Education and religions and their inter-relationships are in the news all the time, but do we really understand just what that connection is? The South East England Faiths Forum (SEEFF), in conjunction with the University of Winchester and the National Association of Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education (NASACRE) hosted SEEFF’s 2015 Annual Conference 3rd September, on The Role of Faith in British Schools/Education at the University of Winchester to explore that connection. The plenary speaker will be Alan Brine, recently retired as the lead on Religious Education for Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education). 

SEEFF’s 2014 Annual Conference “Who Cares? A Conference on Faith, Culture and Mental Health” was held on 16th October 2014, at Finchampstead Church Centre. The Conference was a joint initiative between Oxford Diocesan Committee for Inter-faith Concerns, SEEFF, Art Beyond Belief and Berkshire Health NHS Foundation. The conference was attended by those concerned with the relationship between faith, culture, religion and mental health. Participants will include mental health practitioners from different faiths and none as well as faith leaders from different communities.

“Have you heard the one about the Rabbi, the Priest and the Mullah? … The Value of Religious Literacy in Business and Society” You just can’t go through life being ignorant of so much that is important to other people. That was the message which came across very strongly from the joint SEEFF/University of Winchester Conference about Religious Literacy which took place at the University in June 2014. The speakers were Dr Anna King, The Dean of Winchester Cathedral, The very Rev James Atwell, Patricia Hannam, a Hampshire County Council Adviser, and Dr Mark Owen of the University. It was … Continue reading →

SEEFF’s annual conferene which looked at the role and experiences of women in our Faith Communities and how we can all help bring balance to bird of humanity was held on 28th June at The Apple Tree Centre at Crawley. Ursula King, Professor Emerita of Theology and Religious Studies and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Bristol. She talked about the gender issues in faith.

South East England Faiths Forum’s (SEEFF) Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 6th February 2023 on Zoom. The Chair presented his report mentioning the Climate Change event held in March where The Bishop of Reading Olivia Graham and Dr Carol Boulter spoke about Climate Change. The Chair also mentioned that SEEFF is planning both on-line and in-person events for the coming months. He also mentioned that the reduced number of Trustees and concluded with a thank you to all board members for the good work they have done and do for SEEFF. Read full report here: 2023 September AGM Report … Continue reading →

WHO CARES? CARE, DIGNITY, GRIEF AND FAITH IN THE TIME OF COVID19 Read the Full SEEFF Conference 2021 Report Here The Conference was held via Zoom on Wednesday 6th October 2021. Kawther Hashmi, Chair of South East England Faith’s Forum (SEEFF) began with an introduction followed by a minute silence. Dr Harriet Crabtree, Executive Director, Interfaith Network UK spoke first with reflections over the pandemic and set the scene. Dr Crabtree spoke of the astonishingly rapid response that faith communities made in the face of widespread illness and death, particularly in terms of meeting practical needs and providing pastoral care. … Continue reading →

held on Monday 16th September 2019 At the University of Surrey Lecture Theatre at Rik Medlik Building South East England Faith Forum’s 2019 Annual Conference examined faith, belief and non-faith perspectives on climate change, and the influence and impact that faith and non-faith groups can and should have on the future of our planet. The Conference opened by the SEEFF Chair Kauser Akhtar. Kauser invited the audience to a few minutes of silence to remember Charles Wallach, the Jewish member of SEEFF Board of Directors. Following Kauser, Rabbi Alex Goldberg, the Jewish Chaplain to the University of Surrey, barrister and human … Continue reading →

SEEFF 2018 Annual Conference – Engaging with Intolerance  Newbold College, Binfield RG42 4AN 10am-4pm 25 October 2018 The Conference opened by SEEFF Chair Bede Gerard who introduced the Chair of the Conference Margaret Lenton who gave a short brief about the essence of the conference: How do we engage with intolerance at all levels. She then introduced the Newbold College Principal, Dr John Baildam who gave us a potted history of the college, which started in 1901 as a training college for ministers in Watford, then moved to Binfield in 1946.  The main building dates back to 1864. The college is now … Continue reading →

SEEFF 2017 Annual Conference was held on 17 October 2017 at at the Performance Arts Centre of Worth Abbey, Crawley. The conference heard key speakers Dr Shakil Malik, Clinical Director and Consultant Psychiatrist, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Canon David Wilbraham, Force Chaplain Thames Valley Police and National Police Chaplain followed by joint presentations on Multi-faith Chaplaincy by Dr Amra Bone, Chaplain Bristol University, lecturer in Islamic Studies, Mrs Parkash Sohal, Sikh Chaplain to Birmingham University Hospitals, and Mrs Man Kaur, Hindu Chaplain to Birmingham University Hospitals. Following a vegetarian buffet lunch, guests had a short tour of Worth Abbey while the SEEFF board members had … Continue reading →