Launch of the Blackpool Faith Audit this Friday

Just in case you haven't received an invitation to the launch of the Blackpool Faith audit this Friday..If you haven't already booked please could you e-mail this to Andy Divall at andy.divall@blackpool.gov.uk together with any dietary or access requirements.

Blackpool Council, working in partnership with Blackpool Churches, Faith groups and Together Lancashire would like to invite you to the launch of a new initiative to forge deeper links in our mutual roles of serving resilient communities.

 

The event will introduce new research and a database which has mapped 60+ social and community projects within

Blackpool's faith communities. Collectively serving thousands of our most vulnerable residents with an aggregate

economic impact of more that £1.5 million.

 

We will also be sharing the work of the Blackpool Food partnership. Established for two years now, the Partnership

coordinates a large volume of food bank / Food kitchen outlets which cover the towns most deprived neighbourhoods.

 

The conference will hear some personal stories from the service users and the partnership's plans to move beyond serving basic needs, to provide pathways to transformed lives.

 

Finally , a draft " Faith Covenant for Blackpool" , will be tabled for consultation . This will be a joint declaration of

our intent to work in closer collaboration. Our aim is to agree a framework, to help us serve the needs of the most

vulnerable and build more resilient communities in the years ahead.

 

The event will be held on the morning of Friday 6th November,

at St Marks Church , Westcliffe Drive, Layton FY3 7HJ.

 

The programme will be :

10.00am Arrival and refreshments

10.30am Welcome to St Mark's – Rev Peter Lillicrap

10.40am The search for a common language -the journey so far – Canon Dick Cartmell and Andy Divall

The Research and mapping exercise – what does it show & mean? Greg Smith

The work of the Food Partnership & voices from our communities – Nikki Hart

11.20am Open Discussion

11.50am Where do we go from here? – introducing the draft Blackpool Faith Covenant

12.00pm Network Lunch – St Mark's Community Hall

1.00pm Finish

 

If you are able to attend/stay for lunch, and haven't yet indicated – please could you e-mail this to Andy Divall at

andy.divall@blackpool.gov.uk together with any dietary or access requirements.