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Events: 2012
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May 26th May -
Lets get Better Connected event -10am Sir James
Matthews Building from 10 am
The main activities are
taking place in Guildhall Square and Sir James Matthews
Building from 10am. There will be a number of exhibitors in
Sir James Matthews Building (App A ) On Guildhall Square and
the Former Tyrell and Green site there will be a number of
interactive activities for all the family. (App B, subject
to change depending on weather conditions). The event is due
to finish at 18.00hrs to the general public; the site will
then be cleared of the attractions in a timely manner..
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June 17th Start 12.45 Annual Peace Walk - Peace Fountain
visiting
a Gurdwara, Synagogue, Church Mosque,
and learn about some of the many faiths of Southampton
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SCOF elections |
New officers for SCOF: 2012
Chair - Rev Gary Philgrick
Vice - Ravi Parmar
Sec - David Vane
Treasurer - Priti Dave
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Youth Peace Walk Steps fro Peace - March 11th
 Southampton Council of Faiths organised the 5th annual Youth
Peace Walk on Sunday 11th March. The walkers visiedt a
Gurdwara, Mosque, Church, Friends House (Quakers), Vedic
temple and a Synagogue as well as listened to talks about
Buddhist and Baha’i’ faiths. “The walkers always enjoy the
experience of visiting these places of worship but also the
opportunity to meet people from other faiths” said David
Vane, secretary of Southampton Council of Faiths and one of
the organisers of the walk. “We have people coming from
Winchester, Southampton and Solent Universities and we had
over 90 people" |
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June 12th 2011 |
15th Annual Peace Walk |
Mayor Terry Matthews and Chair Hazel Inskip at the Peace
Foutain |
Don't rain on our parade! Torrential rain
did not discourage the 90 members from various faith
communities in the area from attending the 15th Annual Peace
Walk on Sunday 12th June.
The forecast was not looking
good when the walkers met at the Queens Jubilee Peace
Fountain in Southampton, however the chair of Southampton
Council of Faiths, Hazel Inskip, welcomed the Mayor of
Southampton Cllr Terry Matthews who gave the group some
words of encouragement to send them on their way. They then
walked to Nanaksar Gurdwara where they were given lunch and
after two presentations about the Sikh and Baha'i faith the
group moved on to the Synagogue in Mordaunt Rd and then to
St Edmunds Church in the Avenue.
The rain was still
falling heavily as they made their way to the Friends House,
Medina Mosque and finally the Vedic temple where they heard
about Buddhism and Hinduism. The walk has become very
popular said David Vane, the organiser of the walk but I
think the rain will have discouraged many people from
coming.However the rain did not discourage the people who
did attend including Caroline Nokes MP, Phil Gibson Head
of Student Services for Solent University and Cllr Roy Perry
who leads the Hampshire Interfaith movement.
The hardy
managed to stay with the walk until the end and everyone
agreed that the rain had not stopped their enjoyment of the
event. The Peace Walk was started to promote peace and
understanding in the city and has become so popular that
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March 7th - Youth Peace Walk - 12.30 pm
from the Peace Fountain - East Park Southampton - a gallop
around places of worship in the city.
All students and young people welcome. To see more details
and RSVP, follow the link for more photos
Steps for Peace - Peace Walk Southampton
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Equaulity and diversity conference 2010 |
Rose Bowl |
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TBA |
Nanaksar Gurdwara
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Feb 21st - "Getting to know you" -
2.30 pm - 5pm
Nanaksar Gurdwara - Peterborough Rd, Southampton
SO14 6HY
Come and meet members form the Sikh community - all welcome
March 7th - Youth Peace Walk - 12.30 pm
from the Peace Fountain - East Park Southampton - a gallop
around places of worship in the city. All students and young
people welcome.
March 28th SCOF AGM _ Taunton's College - 2.30 -4.30
pm All welcome - guest Speaker Cannon Chris Rich
from the South East England Faiths Forum |
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2009
Nov 15th Southampton Interfaith link -
Friendship evening to mark the start of National Interfaith
week - St Marys church - 4pm - 6 pm All welcome
Read the BBC web site's details about
Interfaith week here
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19th Nov:
Southampton Council of
Faiths conference - at the Vedic Temple
Radcliffe Rd - click on title for form.
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Nov 21st Graffiti workshop - for
10-15 year olds Saturday at the Abu Bakr Mosque.
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Do you have any events happening in your community during
this week? Why not let us know -
info@southampton-faiths.org |
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Youth Peace Walk - Mar 2009
Over 70 young people from the local communities and
Universities walked around some of the faith centres in the
Southampton |
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Annual Peace Walk June 2009
Mayor or Southampton Cllr Liz Mizon and Chair of
Southampton council of Faiths Jeff Lynn at the start of the
Annual peace Walk |
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Jerusalem Peace Makers - 2009 |
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Southampton Council of Faiths Conference 2008 |
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Tsunami
disaster 2004
His
Royal Highness Edward, Earl of Wessex and the Sophie,
Countess of Wessex visited Southampton on Friday 14th
January to support the Southampton Council of Faiths (SCOF)
initiative to raise funds and support for the Tsunami
disaster appeal victims.
Members from the faith
communities have been working together to raise funds and
collect clothing and provisions to send to victims of the
disaster.
The Royals then visited a local Gurdwara and the Vedic
Temple where they met the Temple committee and met some of
the locals who have been helping organise the mountain of
clothing, blankets and provisions.
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"Painting
a World of Friendship Exhibition" -2004
An exhibition of children's
paintings form all over the world. The exhibition was
visited by over 900 people including 400 children from
schools in Southampton.
Some children attended a painting workshop which was
presented by Alistair Eales where they explored concepts of
working together on projects. The Exhibition was held at St
Mary's Gallery in St Mary's Church for two weeks in May 2004
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The Peace
Walk 2006 The public
join with members of the interfaith organisations, SCOF and
SIFL, and walk together to places of worship around the city
in an effort to promote a message of peace and
understanding.
The walk encourages people
to understand each others faith, learn about their places
of worship and promote harmony between the different faith
groups. This is an annual event |
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Fragments of another
life
When people flee their homes and homelands because of
persecution, they are often lucky to escape with their lives
- and precious little else.
In this exhibition,
photographer Rhonda Klevansky portrays 50 per recent
arrivals to the United Kingdom with few mementoes of their
previous lives that they did manage to salvage, and digital
artist Birgit Muller presents the situation asylum seekers
find themselves in while waiting for a Home Office decision. |
