{"id":211,"date":"2017-01-17T21:11:43","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T21:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.islingtonfaithsforum.org.uk\/?page_id=211"},"modified":"2021-03-18T19:27:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T19:27:49","slug":"press","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.islingtonfaithsforum.org.uk\/?page_id=211","title":{"rendered":"Awards & Achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Islington Faiths Forum wins Queen\u2019s Award for Voluntary Service!<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Islington Faiths Forum (IFF) is delighted to announce that we have been awarded the Queen\u2019s Award for Voluntary Service.\u00a0 This is the highest award given to groups across the UK to recognise outstanding work done by volunteers in their communities. The awards were created in 2002 to celebrate the Queen\u2019s Golden Jubilee and winners are announced each year on 2 June \u2013 the anniversary of the Queen\u2019s Coronation.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Elizabeth Chappell, Chair of the Islington Faiths Forum said:

“Inter faith work goes on behind the scenes, day in day out, and does not usually hit the headlines. From the heartfelt response to last year\u2019s callous attack on Muslims in Finsbury Park, the importance of this work was shown as well as its substantial contribution to community cohesion in Islington. We very much welcome the Queen\u2019s Award as it recognizes and supports our vital work in the borough.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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For many years now, Islington Faiths Forum (IFF) has been working diligently to support efforts in the community around cohesion, safety and faith literacy.\u00a0 Working with young people continues to be a priority, whether through peace assemblies, the Peace Cup football tournament, artwork competitions with school pupils (for the inter faith calendar) or the annual Youth Debate.\u00a0 A great deal of IFF work is carried out on a voluntary basis by people committed to improving understanding and cohesion in Islington and it is this voluntary input which has been recognised by the Queen\u2019s Award for Voluntary Service.<\/span><\/div>\n
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This work was particularly visible in the aftermath of the Finsbury Park attack in June last year, 2017.\u00a0 Two days before the attack, the IFF held a Great Get Together event at the site where the attack was later to take place.\u00a0 The Great Get Together event brought diverse sections of the community together in peace and mutual understanding and it was the strength of these local bonds that were reflected in the subsequent unified and powerful response to the attack.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The IFF is holding another Islington Great Get Together event this year at the same site, to show our strength as an ever-growing community, resolute and undeterred, on Saturday 23rd<\/sup>\u00a0June 2018 from 2-3.30pm.\u00a0 As before, everyone in Islington is welcome to join in.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The IFF would like to thank Islington Council for supporting the Great Get Together event again this year.<\/span><\/div>\n
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We were honoured to be awarded a London Faith and Community Award for\u00a0services to and for\u00a0faith and belief communities\u00a0in Greater London in 2020, especially during the pandemic. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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