Leicester - Multi Faith Leadership Residential Programme

Date: March 26th-28th, 2010
Where: Markfield Conference Centre, Markfield
Group: Leicester Interfaith Youth Hub - The Faiths Act Fellowship, St. Phillip's Centre

Contacts: Bilal Hassam, Michael Tweed
Emails: bilal.hassam@faithsactfellows.org, michael.tweed@faithsactfellows.org

Event Description: Fifteen young people aged 16 to 25 have been successfully accepted onto Leicester’s first Multi Faith Leadership Residential Programme. The experience is being run by the Leicester Interfaith Youth Hub as part of St Philip’s Centre.

The young men and women were selected for their dedication to community service and passion for global causes. The diverse group come from five different religious backgrounds and are from across Leicester and Leicestershire.

Seeking to equip, inspire and empower the next generation of young leaders across the different communities in Leicester, the leadership programme has been put together by Bilal Hassam and Michael Tweed, Faiths Act Fellows for the Tony Blair Faith Foundation who are working in conjunction with Raheema Caratella, Engagement Worker at St Philips Centre, Leicester.

The weekend residential, from the 26th to the 28th of March 2010 will include training in communicating personal change, which has been drawn from Barack Obama’s Presidential Campaign. There will be a Dragon’s Den style session, presentations and workshops planned with the Interfaith Youth Core based in Chicago, USA.