Interfaith Harmony Breakfast
Thursday 7th February 2019
9am - 11am
at Streatham Drop-in Centre for Asylum Seekers and Refugees
2 Mitcham Lane, SW16 6NN
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.
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
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.
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.)
Saturday and Sunday 21st and 22nd July, 12 noon to 8 pm in Brockwell Park
The determination tree, conversations and information were available throughout the weekend, and there were four special sessions as follows:
Saturday 2pm
Providing positive options for young people
Led by Pastor Lorraine Jones
Saturday 5pm
Mental Health First Aid
Led by Maureen Johnson
Sunday 2pm
Refugees in Lambeth - Extend the Welcome
Led by Barbara Wilson
Sunday 5pm
The Prevent Strategy
Led by Rupert Sutton
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.
Three Round Table discussions have taken place with funding support from Near Neighbours.
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
Sunday 25th February
We were all invited to call in during these times. We found a warm welcome, tasty hospitality and much of interest.