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NEWS NEIL BISHOP'S CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR NATIONAL RADIO INTERVIEWS STATEMENT FROM THE STAFF OF FAITH TOGETHER IN LEEDS 11 “STATEMENT FROM TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH ABOUT THE LONDON BOMBINGS AND THE LINK TO BEESTON” |
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SEEN ON TV!Issued 13 March 2006
On Sunday 19th March the work of our nursery at Building Blocks will be featuring on the BBC TV programme Songs of Praise, broadcast at 5pm on BBC1.
Presenter Aled Jones visited Building Blocks with a film crew in February to meet some of the staff and children. The picture shows filming in progress.
Issued 15 October 2005
The Hamara Centre organised an auction of new items for the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal on Friday 28th October.
NEWS RELEASE
Issued 19 July 2005
Local residents and community groups of all faiths and none are uniting together in Beeston around the Faith Together in Leeds 11 organisation, which includes the Hamara organisation and other local Muslim organisations, as well as Trinity Methodist Church and Holy Spirit C of E Church, following the unfair publicity which Hamara has attracted in the last few days.
'Beeston is together,' said Muserat Sujawal, one of the Trustees of Hamara, speaking after a meeting with Neil Bishop from Trinity Methodist Church and Bob Shaw from Holy Spirit C of E, two of the local Christian ministers who serve the Faith Together in Leeds 11 organisation. .'We strongly believe there is a sense of community cohesion across Beeston, and the events of last week have only made this stronger,' she said.
Following a meeting of community groups at Hamara on Sunday night, residents have agreed to walk to Millennium Square next Saturday afternoon at 2.30pm, behind a banner which will read 'United Together'. The walk, which will assemble outside the Hamara Centre, is intended to express the unity of the local community, their shared sense of sadness about the London Bombings, and their solidarity with one another - including their solidarity with the families of the perpetrators of the crime, who must not be made to feel guilty by association.
'The community is determined to stick together and to keep working for peace,' said the Revd Bob Shaw.
In Millennium Square the walkers expect to be joined by groups from other parts of Leeds who also want to express their sense of solidarity with people of all faiths and none in the communities affected, and with the people of Hyde Park and Beeston.
NEWS RELEASE
Issued 18 July 2005
For immediate use
Faith Together in Leeds 11 is a partnership of community organisations in Beeston, Leeds 11, which includes a Muslim charity called Hamara, Trinity Methodist Church and Holy Spirit parish church (C of E). It also includes other Muslim and Christian organisations and Vera Media. It employs some of its own staff who have issued the following statement. The staff of Vera Media have asked to be associated with its sentiments.
Our staff is made up of a mixture of Muslims, Christians and people of no religious faith who work together on Tempest Road in Beeston. We would like to state that there have never been any serious problems in our area regarding racism, vandalism or any kind of danger to the community in Beeston, and we have been working for the last three years to keep it that way, and will continue to do so to the best of our ability.
We also want to express our support for all the families who have lost loved ones and we want people to know that the vast majority of Muslims are simply not capable, any more than any other human being, of committing an atrocity such as the London Bombings.
We are trying to get on with our work and our lives and pray that others will be enabled to do the same. We will also continue to help the Police with their enquiries, as we have been doing by making our facilities available to officers during their rest periods.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Click here for a statement from Trinity Methodist Church and a reflection on last week written by Neil Bishop, the Methodist Minister and secretary of the Faith Together project.
An external evaluation carried out by the Barnardo's CANA Service in Leeds found that “the Building Blocks Centre is clearly meeting the needs of local people. Interviews conducted with Service Users of the Centre were very positive and encouraging and it was evident that the support offered to families is invaluable.”
The report, published in April 2005, says that “those involved in the development of the Centre are also working hard to ensure that the Centre continues to meet local need. The Centre has a detailed Business Plan and works closely and in consultation with community members, workers and local organisations.” Barnardo’s CANA Service paid tribute to “the positive attitude within the staff team.”
The report concludes, “The Building Blocks Centre has a strong vision and ethos and their continuation to strive for community, cohesion and the development of a multi-faith centre is a credit to all of those involved. This is reflected in the number of people coming into the Centre and how highly regarded the Centre is. This is best summed up in the words of a service user:
‘If I could stand outside and tell everyone to come in then I would.’
“Finally it remains to be said that CANA Service recognises the excellent work of the Building Blocks Centre and the impact that it has on the residents of Beeston and would like to wish them every success in striving to achieve their aims.”
LATEST
NEWS ABOUT THE BUILDING BLOCKS CENTRE
We have now launched a special website to tell you all about our nursery/crèche and playgroup facility. You will find it here.
To mark International Women's Day, Faith Together in Leeds 11 hosted an exhibition about the different faiths and cultures of people living in the neighbourhood. The pictures below show some of the Muslim, Christian and Hindu stalls. They were kindly taken by Mr and Mrs Saad, two members of the Trinity Church congregation which meets at the Building Blocks Centre.
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Volunteers
from Faith Together in Leeds 11 regularly organise a multi-cultural
street market and other similar events outside the Building Blocks
and Hamara Centres. Click on the picture on the left for a better
view.
For details of the support, advice, activities and courses which we offer in the Centre, please click here. The picture below on the left shows the entrance to the Centre on Maud Avenue. The picture below on the right shows parents and children in the nursery at the opening of the centre two years ago.
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The new 'Hamara' Healthy Living Centre, on the opposite side of Maud Avenue, opened last spring. In the pictures below you can see how the old Trinity Methodist Church was transformed into the new Hamara Centre. |
This
£700,000 phase of the project was funded by the New
Opportunities Fund, Leeds City Council and several Trusts. The
£500,000 Building Blocks Centre was funded by the Single
Regeneration Budget Round 4, the Community Fund, the Methodist
Church, the Church of England and other Trusts. Together, the two
centres are part of the regeneration work which has brought
considerable improvements to Tempest Road, one of the main routes
through the area.
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