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Interfaith Understanding

Creating Connections between Faith Communities and the Media in Wolverhampton

By Blog, Churches and Community Engagement, Interfaith Understanding, Spiritual Development in Schools and Colleges

28th November 2024 saw the latest in the Religion Media Centre’s series of Creating Connections events taking place at Molineux football ground in Wolverhampton.  The event brought together representatives of local faith communities and journalists, providing opportunities for those in…

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Developing Resources for Religious Literacy in FE: A Social Justice Approach

By All Faith and Further Education Projects, Interfaith Understanding, Research & Evaluation, Spiritual Development in Schools and Colleges

Colleges sought to take part in new project on religious literacy in Further Education!  St Peter’s Saltley Trust is pleased to be partnering with researchers from the Open University and elsewhere in this exciting new project. The Project in Brief…

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Integrating SMSC within Teaching and Learning in Further Education

By All Faith and Further Education Projects, Blog, Interfaith Understanding, RE and Spiritual development in Schools and Colleges, Spiritual Development in Schools and Colleges, Supporting Further Education Chaplaincy, Training and Resources for Teachers

Integrating SMSC within Teaching and Learning in Further Education is a resource for FE and Sixth Form College teaching staff, offering ideas and guidance on drawing out the Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural implications of their curriculum area. Created out…

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Anglican Schools as Diverse, Cohesive Communities – Newman University Research

By All School Religious Education Projects, Churches and Community Engagement, Interfaith Understanding, RE and Spiritual development in Schools and Colleges, Spiritual Development in Schools and Colleges

How, in practice, do Church of England schools endeavour to create cohesive communities which respect both their Anglican Christian ethos and the diverse, often multi-faith demographic of their student bodies?  This is being explored in Birmingham in case study research…

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Faith School Linking Project

By All School Religious Education Projects, Interfaith Understanding, RE and Spiritual development in Schools and Colleges98 Comments

3FF (Three Faiths Forum) are currently recruiting Birmingham Primary Schools to participate in their two-year Trust-funded ‘faith school linking’ project. Could your school take part? 3FF’s ‘Faith School Linking’ project brings together students from different cultural and faith backgrounds who…

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In their Shoes

By All School Religious Education Projects, Christian Faith and the Arts, Interfaith Understanding, RE and Spiritual development in Schools and Colleges1,219 Comments

‘In their Shoes’ was a theatre production/workshop for schools exploring loving one’s neighbour and living together with difference. Jointly conceived by Christian theatre company Saltmine Trust and Muslim theatre company Ulfah Arts, it was performed in Birmingham primary schools. In…

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Certificate in Faith Community Development – Chaplaincy Training

By All Christian Learning and Discipleship Projects, All Faith and Further Education Projects, Interfaith Understanding, Learning for Ministry and Mission, Research & Evaluation, Supporting Further Education Chaplaincy140 Comments

In 2009, St Peter’s Saltley Trust helped recruit participants to the pilot of a Certificate in Faith Community Development. A dozen Christian, Muslim and Sikh chaplains were recruited to the pilot course, devised by NIACE on behalf of DCLG. In…

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