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Government and Shadow Cabinets, October 2018
We’ve updated our at-a-glance guides to Theresa May’s cabinet and Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet to reflect the changes that have been made in the past months.
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Have your say: Religious leaders are asked to tackle extremism
The Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper, published in March 2018, lays out the Government’s commitment to supporting the training of faith leaders to strengthen ministering in the British context. The ideal outcome is that places of worship have well-qualified, informed and confident faith leaders, who […]
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Creative English Featured Member: Oasis Centre
This week, I had the opportunity to speak with one of our most established Creative English hubs who have been delivering the course for four years. The Oasis Centre in Luton is run by Gill, a community worker from the local area. She runs the […]
New report: meeting the needs of women with multiple disadvantages
‘Jumping through hoops: How are coordinated responses to multiple disadvantage, meeting the needs of women?’ is a new report from the Making Every Adult Matter Coalition (MEAM), AVA, Agenda and St Mungo’s. The research explores three key questions: Is there a good understanding of the experiences […]
Macmillan Coffee Morning with the Muslim community
The Muslim Council of Britain is supporting the Baraka Khan Foundation engagement plan with Macmillan Cancer to get Britain’s Muslim communities involved in supporting a cause much closer to home. They hope that you will support this important cause by hosting your own coffee morning on Friday […]
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Does your organisation help people into work?
FaithAction is involved in a project to create a directory of initiatives that help people who have been unemployed for a long time into work. Could you submit a case study about your organisation’s work in this area? The project is supporting the Government’s Health […]
Kofi Annan: honouring his memory, continuing his legacy
Last weekend saw the news that global icon, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations and co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, Kofi Annan had passed away. To some he was the epitome of international diplomacy while in other circles he was considered the father […]
A report – “Faith, Hope and Clarity” commissioned by ‘Faith Matters’
Muslim Communities Can Help Keep Us All Safe By Re-Integrating Convicted Islamist Terrorists says Ian Acheson (former prison governor and reviewer of Islamist Extremism in Prisons) in his recent report “Faith, Hope and Clarity”. His argument is a partnership of community and statutory authorities is […]
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Creative English Featured Member: Sound Vault Studios
Sabrina is a volunteer with Sound Vault Studios, a charity in Birmingham, as a Creative English facilitator. She has also run classes in a mosque and a busy community centre, but mostly ran a class with a lovely group in a local residential care home. […]
Rough Sleeping Strategy and Social Housing Green Paper
There has been a lot going on in the homelessness and housing sector over the past week. The Government has published its Rough Sleeping Strategy and a Green Paper on social housing. You can read the joint response to the Rough Sleeping Strategy, developed with […]