In Blackburn, Near Neighbours supported The Greenhouse Project to run sixteen sessions for women from diverse backgrounds, enabling them to enjoy wildlife walks, arts and crafts, faith discussions, gardening, and cooking.
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Refugee Week takes place every year across the world in the week around World Refugee Day on the 20 June. In the UK, Refugee Week is a nationwide programme of arts, cultural and educational events that celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK, and encourages a better understanding between communities.
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We’re delighted to share the news that we have received funding from The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) for another year.
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This week we were lucky enough to meet Bishop Sarah Mullally, the newly appointed Bishop of London. She was taking a tour of Southall and its different faith institutions and we got to accompany her along with Bishop Pete Broadbent, Revd Mark Poulson, and Revd Anna Poulson.
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Passover and Easter are closely related, with many similarities between them. We gathered several of them that we managed to find for you to read over the break.
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The 8th of March is International Women’s Day. It is a day to celebrate women of all kinds and to fight against gender inequalities.
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The third Sunday of January marks World Religion Day, which this year lands on 21st January. The idea for it came from the Baha’i faith, which initiated the observance that later spread to be celebrated worldwide.
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Every December, there is an air of festivity leading up to the Christian festival of Christmas. But did you know that the Jewish faith also has a festival this month? It’s called Hanukkah (sometimes spelled Chanukkah), and it lasts for eight days.
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Inter Faith Week is an annual event helping to open inter faith activity up to a wider audience. the goal is to make more and more people aware of the importance of this vital work, and that they are able to participate in it.
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In 2017, the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) and the Islamic New Year (Hijri) overlap. The Jewish New Year begins at sundown on 20th September, celebrated until sundown on 22nd September. The Islamic New Year is marked from sundown on 19th September until sundown 20th September.
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Near Neighbours is extending the membership of its Advisory Board for the Catalyst programme to provide additional experienced resource support to the Catalyst Director and her team as they deliver their ambitious five year development.
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We recently had new team members join as Near Neighbours Coordinators and we'd love to introduce you to them. Samra in Manchester, Elizabeth and Ana in London and Kaneez in West Yorkshire all share a little bit about themselves.
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