The NASACRE/Westhill Young Inter-Faith Projects

The 2009 Awards

Congratulations to the following who have been awarded funding for 2009/10.

• Bromley: (£1300) "Faith Numbers" – a one day conference for Year 12 pupils addressing issues of community cohesion for the future, and leading to the formation of a Youth SACRE.
• Redcar & Cleveland: (£5000) A project on the refugee experience which involves the Borough's eleven secondary schools and uses the interactive exhibition "Escape to Safety" with a project worker and assemblies.
• Solihull: (£5000) A conference for 30 Year 6 pupils, leading to carefully planned visits to places of worship and the production of a quality DVD resource for use in all Solihull Primary Schools.
• Southwark: (£5000) A project working with Primary and Secondary pupils to explore identity, faith and reconciliation in the context of diversity and gang culture and produce a teaching resource to include statement banks and role play ideas.
• Suffolk: (£3000) A one day conference on ethical and global issues for gifted Year 7-9 pupils to prepare for involvement in the UNICEF Youth Voice project and launch three pyramid networks.
• Torbay: (£2000) The extension of last year's part-funding for TIFFY – Torbay Inter-Faith Forum 4 Youth, giving support to their project "Community Building Through Crossing Boundaries".
• Waltham Forest: (£5000) Production of a quality pilot teaching resource in the form of a film/video of a local pupil in partnership with a SACRE member acting as guides to a visit to their place of worship.
• Windsor and Maidenhead: (£2000) A well-planned RE Film Festival, with a short DVD competition for Year 6 and 9 pupils, is already under way. The Award will release funds for further development of the project.

The 2008 Awards

• Buckinghamshire: Building on an earlier Interfaith Day, the project will set up networks based on particular secondary schools and local primaries to explore transitions in religions and between schools, with resulting materials for wider community relevance.
• Bradford: “7,000 Hours” is a project to improve the impact of Collective Worship in Bradford Schools. Older primary pupils will explore their experience of, and develop ideas about, what worship means to them, and how schools can help them experience this.
• Cambridgshire and Peterborough: The project will link six isolated rural primary schools with two large inner urban primaries, to develop mutual respect and understanding between the pupils, and to generate compelling learning experiences in RE for pupils - report.
• Lancashire: The Award will support a Youth Interfaith Conference with a Special Educational Needs focus, involving the pilot Youth SACRE and contributions by young people from within faith communities, the day being recorded and disseminated online.
• Newcastle: The Award will support the development and extension of an existing long-term initiative, “Across Communities”, through residential encounter workshops for young people resulting in a resource pack and launch event.
• Swindon: The project will set up clubs for interfaith discussion in four secondary schools. These will be facilitated by a youth/community worker, and will have access to a local arts service to enable the clubs to express and celebrate what they have learnt.
• Torbay: The Award will support the development of the promising work of Torbay Inter-Faith Forum for Youth by covering basic admin, materials and events costs and enabling encounter with young people on a wider basis.

For reports on years before 2008 - click here

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