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.

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

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

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.