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Working with Migrant Workers in Multi Cultural Britain The Work of Faith Groups: 

Working with Migrant Workers in Multi Cultural Britain The Work of Faith Groups

Rev. Ian Houghton: 

Rev. Ian Houghton Peterborough City Centre Chaplain

Slide3: 

Ten years in HE Chaplaincy Nine years in Urban and Industrial Mission including two years with Neighbourhood Management

Intra Faith/Ecumenical: 

Intra Faith/Ecumenical Church of England Methodist/URC Roman Catholic Baptist Quaker Independent Churches

Slide5: 

Muslim Sikh Hindu Jewish East of England Faith Council Inter Faith

Faith is part of Identity: 

Faith is part of Identity alongside Ethnicity Race Culture Nationality Language etc. and is lived out in daily life True for individuals and for the “faith communities”

Working alongside: 

Working alongside Red Cross New Link Other Service Providers Chair of PREC and MAF and sit on the Cohesion Board of the GPP and encourage joined-up working between faith communities and service providers

Member of: 

Member of Peterborough Inter Faith Council East of England Faiths Council

Member of: 

Member of Peterborough Inter Faith Council East of England Faiths Council HEALTH WARNING!! two different kinds of organisation with very different agendas

Slide10: 

Engaging and Representing Faith Communitieswith Public Issues and Structures Developing Relationships and Understanding between Faith Communities

Slide11: 

Engaging and Representing Faith Communitieswith Public Issues and Structures Developing Relationships and Understanding between Faith Communities PIFC

Slide12: 

Engaging and Representing Faith Communitieswith Public Issues and Structures Developing Relationships and Understanding between Faith Communities PIFC EEFC

Slide13: 

Working within Peterborough to increase interfaith awareness and to increase engagement with public issues eg Inter Faith directory Capacity building towards a Faiths Forum

Context of Peterborough: 

Context of Peterborough Repeated Migrations since 1945 Poles and Italians West Indians Pakistani men “Uganda Asians” New Towners Asylum seekers and Refugees Migrant Workers Over 100 languages spoken in the city

What can a Faith Community offer?: 

What can a Faith Community offer? Welcome and Familiarity (a little bit of home) Identity Language Orientation

What can a Faith Community offer?: 

What can a Faith Community offer? Welcome and Familiarity (a little bit of home) Identity Language Orientation Worship in own language Cultural events and celebrations

What can a Faith Community offer?: 

What can a Faith Community offer? Welcome and Familiarity (a little bit of home) Identity Language Orientation Worship in own language Cultural events and celebrations  INWARD 

What can a Faith Community offer?: 

What can a Faith Community offer? Confidence Building Gatekeping and Referral

Slide21: 

“Allow people to speak in confidence, then refer to others we can have confidence in.”

What can a Faith Community offer?: 

What can a Faith Community offer? Confidence Building Gatekeping and Referral  OUTWARD 

In Emergencies: 

In Emergencies No room at the inn What’s that place in Slovakia called?

Faith Communities as organisations within the community: 

Faith Communities as organisations within the community Contribution of individual members Premises and other resources “Shaping the city” Social capital and faithful capital

Working with the Faith Communities: 

Working with the Faith Communities Overcoming suspicions, building trust Understanding what they can - and can’t - do Encourage joined-up working Building capacity

Questions for Discussion: 

Questions for Discussion 1. What are your experiences of working with faith communities? 2. Has this raised any issues – personal or structural? 3. How might joined-up working with faith communities be improved?