Near Neighbours Vacancy at Christian Muslim Forum

Near Neighbours Project Worker (Muslim)
Salary: £22,000 per annum (plus pension), half-time post
Three-year contract, working 18 hours per week

Are you ... keen to work nationally and regionally with Christians and Muslims; committed to building better relationships and leadership in inner-city neighbourhoods ... experienced in project working and event organising ... excited by building networks and making contacts? ‘Near Neighbours’ is an initiative of the Church of England and the Church Urban Fund - to initiate and strengthen relationship and action across faiths and cultures. The Government has offered £5m over three years for this programme. The Christian Muslim Forum is delivering Near Neighbours leadership training, in partnership with the Presence & Engagement Centres, in Birmingham, Bradford, Leicester and London.

The Chrsitian MuslimForum is looking for a Project Worker who will:
• Lead on the delivery of leadership training
• Organise training events and commission training resources
• Build up the Forum's network of contacts with leaders, activists and volunteers,
• Work closely and liaise regularly with P&E Centres

Tips for Applicants
• Please ensure that you at least fill the text boxes with information to support your application, use additional pages as necessary but no more than two extra pages per question
• Provide detailed responses of what you have done previously with specific examples and outcomes, do not offer generic observations
• Ask a friend to review your application before you submit it
• Do not send a separate CV
Application forms and further details are online Please send your applications (email preferred) to (or request further information from): Julian Bond, Director, Christian Muslim Forum, 70 South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, London, SW8 1RL. T: 0207 820 0444, julian@christianmuslimforum.org

Closing date for applications: midnight on 10 June 2011 Interview date: 23 June 2011
* Please note that due to the joint faith ethos of this organisation, this appointment is only open to Muslims and has attached to it a genuine occupational requirement under paragraph 7(3) of the Employment Equality Regulations 2003.
To view the job description click here.
Download an application form here.
To view the Near Neighbours Programme Description click here.

Exciting Addition to Generous Love

Now there's and attention grabbing headline! 'Generous Love:the truth of the Gospel and the call to dialogue' was published by the Anglican Communion's Network for Inter Faith Concerns (NIFCON) in 2008 as 'an Anglican theology for inter faith relations'. It has been selling like hot cakes and spawned many study sessions and workshops. Now the online version has blossomed into a fantastic i-book resource.
As well as written material it incorporates some video and audio resources, and is designed to be adapted and added to so as to meet future needs.
Clare Amos, Director for Theological Studies in the Anglican Communion Office and Coordinator of NIFCON suggests this exciting developoment offers a new model for educational communication around the Communion and acknowledges the importance of context in relation to our engagement with people of other faiths: the situation in Pakistan, for example, is very different to the context in Britain, while that for Anglicans in Egypt, Nigeria, India or the United States is varied yet again.
Notice of the launch comes with a request to Anglicans around the world to share material (particularly video and audio) which illustrates their engagement with people of other faiths. Contact The Reverend Rana Khan for more information.

May Update

Recruitment is under way for the post of Near Neighbours Coordinator (CTC) in eastern London details are on the main website. The deadline is noon no Monday 23rd May 2011.


A recent conversation reminded me of the importance of celebrating and publicising the work we do. With a bit of practice it really isn't too much work to get in to the habit of sending regular items to your local paper who are often keen to receive items and if notified in advance may send a photographer. The Church of England is currently offering very reasonably priced training sessions in many aspects of communications from print to all aspects of web and social media. Don't forget to include PEN in your publicity networks.

There are lot of events coming up through May and June some of which are advertised in previous blogs:-
Monday 9th May Route 2050 Climate Action Programme
3.00 - 6.30pm St Peter's Eaton Square SW1
At St Mary le Bow Church, Cheapside, London EC2V 6AU The JustShare debate on Tuesday 10th May at 1.05pm is "War and Water: a future of insecurity?" and The JustShare lecture series continues on Wednesday 11th May at 6.05pm with Responding to the Big Society given by The Revd Dr Angus Ritchie, Director, the Contextual Theology Centre
Tuesday 24th May The Living Wage and The Church workshop at London Diocesan Church House at SW1P 4AU
You are also reminded to check out May events at St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace.

Saturday 4th June 11.00am - 5.00pm at St James Piccadilly, Refugee Protection:Policies by number or a creative welcome?
Wednesday 8th June 9.45am - 3.30pm at Salvation Army HQ EC4V 4EH Beyond Disability:creating a more inclusive and enriched Church
also on Wendesday 8th June Christian Muslim Youth Forum Trade Justice Event at Lambeth Palace.
and an international conference Tuesday 28th - Thursday 30th June, 16 Goulston Street, London E1 7TP The Power of Religion: Towards Peace and Moderation or Violence and Extremism hosted by London Metropolitan University Centre for the Study of Religion, Conflict and Cooperation.

Picture by Jason Sokol

Trade Justice event from Christian Muslim Youth Forum

A young people's forum to learn about and exchange views on Trade Justice, Wednesday 8th June 2011 9.00 am - 12.30pm (followed by lunch).

Hosted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Revd Dr Rowan Williams and featuring Maulana Shahid Raza, Chair of MINAB.

Visit http://www.madeineurope.org.uk/ or http://www.christianmuslimforum.org/
to find out more or contact: yasmin@madeineurope.org.uk or info@christianmuslimforum.org
Application deadline 11th May 2011

London travel expenses will be reimbursed and lunch is provided.

Situation vacant: Near Neighbours co-ordinator for east London

The Contextual Theology Centre is seeking to recruit a Co-ordinator for the Near Neighbours programme in East London - an exciting three-year, full-time post.  Details are online here - the application deadline is noon on 23rd May.