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Monday 12 June 2000

Report on a Conference held by The Inter Faith Network for the UK
in association with the Inner Cities Religious Council
of the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
and with support from the Active Community Unitof the Home Office

Contents

Foreword

Key points from the conference

Welcome Jaswant Singh Heera

Opening words Brian Pearce

Local Faith Communities, social inclusion and urban
regeneration in the 21st Century - Angela Sarkis

Local Faith Communities, social inclusion and urban
regeneration in the 21st Century - Howard Simmons

Local councils of faiths: a key resource for the 21st Century
Harriet Crabtree and Bhupinder Singh

Councils of faiths and local government – a partnership with potential

Wolverhampton Inter Faith Group - Sehdev Bismal and Kamaljit Kaur
Coventry Multi-Faith Forum - Babu Garala and Revd Supriyo Mukherjee
Blackburn with Darwen Interfaith Council - Tom Flanagan and Talha Wadee

Making it work

I Good practice: management matters Jane Slowey

II Funding and resourcing

A local government perspective on supporting local inter faith structures Mahebub Ladha

Trusts as supporters Heather Swailes

Workshops

1. Working towards and maintaining a "representative" council.

2. Partnership between local government and councils of faith.

3. Inner City Regeneration and New Deal for Communities as a focus for inter faith cooperation.

4. Shifting gears - making a transition from informal inter faith grouping to representative council.

5. National inter faith initiatives. A model for local work?

Faith co-operation and public life – ways ahead David Rayner

Closing reflections Brian Pearce

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