organisations and the professionals who Leap has trained.
Continued »A hundred young Londoners together came to the British Museum on Sunday October 2nd 2005, to think about Living in a Multi-faith London. They came from schools, faith groups, universities and as individuals.
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