8-15 October was National Hate Crime Awareness Week and on Monday 10 October, Barnet Council used this platform to launch its own Hate Crime Reporting Centres at an event at Stonegrove Community Centre.  The council are working with partner Barnet Mencap, who organised the event. Staff from Barnet Homes and Your Choice Barnet made sure our organisations were also represented on the day.

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The Barnet Multi Faith Forum, the Strategic Voice of the Faith Sector in Barnet is alarmed shocked and greatly disturbed by the recent reporting of anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim hate rhetoric emanating from within the main political parties.

The Faith communities of Barnet will stand united together to oppose all forms of racial or religious bigotry and maintain our determination to enhance social cohesion and integration. The Forum will continue to promote informed educational dialogue by demonstrating our shared values and mutual respect for all those of different faiths and beliefs. 

As we mark the centenary of the end of World War 1, the Government is seeking to make faith and belief representation at the National Remembrance Service more reflective of modern Britain, both for this year and going forward.  

We are running an open application process, inviting organisations representing different faith/denomination and belief groups across Great Britain, who are not currently represented, to be part of the annual commemoration service.

At present, 15 faith and belief denominations are represented at the Remembrance Service. These are Anglican, Catholic, Church of Scotland, Methodist, United Reform Church, Unitarian, Free Christian Churches, the Salvation Army, Baptist, Greek Orthodox Church, Jewish (United Hebrew Congregations), Jewish (Reform), Islam, Hindu and Sikh. These representatives do not lay a wreath during the service but are there to pay their respects on behalf of their faith and belief communities.

For more information, please email: cenotaph@faithsforum.com 

Acts of bravery and heroism by people of different faiths need to be remembered and revered whenever and wherever they occur.

The Srebrenica genocide and the Shoah (Holocaust) and  will forever be linked and people of all faiths and none, need to remember and work together to ensure these stories of love, friendship and courage are celebrated.

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