Faith Festivals… Easter
What Easter means to me… by Phil Butcher, Trustee of Redbridge Faith forum As a Christian, Easter is the most important Feast in our calendar. Within Roman Catholicism, in common with many other Christian traditions, the Easter season starts with Lent, forty day period of prayer, almsgiving and abstinence. At the start we receive ‘ashes’…
Read More“Caring for Creation” – Multi-faith Walk through Ilford 15.9.19 –
Our ever popular well attended Multi-faith Walk of Peace took place on Sunday 15th September 2019 commencing at 12.45pm in the Holocaust Memorial Garden in Valentines Park with a greeting from the Redbridge Mayor, Councillor Zulfiqar Hussain followed by a talk from Rabbi Lawrence Becker. Walkers received wonderful hospitality enroute visiting the following venues Buddhist…
Read MoreNetwork Meeting “Greening Redbridge” 30.7.2019
This network meeting was arranged by two enthusiastic supporters and members of Redbridge Faith Forum – Peter & Ruth Musgrave. They had spent many hours preparing for the event and their hard work and commitment reaped rewards with 87 people attending which resulted in a queue of people waiting to register and a slightly delayed…
Read More9th July – Harmful Practices Conference
Redbridge Faith Forum partnered with Redbridge Council and other voluntary organisations to organise this conference which was held at City Gates Church, Ilford. The programme included specialist speakers, breakout sessions and provided the opportunity to network with organisations and individuals who work to elimate harmful practices such as forced marriage, female genital mutilation and honour…
Read MoreRedbridge Faith Forum AGM
Our AGM was hosted this year at the Gardens of Peace Muslim Cemetery in Hainault on a lovely summer’s evenng on 2nd July. All our current trustees were reappointed and the annual report and accounts were presented to our members and accepted. These are available on our website under resources. Mohamed Omer, Board Member -…
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