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Open Forum
The next open forum will be held on
Wednesday 15 February 2012 2-4pm
venue to be decided.
Further discussion on the importance of RE.
Previous Forum
Report from our reps at the meeting on 22 September 2011
Further minutes and reports are below.
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Report from Tackling Redundancy: A Different Opportunity
Read the report
Photos from the conference
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Past Events
Hearing Stories
Stronger Together’s ‘Hearing Stories’ Conference in July 2010 helps to destigmatise issues around mental health.
Resource Handbook
A further report is here
A summary of the small group work is here
Some photos from Hearing Stories:
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Previous Meeting Minutes and Reports
Faith Forum open meeting minutes
Minutes from the meeting on October 20 2010
to be approved at the next Open Faith Forum meeting in February 2012.
Reports at the September 2011 meeting
Meeting notes from Lunch with the new Bishop of Reading, July 2011
Reports from the meeting Wednesday 20 October 2010 2-4pm
Minutes from the forum meeting, June 2009
At the meeting last June Michael Coughlin (CEO of Reading Borough Council) and Bishop Stephen Cottrell both spoke and answered questions from the floor.
Report of RFF 2009-2010
Report for June meeting from our representatives
RFF Minutes from February 2010 meeting
Minutes from October 2009 meeting
RFF Report for 21 Oct 2009 RFF meeting
RFF Minutes from June 2009 meeting
RFF Report for 3 June 2009 RFF meeting
RFF Minutes 11 Feb 2009
RFF Minutes 21 Oct 2008
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Hustings
Reading East at Reading Hindu Temple, Monday 19 April
from left to right
Anneliese Dodds, Labour; Rob Wilson, MP, Conservative; Andy Murrill, Editorial Director Evening Post; Revd Richard Christopher, Chair Reading Faith Forum; Gareth Epps, Liberal Democrats
Read the latest from Get Reading online
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Reading West at Tilehurst Methodist Church, Monday 26 April
From left to right
Daisy Benson, Liberal Democrat; Naz Sarkar, Labour; Chair: Maurice O'Brien, News Editor Reading Chronicle; Alok Sharma, Conservative
Read about the Hustings from Get Reading here
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Conferences
We have organised 3 conferences since the summer of 2008:
- A conference for RE advisors about what faith communities can do for schools in helping deliver Religious Education held last autumn. A CD, Showing Faith Here and Now, with 15 audio visual presentations about faiths in Reading was presented to each school. Progress was made in relationships with the Reading SACRE which advises schools
- A conference called Greening Faiths about Climate change. A Muslim eco-network was established and a Christian eco-network strengthened. Read about the environmental groups - RITE the Islamic group and CEL the Christian group and what they are doing in here.
RITE Their newsletter is here
CEL Their news is here and more on Ecclesiastical Electricity is here
Read the Greening Faiths report under here
- A unique conference Hearing Voices where nearly 100 people came together from the PCT, social services, faith communities and service users. Speakers included Dr Qulsoom Inayaat (specialist psychologist) and Ken Blanton (former chaplain at Prospect Park Hospital). A mental health service user also shared his experiences with the audience. Read the report here
Outside Events
We have participated in other events:
- Running a stall at the LSP Forum 2008 (as did many faith organisations)
- Helping RCRE run the Holocaust Memorial Day
- Supported the SENCO event with stalls from a number of faith-based organisations
Open Forums
We hold three open Forums a year which:
- Made representations to local government about parking near places of worship and recycling facilites for faith communities
- At the June 2009 meeting we met with Michael Coughlin, chief executive of Reading Borough Council to discuss a wide range of issues
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