BBInterfaith

The Beatbullying inter-faith approach is one that recognises and celebrates differences and suggests that all faiths should be positively endorsed. BBInterfaith aims to encourage young people from different backgrounds to work together for the common good and to recognise that behind different backgrounds there is a common humanity and civic identity. In doing this, BB Interfaith hopes to build bridges between people of different backgrounds with a view to overcoming inter-faith bullying, bigotry, sectarianism and intolerance.

The project will respect the cultural wishes of differing faiths and offer workshops to groups of girls, groups of boys and mixed gender groups. It will highlight the differences experienced by young people of differing faiths, those who are new exiles and those who are seeking asylum. The project outputs will cascade back into the communities in which we are working through our peer education system, led by our newly trained inter-faith anti-bullying ambassadors/leaders. These young leaders will then, as with all of Beatbullying’s prevention work, have the skills and tools to educate, mentor and support (with the assistance of experts) the next tranche of young inter-faith leaders.

Being run now across boroughs in London. If you are a school or community group serving a multi-faith youth community, then you might want to get in touch with Beatbullying to find out how you can be involved in this important work.