Sean and Pritpal

Sean Rose

Birmingham - Roman Catholic

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Sean Rose is 21 years old and originally from Twickenham in south-west London, although spent the last three years at university in Norwich studying Environmental Science and International Development. A Catholic, Sean is looking forward to living and working in the Midlands, and is particularly excited about exploring the cool museums in Birmingham such as the Pen Room Museum. He will be based at the Nishkam Centre on Soho Road. Sean used to work on a fruit stall at a farmers’ market and once sold Jamie Oliver a braeburn apple. You can email Sean at sean.rose@faithsactfellows.org

Pritpal Kaur Riat

Birmingham - Sikh

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Pritpal Kaur Riat is a 26 year old Sikh from Leeds, who is being hosted at the Nishkam Centre in Birmingham for the Faiths Act Fellowship. Pritpal is a graduate in History and is currently completing her PhD in Sikh Studies. She is excited about how the rich interfaith legacy of the Sikh faith, combined with its integral value of selfless service, will contribute to the eradication of deaths by malaria. You can email Pritpal at pritpal.kaur@faithsactfellows.org

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19 May 2010

Global Poverty Project

On Monday 17th May we hosted a Global Poverty Project presentation...
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16 May 2010

Pride In Handsworth Award

Faiths Act Birmingham wins a Pride in Handsworth Award 2010!
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11 May 2010

National Faiths Act Celebration

On Sunday 9th May, Pritpal and I welcomed Fellows and volunteers from across the UK to Birmingham to celebrate our achievements and look to the future...
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08 May 2010

Leo’s Story

Acting local: Faiths Act Birmingham receive a £1001 donation from HSBC

Leo Saggo is one of our local supporters. Here's his story.
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27 Apr 2010

World Malaria Day!

End It Like Beckham!

On Sunday April 25th, Faiths Act Birmingham took the malaria message to the streets. Or rather, to the park.

A Special Vaisakhi Message from Rt Hon Tony Blair

Rt Hon Tony Blair, Founder and Patron of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, sent us this special message for Vaisakhi

Acting Locally

On Saturday 27th March, 20 young people of different faiths from the Faiths Act Birmingham Hub joined together to volunteer at St Michael’s Church, Handsworth...
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16 Apr 2010

Faiths Act on the Sikh Channel

At the end of last year, Pritpal and I recorded a 25 minute interview for the Sikh Channel about our work - and here it is!

Interfaith Art and Social Justice

These prayer flags were made by young people from different faith groups. We came together on February 20th 2010 to celebrate UN World Day of Social Justice, and to think about the connection between faith and action.
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09 Apr 2010

Birmingham fights Global Poverty

Birmingham prides itself on being a global city with a local heart, and this last month FaithsAct has been promoting its work at two local events on global poverty.
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25 Mar 2010

A Message of Support from Rt Hon Tony Blair

Tony Blair, former UK Primer Minister and Patron of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, kindly recorded this video message of support for our work.
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23 Mar 2010

‘Oh, so you’re a Sikh? Tell me a little bit more about that…’

Another interfaith event, another awkward moment. People really weren’t there to drink tea and talk about the weather. If I wanted to engage, I quickly realised that I needed to do some homework. And so the homework began - at ‘home.’
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12 Mar 2010

World Malaria Day - it’s coming!

World Malaria Day 2010 is now only weeks away - and Pritpal and I have plans...
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25 Feb 2010

Journeying on the Sikh Guru Express

Last month I travelled on the journey of a lifetime as I joined approximately 120 Sikhs from the Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (UK), and thousands of Sikhs from East Africa for a momentous occasion.
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13 Jan 2010

What did I learn in Malawi?

In August I visited Malawi to see the work that is happening to eradicate deaths from malaria, and the important role that faith communities play. At the end of my visit I wrote this blog...
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06 Jan 2010

Think Global : Act Local

On Saturday 19th December 2009 from 1pm - 3pm we held our first event
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06 Jan 2010

Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions

Sean and I both attended the 5th Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne, Australia from the 3rd - 9th December 2009.
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17 Oct 2009

Story of malaria in Africa

Success story of the Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health in Ifakara, Tanzania
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17 Oct 2009

FaithsAct motivation

During the initial training for the Faiths Act Fellows in London, we were asked to reflect on what motivated us to be Faiths Act Fellows. For me, this is the teaching in the Sikh faith of �Sarbat da bhalla� � the welfare of all.
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30 Sep 2009

September 11th 2009

This year I spent September 11th in the US with the other Faiths Act Fellows, and it got me thinking...
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