A packed conference in two venues – the Shree Ghanapathy Temple in Merton and Springfield Hospital in Wandsworth – on collective trauma and the mental wellbeing of the Sri Lankan Tamil community in London also looked at how local religious communities can ‘co-produce’ health services with the NHS to good effect.
A short film of the event is posted on the WCEN website.
We work at local, regional, national & international level and have over 20 years' experience of systemic change involving local religious & community groups.
Wandsworth Multi-Faith Network includes over 200 religious groups in Wandsworth, South London, and is a major player within the Wandsworth Community Empowerment Network (WCEN).
Through WCEN, local communities work in partnership with the local statutory sector and academics, finding ways to improve public services by closely involving the communities who depend on them most.
We are working with the health and mental health services and with the local council - there are significant inequalities in health in the borough. Local councils have regained responsibility for public health.
Co-production and the provision of mental health services at local community and religious centres, where people feel comfortable, are being explored, with prototypes already up and running.
Dementia and cardio-vascular disease are also being tackled by community and public agencies working together.
The Open University, the new economics foundation & the University of Stirling are tracking our progress.
Developers, architects, artists, local authorities & academics were invited to Lambeth Palace.
How can local synagogues, Islamic centres & churches pull together in a crisis?
How does a local faith forum build on its success?
Human rights are often pitted against each other - this debate brought together legal, academic, political & community voices.
In a workshop for Faiths Forum for London at the end of a troubled summer, powerful emotions were part of the picture.
Taking stock of the changing context & developing a strategy for the future.
Southwark Cathedral: parish and social mission
St Alphege: a passion for economic justice & human dignity.
An ancient & beautiful building serving not just the church but the whole community.
St Mary, Newington - a superdiverse part of London, full of history & stark contrasts.
Away Day and planning for the coming year with IFF
Whose Shout? How people have their say on crime, policing and keeping safe in Lambeth, South London.
Catriona Robertson Partnership 
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