Upcoming events
Faces of Faith Exhibition: Tour and Talk
Interfaith Scotland’s beautiful Faces of Faith Exhibition will be available to view at the Grain Exchange in Ayr from 19th September – 1st October. We will be hosting a special event on Tuesday 26th September with an opportunity to view the exhibition, listen to talks by some of the people featured in the exhibition, and enjoy refreshments and conversation with others attending the event.
📌 Tuesday 26th September, 5.30 – 6.45pm, Grain Exchange, 77- 81 High Street, Ayr
The Gift of Age
Exploring the contribution of older people to Faith Communities.
You are warmly invited to a round-table presentation and discussion based on the Gift of Age report.
📌 Wednesday 27th September, 10 – 12.30pm (Interfaith Scotland’s Dialogue Centre, 110 Flemington Street, Glasgow)
National Interfaith Youth Advisory Board Meeting
The next meeting of the National Interfaith Youth Advisory Board will take place at our office on 3oth September. This event is by invitation only for members of the youth board.
📌 Saturday 30th September, 11am – 1pm (Interfaith Scotland, 110 Flemington Street, Glasgow)
Annual Interfaith Lecture and AGM
Our annual Interfaith lecture will be delivered by Zara Mohammed on the theme of ‘Leadership for Peaceful Co-Existence’. Zara is Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain and is the first woman and the youngest person to serve in this leadership role. As food will be served please your state dietary requirements when booking a ticket. Please also let us know about any accessibility requirements. The lecture will be followed by Interfaith Scotland’s AGM.
📌 Wednesday 11th October, 6-8.30pm (Interfaith Scotland’s Dialogue Centre, 110 Flemington Street, Glasgow)
Interfaith Interactions Online Dialogue Series
Our online dialogue series featuring speakers from different faiths and beliefs presenting on a theme, followed by dialogue in small groups. To mark the Week of Prayer for World Peace our next Interfaith Interactions event will be on the theme of ‘Prayer’.
📌 Monday 16th October, 7 – 8.15pm on Zoom
Tackling Loneliness in our Communities
This online conference is being held to highlight the issue of loneliness by discussing the Scottish Government Policy on Loneliness; the action that faith communities do and can take to tackle loneliness and to explore proposals for the future. Read the government’s updated strategy.
We know that faith communities play a significant role in supporting people who feel lonely and isolated, so it is important we take this opportunity to consider the issues and differing roles.
📌 Wednesday 15th November, 4.30-6pm (Online)
Scottish Interfaith Week 2023
Striving for change on our own is an insurmountable challenge. Striving for change together is when we can have the biggest impact.
The theme for this year’s Scottish Interfaith Week is ‘Community’. Through building sustainable communities, we can create a collective voice for change.
We are inviting people across Scotland to open their doors and organise meals, workshops, coffee mornings, family fun days, concerts, gatherings and more to celebrate community during Scottish Interfaith Week.
Find out more at www.scottishinterfaithweek.org
📌 Sunday 12th – Sunday 19th November 2023
Launch of Scottish Interfaith Week
Celebrating Scottish Interfaith Week and the 30th Anniversary of the Aberdeen Interfaith Group.
- Booking information to be confirmed.
📌 Monday 13th November, 5.30 – 7.30pm, Aberdeen Town House
August 2023
Interfaith Retreat on Holy Isle
Interfaith Scotland hosted a three-night retreat on the beautiful Holy Isle off the island of Arran at the Centre for World Peace and Health.
✔️ Thursday 3rd – Sunday 6th August 2023
June 2023
Solas Festival
Our volunteers helped out at Solas Festival, a creative arts festival that took place at Errol Park in Perthshire. They led a workshop on ‘Sowing Seeds of Hope’, sharing how their different faiths and beliefs gave them hope in life. Sheikh Hassan Rabbani spoke on the relevance of faith and Ajahn Sujan, Abbot of the Varapunya Meditation Centre in Aberdeen, led a Buddhist meditation.
✔️ 16th – 18th June, Errol Park, Perthshire
Interfaith Interactions: Online Interfaith Dialogue Series: ‘Hospitality’
Our online dialogue series featuring speakers from different faiths and beliefs presenting on a theme, followed by dialogue in small groups. To mark Refugee Festival Scotland our second online dialogue was on the theme of Hospitality.
✔️ Tuesday 20th June, 7 – 8.15pm, on Zoom
Holding Hope in the Face of Hate
The event brought together members of faith communities and the general public from across Scotland to discuss ways to challenge hatred towards asylum seekers and refugees, especially in light of the growing anti-asylum seeker rhetoric and the cost of living crisis.
✔️ Thursday 22nd June, 11.30am – 1.30pm, Interfaith Scotland dialogue centre, Flemington House, Glasgow
May 2023
Members Dialogue
A lunch and dialogue was held for Members of Interfaith Scotland to mark the approval of the constitutional changes to the organisation.
✔️ Thursday 11th May, 1 – 3.30pm, Interfaith Scotland dialogue centre, Flemington House, Glasgow
Interfaith Interactions: Online Interfaith Dialogue Series: Theme of ‘Kingship’
A new online dialogue series featuring speakers from different faiths and beliefs presenting on a theme, followed by dialogue in small groups. With the Coronation of King Charles III our first dialogue explored the concept of ‘Kingship’ in different faiths.
Our speakers were: Ven Ajahn Sujan, Abbot of the Varapunya Meditation Centre in Aberdeen; Dr Srihari Vallabhajousula, Hindu representative on the board of Interfaith Scotland; Dr Maureen Sier, Director of Interfaith Scotland and Frances Hume, National Development Officer at Interfaith Scotland.
✔️ Wednesday 17th May, 7 – 8.30pm, on Zoom
April 2023
Volunteer Training Day
We held a volunteer training day for people interested in volunteering for Interfaith Scotland.
In the morning we explored volunteering opportunities and how to give talks in schools. In the afternoon our religious equality trainer gave a special training on workshop leading and facilitation skills.
✔️ Monday 17th April 2023, 10.30am – 3pm, Interfaith Scotland Dialogue Centre, Flemington House, Glasgow
March 2023
Meeting of the Cross Party Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief
At the meeting of the CPG on Freedom of Religion or Belief, we were joined by Alan Meldrum from Open Doors as the guest speaker. Every year, Open Doors produce their World Watch List highlighting persecution of Christian’s worldwide.
✔️ Wednesday 1st March 2023, 6pm at The Scottish Parliament, Committee Room 6, and online.
International Women’s Day 2023
Interfaith Scotland hosted a special event for International Women’s Day, in partnership with Women of Faith and Community.
Trishna Singh shared extracts from her memoir, A Silent Voice Speaks: The Wee Indian Woman on the Bus, published by Fledgling Press in 2022.
Women of all faiths and beliefs were welcome to attend this free event. The event was followed by langar (lunch) at the Sikh Gurdwara on Berkeley Street.
✔️ Monday 6th March, 11am – 1.30pm, Glasgow Unitarian Church, 72 Berkeley Street
February 2023
Interfaith Youth Leaders: Envisioning the Future
For World Interfaith Harmony Week 2023, we brought together young people from diverse faiths across Scotland to become future interfaith youth leaders.
✔️ Saturday 11th February 11am – 4pm
January 2023
Holocaust Memorial Day 2023
Interfaith Scotland co-hosted an event for Holocaust Memorial Day in Inverness. Holocaust Memorial Day encourages remembrance in a world scarred by genocide. Each year across the UK thousands of people come together to learn more about the past and take action to create a safer future.
The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2023 was ‘Ordinary People’ and we had in-person stories of Holocaust and genocide survivors and a ceremony of remembrance.
✔️ Tuesday 24 January 2023, 6.30 – 8.30pm, Inverness Town House
Holocaust Memorial Day Vigil at Iona Abbey
The Iona Community held a vigil in Iona Abbey to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2023.
“This year’s theme is Ordinary People. In partnership with Interfaith Scotland, we will mark the six genocides in living memory. Through music, readings and symbolic action, we will remember what it takes for genocide to happen and commit ourselves to its prevention. If you have a small piece of cloth or paper to hand, there will be an opportunity to join in our symbolic action.” – The Iona Community.
✔️ Wednesday 25th January, 5 – 5.30pm, Iona Abbey (and online)
Holocaust Memorial Day Concert
We organised a commemorative concert for Holocaust Memorial Day following a successful collaborative programme involving young musicians from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Associazione Xenia Ensemble from Turin, Italy.
This event was supported by the Lord Provost of Glasgow’s International Office, Interfaith Scotland and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
✔️ Wednesday 25 January 2023, 6 – 7pm, Ledger Recital Room, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Holocaust Memorial Day – Falkirk
The Provost of Falkirk, Robert Bissett, welcomed the public to a Holocaust Memorial Day event, co-hosted by Central Scotland Interfaith, Falkirk Council and Interfaith Scotland.
The event included testimony from children of Holocaust survivors and Rwandan genocide survivors, a specially commissioned digital exhibition and a moving memorial ceremony.
✔️ Friday 27 January 2023, 1.30 – 3.30pm, Dawson Community Centre, David’s Loan, Falkirk FK2 7RG
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