Community Question Time on Prevent

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Created: Friday, 14 December 2018 00:03

Thursday 13th December

Brixton Community Base, Talma Road (corner of Probert Road) SW2 1AS.

The evening started at 6.30pm with a hot buffet and continued until 9pm.

Since 2015, local authorities have had a legal duty to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.

This is known as the ‘Prevent Duty’. There has been uncertainty among parents and communities about what it entails.

This event was the first in a series that Faiths Together in Lambeth plans to run over the next six months 

to provide opportunities to engage about Prevent with the staff delivering it in the borough.

Rupert Sutton (Prevent Programme Manager) and Lydia Nixon (Prevent Education Officer) made short presentations

and then attendees (19) asked questions about Prevent, discussed their concerns and made suggestions for future events in the series.

FTiL 10th Anniversary

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Created: Monday, 19 November 2018 16:58

10th Anniversary of FTiL

Monday 12th November 2018

6pm - 8pm in the Assembly Hall at Lambeth Town Hall

Three speakers reflected on FTiL’s civic role after 10 years.

Nine stalls pointed to what can be done to help provide positive options for younger people.

6.00pm                Arrivals - vegetarian buffet open and stalls in action

6.30pm                Simon Messinger        Lambeth & Southwark Borough Commander, Metropolitan Police Service

6.40pm                Juney Muhammad      Community Development Services Manager, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

6.50pm                Saleha Jaffer               Mayor of Lambeth 2016/17 and Founder Trustee of FTiL

7.00pm                Stalls and buffet continued

7.15pm                Stall holders’ headlines

Dwaynamics - Lorraine Jones

Near Neighbours - Elizabeth Fewkes

School Pastors - Cherie Thomas

Streatham Youth & Community Trust - Angie Foran

The Baytree Centre - Rosanna Zach and Caley Holmboe

Mental health First Aid - Phil Cotgreave and Maureen Johnson

Mitzvah Day - Irfan Mohammed

Lambeth Cruse - Val Poole

Lambeth Healthwatch  - Natalia Sali

7.45pm                Networking continued

8.00pm                Disperse

Mental Health First Aid courses 2018

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Created: Sunday, 11 November 2018 23:00

During 2018, FTiL has run four community Mental Health First Aid England (MHFAE) 2-day Adult courses, supported by a grant from the Thrale Charity. All three of our MHFAE trained volunteers have been involved as instructors. Each course has had two instructors. MHFAE sets the maximum number of trainees on each course at 16.

The dates, venues and numbers of trainees successfully completing the courses were:

12 and 13 February at the Karibu Education Centre, SW9 7PH, 15 trainees;
13 and 14 August at the Caribbean Hindu Cultural Society, SW2 2BB, 14 trainees;
23 and 25 October at the Pavilion at Tooting Bec Lido, SW16 1RU, 14 trainees;
3 and 4 November at the Hyderi Islamic Centre, SW16 5PQ, 15 trainees.

So during the year 58 people connected to FTiL and its partner organisations have qualified as mental health first aiders. In addition, 15 staff at Lambeth College were trained in a special course on 3 and 4 April.

Inter Faith walk 2018

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Created: Sunday, 16 September 2018 22:07

10.00 - 10.30       (Mass at 9.30am)         St Mary’s Catholic Church       8 Clapham Park Road, London SW4 7AP

10.45 - 11.15          Clapham Methodist Church           121 High Street, London SW4 7JR

11.45 - 12.15            Stockwell Green Muslim Centre              35 Stockwell Green London SW9 9HZ

12.30 - 13.00           SGI Nichiren Buddhist Centre           1 Bernays Grove, London SW9 8DF

(After the walk, the Refugees Welcome Lambeth installation for this year’s Brixton Design Trail was visited in nearby Trinity Gardens.

The hand crafted installation celebrated our diversity and the journeys that have brought us here, with welcome banners made by people across the borough.)

Lambeth Country Show 2018

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Created: Wednesday, 01 August 2018 22:26

Saturday and Sunday 21st and 22nd July, 12 noon to 8 pm in Brockwell Park

Mind, Body and Soul Fair at Lambeth College

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Created: Wednesday, 16 May 2018 22:47

Viv Isaac kindly made her tree available and,

prompted by Saadat Yusuf,

lively groups of students added 18 fresh leaves

enscribed with their messages of hope. 

FTiL was present at the Fair alongside South London Inter Faith Group.

Round Tables

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Created: Wednesday, 28 March 2018 22:29

Three Round Table discussions have taken place with funding support from Near Neighbours.

• 9 January 2018 at Brixton Community Base on "The Prevent strategy"
• 20 February 2018 at Brixton Community Base on "Refugees in Lambeth"
• 27 March 2018 at the Karibu Centre on "Negative youth choices"

Visit My Mosque - February 2018

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Created: Tuesday, 27 February 2018 22:11

Visit My Mosque is a national initiative of the Muslim Council of Britain. Not every mosque takes part, but FTiL was informed of three in the Borough of Lambeth that will be open on Sunday 18th February and one more on Sunday 25th February.

Sunday 18th February

• Hyderi Islamic Centre, 26 Estreham Road, SW16 5PQ, open 9am - 2pm
• South London Islamic Centre, 8 Mitcham Lane, SW16 6NN, open 12noon - 6pm
• West Norwood Islamic Centre, 58-60 Norwood High Street, SE27 9NR, open 11am - 4pm
  

Sunday 25th February

• North Brixton Islamic Cultural Centre, 182A Brixton Road, SW9 6AT, open 12noon - 5.30pm

We were all invited to call in during these times. We found a warm welcome, tasty hospitality and much of interest.

Mental Health First Aid

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Created: Wednesday, 14 February 2018 16:07

FTiL is sending 3 volunteers to MHFAE to train as instructors for the 2 day Adult MHFA course.

Battersea Power Station Foundation and Awards for All have given grants for instructor training and for IT equipment.

The first FTiL MHFA 2 day course took place at the Karibu Education Centre in Brixton

on 12th and 13th February 2018 with 15 trainees.

The instructors were Phil Cotgreave and Buff Davis.

New Year New Unity at Lambeth College

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Created: Thursday, 04 January 2018 12:20

January 3rd 2018 - the very first day of term, but that didn't hold back Lambeth College from organising a New Year New You lunchtime fair.

FTiL was there, taking up a theme from last year under the title New Year New Unity.

Students were invited to supply their own New Year New ? and, movingly, a clear majority wrote 'get a job'