During the Sheffield Faiths Forum Annual Review, held at Sheffield Town Hall on 4 March 2008, delegates were asked to prioritise potential issues that the Faiths Forum could address in the coming year.
Notes for completing the exercise and the list of potential issues are available through these links.
Alongside the group exercise during the event, 29 consultation sheets were completed and submitted – these covered 7 different faiths and a number of denominations within them.
Four clear potential priorities for the Faiths Forum were identified through the exercise:
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Community Cohesion
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Faith group visits / Sheffield Open Door week
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Neighbourhood based work
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Young Peoples project
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direct resources to the most important issues if resources are secured
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make difficult choices over which projects can be supported if resources are limited
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target and, hopefully, secure future resources.
Through last year’s consultation faith communities in Sheffield told the Faiths Forum that our key priorities should be:
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Support for asylum seekers and refugees
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Multi-faith initiatives at a neighbourhood level
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Improving awareness of different faiths in the city
As a result of these comments we:
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worked with the City of Sanctuary campaign to hold an event on Sanctuary, Hospitality and refuge
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directly supported faith groups in Darnall to work together and address local issues
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provided free faith awareness training for members of faith communities and started to build up a library of images of different faith communities in the city
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| Have your say Table.pdf | 11.59 KB |
| Have your say notes.pdf | 11.33 KB |