Lee Bolton Monier-Williams Solicitors will be hosting a webinar on Good Governance during Lock down. 5th May 10.30 am Decision making – how to ensure you are making effective robust decisions including the use of electronic forms of meeting. 12 May 10.30 am Delegation – During a time when trustees cannot meet and quorums are…
Places of worship, like other organisations have closed their building due to the COVID-19 outbreak, whilst insurance companies are generally expecting organisations to temporarily close their premises. It’s important to check with your insurance companies what your policy actually covers, many insurers will not apply the cover restrictions for Unoccupied Premises, others may require you…
Bradford district’s faith communities are teaming their efforts to help the elderly and vulnerable in self-isolation amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. Faith leaders from Muslim, Sikh, Hindu and Christian communities have signed up to the Volunteering Interfaith Programme (VIP) run by the Strengthening Faith Institutions (SFI) programme in partnership with Age UK to help the elderly…
“I keep in regular contact with my members due to their vulnerability. Many of them have no family and live alone. Even those who have a family, experience lack of support from their families. They have mental health issues. Their situation is made worse due to physical health problems, making some of them virtually house-bound….
During the Covid-19 crisis, as faith institutions are closed, many have moved to remote working. It is important to continue to safeguard and protect children during these times and ensure that policies around this are not loosened. The purpose of this policy statement is to: – ensure the safety and well being of children and…
Here at SFI, we are responding to the concerns and issues of faith centres nationwide, with a dedicated helpline for any place of worship. The helpline will be staffed with expert consultants from 1-7pm every day of the week. The helpline will provide up-to-date advice for faith centres on financial concerns, health and safety issues, gift-aid,…
On 16th March 2020, the Health Secretary Matt Hancock MP confirmed faith groups, place of worship should follow advice against mass gatherings of people over the Coronavirus pandemic. We have compiled Advice for faith institutions and groups on responding to Covid-19 that has been shared with the Faiths Forum for London and Strengthening faith institutions…
I was honored to have chaired a Conference on safeguarding, child protection and benefits of registering as a charity organised by Burnley & Pendle Friends League in association with the Strengthening Faith Institutions (SFI) at the St Luke’s Parish Hall, St James Street, Brierfield, Lancashire, BB9 5JW. Protecting and safeguarding children in our faith and…
On the 25th of January, The Mosques and Imams Advisory Board partnered with SFI held a Mosque leadership conference event at Minhaj Welfare Foundation in Manchester. The event covered three interactive sessions each followed by a Q&A session and allowed the participants to do the critical review of their own mosques and Islamic centres. During…
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