Institute for Leadership and Community Development, in partnership with the Christian Muslim Forum, invites you to a timely education conference on ‘British Values’ and the place of religion in schools

 25 November 2014, 10.00 to 16.00

At the Institute for Leadership and Community Development in Birmingham.

Event facilitators: 

Dr Julia Ipgrave (Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit)

Maurice Irfan Coles (CoED Foundation)

 The conference to discuss the wider implications for young people of faith in maintained schools without a designated religious character.

 Opening Plenary Speaker - Bishop Richard Cheetham, President Christian Muslim Forum and Board of Education, Southwark Diocese (tbc)

 Workshops will consider issues related to:

 • Inclusivity

 • ‘reasonable accommodation’ of religion

 • Promotion of ‘British values’ in schools.

 Venue: Institute for Leadership and Community Development, Alstom Building, Leigh Road, BirminghamB8 2YH http://www.ilcd.org.uk/contact.html

 50 places, free of charge, booking via

www.christianmuslimforum.org/index.php/calendar/forum-events

 The event is aimed at those with expertise in school management, diversity issues in education and the religious requirements of young people from a variety of faith traditions.

 We aim to bring together the contents of these discussions into a paper for wide national circulation.

 Institute for Leadership and Community Development, Alstom Building, Leigh Road, BirminghamB8 2YH, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 0121 326 7010

 Christian Muslim Forum, 305 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9LH, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 0207 729 6830