Media
Local inter faith bodies have a positive story to
tell. It’s important to tell it widely and tell it well
90% of people read a local paper and 50% of people listen to a local
radio station. Local media can help give a higher profile to your
events and projects. They are also an important arena for your group
to contribute to improving community relations through rebutting
negative images and stereotypes of religious people or groups and also
letting local people know about the ways that people of different
faiths are working together.
The Media Trust, which is a charity which works with the voluntary
sector, produces short and helpful on-line guides to all aspects of
working with the media. You can find these at
http://www.mediatrust.org
The Media Trust is also the base for the Community Channel, The
Community Channel, a national digital television channel which is
“dedicated to inspiring people to do more with their lives” and covers
news from community groups such as local inter faith bodies. You can
let them know about your events or projects by emailing them at
info@communitychannel.org
Some inter faith groups and councils are already
successfully getting coverage in their local media.
| The Three Counties Inter Faith Group (inter faith groups from
Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire) contributes once a
month on a Sunday to a radio slot “Melting Pot” on Three Counties
Radio. In each slot there are three different speakers, each from a
different religion and from a different county of the three counties.
You can listen to recent programmes at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/faith/
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Find a local inter faith
body
Getting started
Checklist
Aims and names
Venues for meetings
Practical matters
Membership patterns
Groundrules
Constitutions
Calendar matters
Catering for events
Times for meetings
Media
Statements
Web sites
Financial issues
Charitable status
Volunteers and staff
Premises
Local Authorities
Local Strategic Partnerships
Activities
Awareness raising
Charity fundraising
Discussion meetings
Diversity training
Environmental
projects
Health and emergency services
Joint events
Special events
Multi faith civic ceremonies
Pilgrimages
Prayer and worship
Responding to tensions
Social gatherings
Trips and exchanges
Visiting places of worship
Women
Working with schools
Young people
Local Inter Faith Survey
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