The Community Cohesion Action Group and partners have set up a South Gloucestershire Faith Forum to bring people together, learn about diverse faiths, promote understanding and provide opportunities for building cohesion and harmony.
Faith and harmony events have been held across South Gloucestershire, and faith communities have come together to socialise, share lunch, and make links.
What the participants say:
"very interesting and great to hear others views"
"very interesting and great to hear others views"
"interesting to hear other peoples point of view and experiences"
"its been interesting and uplifting how peoples faith impacts their service in the community
"very useful to hear other peoples faith speech about what they experience in their religion."
"really interesting and inspiring conversations"
"I have learnt a lot about other faiths and our perception of them"
"For networking and sharing ideas"
"to get a direction to work together as a bigger network"
"really useful and insightful discussion, everyone contributed"
"Very open and accepting"