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Good Interfaith Relations : The Next Generation

IFN-SACREs : Working together for understanding and community cohesion

National Interfaith Week 2010

National Student Interfaith Forums

IFN: 2009 National Meeting Report

Report on : Parliament of the World's Religions : Australia 2009

Inter Faith Week Evaluation

Faith in Action round 2

Faith in Action : Finding Funding (Malcolm Duncan)

Faith to Faith, Side by Side

SEEFF program for 2010

Inter Faith Relations Study Day

National Interfaith Week 2010

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Dear Inter Faith Network contact,

I am delighted to let you know that a national Inter Faith Week in England and Wales will take place from Sunday 21 to Saturday 27 November 2010. This will build on the very successful Inter Faith Week that was held for the first time in November 2009.  Further information will be found in the attached press release.

Scottish Inter Faith Week, now in its seventh year, will this year take place from Sunday 28 November to Saturday 5 December.

An Inter Faith Week in currently under consideration in Northern Ireland.

Best wishes, Harriet Crabtree

http://www.interfaithweek.org/

News Release March 2010

Dr Harriet Crabtree , Director
Inter Faith Network for the UK
8A Lower Grosvenor Place, London , SW1W 0EN
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IFN-SACREs : Working together for understanding and community cohesion

Local Inter FaithOrganisations and Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education:
Working together for understanding and community cohesion

Report on a seminar held by the Inter Faith Network for the UK and the National Association of SACREs
on 12 June 2009 at the Elmbank Centre, Coventry

http://www.interfaith.org.uk/publications/ifn-nasacresoundings.pdf

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Good Interfaith Relations : The Next Generation

http://www.interfaith.org.uk/publications/nationalmeeting2009.pdf

This report records the proceedings of a day conference looking at the involvement of young
people in inter faith relations. The conference was both the annual NationalMeeting of the
Inter Faith Network for the UK and the third in a series of events in the ‘Soundings’ series which
the Inter Faith Network is holding across 2009–11, looking at issues in the field of contemporary
inter faith dialogue and engagement in the UK today.
During the last decade the Inter Faith Network for the UK andmany of itsmember bodies have
been advocating energetically the increased involvement of young people in inter faith
dialogue and in other activity which builds inter faith understanding. There is now a widening
pattern of inter faith initiatives led by or involving young people and of opportunities for young
people to learn about and become skilled in inter faith dialogue and joint social action. As there
was such a high level of interest in this area of inter faith relations it was decided to use IFN’s
NationalMeeting to explore this topic rather than a smaller ‘by invitation’ style of seminar.We
were delighted that somany young people were among those who participated in the day
We hope that the day’s proceedings will contribute to a greater recognition of the need to
involvemore young people in inter faith relations.
Dr Harriet Crabtree
Director

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As you may be aware, the NUS Student Interfaith project aims to improve the experiences of students of faith at further and higher education by increasing students' unions awareness of the needs of students of faith through support, information and training; and developing strong inter-faith collaboration between students to enhance campus cohesion by creating space for interfaith dialogue and activities.

Many students and students' union officers are active in building understanding about different religious communities, and improving relations betweens different faith groups on campus. As part of it's Student Interfaith Project NUS is hosting 6 National Student Interfaith Forums, throughout the duration of the project (October 2009 - September 2011). The first of which will be on Sunday 14th February at St Ethelburga's Centre for Peace and Reconciliation, in London.

The National Student Interfaith Forum is an opportunity for thirty students and officers actively leading interfaith initiatives at their university to network; share and develop ideas for interfaith events; gain new skills and knowledge (with workshops from interfaith practitioners); as well as support the NUS interfaith project in its development of training and resources for students' unions. The forum is free to attend and any travel to and from the event will be organised and paid for by NUS.

To apply students should complete and return the attached application form as soon as possible, to confirm they're interested in attending. It is important students note there will be a selection process to ensure there are students from different universities and religious backgrounds attending. We cannot therefore guarantee that everyone who applies will be able to attend. Early application is therefore recommended.

If you would like further information about the Forum or Interfaith Project please don't hesitate contacting me.

All the best,

Kat

Kat Luckock | Student Inter-Faith Coordinator

National Union of Students

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NUS HQ, Centro 3, 19 Mandela Street, London NW1 0DU

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IFN report

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Dear Inter Faith Network contact,

2009 National Meeting Report

I have much pleasure in attaching a copy of the report of the Network’s 2009 National Meeting which took place on 6 July in Leicester, Good Inter Faith Relations: The Next Generation.

A hard copy will be sent to member bodies and speakers in early January after the seasonal mail log jam.

The report will be available free of charge on the Network’s website shortly but if you would like to order additional hard copies these can be purchased from the IFN office at a cost of £5.25 (including £1.00 postage and packing).

IFN Office

The IFN office is closed from the afternoon of 24 December until 4 January.

I am on leave until 11 January.

Greetings

May I take this opportunity to wish you Merry Christmas, Seasons Greetings and Happy New Year!

Best wishes, Harriet Crabtree

Dr Harriet Crabtree <<Good Inter Faith Relations The Next Generation.pdf>>
Director
Inter Faith Network for the UK
8A Lower Grosvenor Place
London
SW1W 0EN

Tel: 020 7931 7766

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Report on : Parliament of the World's Religions : Australia 2009

http://www.parliamentofreligions.org/index.cfm?n=8&sn=18

Since 1993, a ‘Parliament of the World’s Religions’ has been convened every five years in a major international city. The 2009 ‘Parliament’ will take place in Melbourne, Australia from 3-9 December. The Parliament “brings together the world’s religious and spiritual communities, their leaders and their followers to a gathering where peace, diversity and sustainability are discussed and explored in the context of interreligious understanding and cooperation.” The theme of this Parliament is ‘Make a World of Difference: Hearing each other, Healing the earth’.

More information can be found at: www.parliamentofreligions.org.

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Faith in Action : Finding Funding (Malcolm Duncan)

http://www.faithworks.info/Standard.asp?id=5843

Funding is a complex and ever-changing part of running a long-term community project, but there are several organisations and websites to help make this process a little simpler:

Association of Charitable Foundations – advice on how to apply to trusts and foundations. Visit www.acf.org.uk

Directory of Social Change – provides books and training on statutory funding. Visit www.dsc.org.uk

GrantNet – an online grant locator for UK businesses and charities. Visit www.grantsnet.co.uk

Faithworks – provides bespoke consultancy and up-to-date information on sources of funding. Visit www.faithworks.info/funding.

For further information on setting up a community project, visit the online version of the ‘7 Step Community Project Guide’ at www.faithworks.info/7steps.

Faith to Faith, Side by Side

Face to Face and Side by Side: A framework for inter-faith dialogue and social action - Summary of consultation responses (HTML format)

Date of publication: 21 July 2008

Summary:

On 17 Dec 2007 the Department published a consultation paper seeking views on the development of a framework for partnership to support increased inter faith dialogue and social action. The consultation exercise ran for a period of 12 weeks from 17 Dec to 7 Mar 2008.

This report summarises the responses received to a consultation on the development of a framework for partnership to support increased inter-faith dialogue and social action.

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Here you've got a chance of looking at Yann Lovelock's (NBO) response :

“Face-To-Face and Side-By-Side”: A Framework For Inter Faith Dialogue and Social Action consultation

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"Face-to-Face and Side-by-Side": A framework for inter faith dialogue and social action - Consultation

SEEFF Program for 2010

"Using Narrative to build bridges across boundaries of faith and culture"

A workshop to be held at Winchester University's Centre of Religion for Reconciliation and Peace on Friday, 29^th January 2010. (details)

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Inter Faith Relations Study Day

In Chichester, on Saturday, 27^th February 2010 (more details).

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SEEFF’s 2010 conference

SEEFF’s 2010 conference will be held on Wednesday 31^st March at the University of Surrey. The full day event will feature round-ups from across the area and workshops focusing on media relations and fundraising. Further details to come.

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The ‘International Winchester Interfaith Conference’ & the third International ‘Faith, Spirituality & Social Change Conference’

University of Winchester, September 5^th - 8^th 2010.

• Call for papers/presentations

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> January on the FSS conference web site (details on the attached).
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Interfaith Calendar for 2010

Hampshire Interfaith Network has produced an Interfaith Calendar for 2010. The calendar features 27 designs from school children and young people from across Hampshire, with each design relating to one of the 100+ religious festivals and events featured in the calendar from the nine faith groups represented. The calendar features entries which involved intergenerational work between young people and 'older' people. For further details www.hants-interfaith.org/cal.html

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Capacity Builders - Developing Third Sector Resources Centres

By 2011 Capacity Builders wants to increase the access that third sector organisations have to high quality, relevant and affordable shared facilities and services offered by local resource centres across England.

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Interfaith on Wikipedia and other Reference info

The following Wikipedia entry overviews the history of dialogue, attitudes and actions of particular major religions to other faiths, organisations and links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfaith

B.Appleyard Report to the Council of the Buddhist Society

Autumn 2009

A busy autumn followed a relatively quiet summer.

Following last year’s centenary celebrations commemorating the arrival on UK soil in 1908 of the first Buddhist emissary, the Ven. Ananda Metteya, I was again invited, as a special guest, to the Sri Saddhatissa International Buddhist Centre’s 2009 ceremony, by the Head of the Vihara, the Ven. Galayaye Piyadassi, MBE. The event was held at Brent Town Hall.

In early October I was invited to speak at the University College London Debating Society, as the principal speaker in opposition to the proposal that ‘Religion has done more harm than good’—an old and popular debating topic.

I was supported by a Quaker (a late replacement for a Christian or Moslem) and opposed by a University Professor and a Liberal Democrat M.P.

I took the stance that it was unquestionable that religion had done much harm, but this was caused by the ignorant behaviour of a minority of followers of some religions. The singer or the song? The politician said he considered himself unlucky to be opposed by a Buddhist and a Quaker! However we lost the debate, though there were many abstentions in the voting. I enjoyed the evening. It was good fun and a lot of hot air. My speech was well received and I was invited again in the future.

Proceeding from last year’s inaugural meeting, chaired by the Foreign Secretary, the Rt. Hon. David Milleband, M.P., on the Arms Trade Treaty, I was invited by Simon Manley, Director, Defence and Strategic Threats Directorate at the F.C.O., to a meeting at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 21^st October as the Buddhist representative among representatives of the major faiths, to discuss the Arms Trade Treaty and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

The meeting was chaired by Francis Campbell, UK ambassador to the Holy See with the Minister of State, Ivan Lewis M.P. being the main speaker. I considered this to have been a promising start, with much agreement among those participating, in these areas of universal concern. The FCO’s Faith Groups Consultation will probably be meeting again in late January.

Having initially been lukewarm to any involvement in this FCO initiative, I found the meeting to be interesting and quite stimulating.

The second meeting of the BBC Standing Conference on Religion and Belief, was held on 5^th November at St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, Bishopsgate, London.

I am the Buddhist representative on this body which provides a point of liaison between the BBC and the major communities of faith and belief.

Each meeting focuses on an area of the BBC’s output with this meeting looking at science. Some heads of BBC departments gave presentations, notably, the recently appointed Head of Commissioning for Religion, Aaquil Ahmed, and Kate Shillingford, BBC Head of Commissioning for Science.

This meeting was of particular interest to me, given the scientific approach of Buddhism and recent developments in science on the nature of the universe etc., which are in accord with Buddhist teachings and experience.

These meetings are chaired by the Rt. Revd. Graham James, Bishop of Norwich, and this body is considered to be very important and influential by the BBC.

Some of my representation in November and December will follow in the New Year, including visits to Buckingham Palace, as a guest of Her Majesty the Queen, Lambeth Palace and my involvement with the 2012 Olympics.

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B.Appleyard Report to the Council of the Buddhist Society (Summer 2009)

The second meeting of the Faith Reference Group (FRG) for the London Olympic Games, on which I am the Buddhist representative, was held on 15^th July at the Canary Wharf Office of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG). On behalf of the Committee, Samantha Sifah gave a talk on the Master Plan for the legacy of the Games, looking as far ahead as 2035.

The LOCOG office on the twenty-third floor has a panoramic view of East London, including the Olympic Park which continues to develop ahead of schedule.

I was also invited on the same evening to attend a meeting at the Palace of Westminster on ‘Delivering the Green Games’. One of the principal speakers was the Rt. Hon. Tessa Jowell M.P., the Government’s Olympics Minister. Unfortunately I couldn’t be at both meetings at the same time so my commitment to the FRG prevailed.

The following week I spent an enjoyable afternoon giving a talk on Buddhism to the Westminster Cathedral Inter Faith Group. The talk was warmly received and there has been considerable interest in Buddhism among Catholics in recent years. There is a feeling that the Church has neglected the contemplative side of its practice and that Buddhism can help in its revival.

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B.Appleyard Report to the Council of the Buddhist Society (Spring 2009)

On the 24^th March, I was invited to a reception at Durbar Court, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, by the Rt Hon David Miliband MP, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and Sir Peter Ricketts, Permanent Under Secretary of State.

The function was on the occasion of the annual Foreign and Commonwealth Office Leadership Conference where all the UK’s Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Consuls-General are present and where representatives from business, faith bodies, think tanks, academic and the media have an opportunity to meet with the diplomatic corps.

For the fourth year, I was invited to the prestigious ‘Muslim News’ Awards for Excellence held at the Great Room, Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London on 30^th March. Among the political guests present was the Rt Hon Jacqui Smith, Home Secretary, Rt Hon Hazel Blears, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Rt Hon Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats. The guest of honour this year was Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Archbishop of Westminster who in his address sprung a surprise by announcing his retirement from office, this being his last official engagement.

As in past years, my presence as the only Buddhist representative was warmly received by the members of the Muslim community that I met and the conversation over dinner as always, was interesting and informative.

On 22^nd April I was invited by the Rt Rev Graham James, Bishop of Norwich, to be the Buddhist Representative on The BBC Standing Conference on Religion and Belief. This new initiative is intended to provide a point of liaison between the BBC and the Major Faith Communities and also The British Humanist Association.

This body will act in an advisory and consultative capacity and engage proactively with the issues of common concern to the BBC and the Faith Communities.

The inaugural meeting was held in the Council Chamber at BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place under the forbidding gaze of a portrait of the BBC’s first illustrious Director General, Lord Reith.

Presentations were made by the current Director General, Mark Thompson, Helen Boaden, the Director of BBC News, and Michael Wakelin, the retiring Head of BBC Religious Programmes.

There were wide ranging discussions over a period of three hours, particularly in regard to the quality of BBC Religious Programmes encompassing both praise and criticism. It was felt that while religious programmes must be made attractive to appeal to a wide audience, too many are light weight and gimmicky, and lacking insight into the most profound teachings and human experiences.

On 11^th May, the BBC announced the appointment of Aaqil Ahmed, a Muslim, and formally with Channel 4, to the new joint role of Head of Religion and Ethics and Commissioning Editor for Religion TV.

On the evening of 22^nd May I attended an event I never miss – the Annual Reception of The All Part Parliamentary Friends of the Baha’i’s for the Festival of Ridvan held in the Terrace Pavilion of The House of Commons at the invitation of the Chairman, Lembit Öpik, MP.

It is an occasion which acknowledges the work of individuals and institutions in UK society who have contributed to efforts to defend the Human Rights of Baha’i’s facing persecution on grounds of their beliefs, as well as wishing to promote greater interfaith engagement and equality of men and women.

This gentle faith, which embraces other religions, including Buddhism, continues to suffer religious persecution and injustice in Iran.

The London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has created a Faith Reference Group (FRG) centred on the Faith Communities and their involvement.

There will be fifteen thousand competitors and eight thousand coaches, many of whom, will wish to have their spiritual needs catered for.

I have been asked to serve on the FRG as the Buddhist representative and the group had its inaugural meeting on 29^th April at the LOCOG Board Room in Stratford close to the Olympic Park.

Before the meeting we were treated to a guided bus tour of the Olympic Park, with commentary by Neil Walker the Public Relations Officer for the Games, who I know from an exploratory meeting at the Mayor of London’s Office two years ago and who was a participant at the meeting that followed.

We were all impressed and even inspired by the scale of the Park and the speed with which the development had progressed, in some cases ahead of schedule.

The first task of the FRG is to create a separate Out Reach Team to support the engagement and communications within Faith Communities, initially with the most accessible to the competitors.

For the second time this year, I was again invited to Lambeth Palace as a guest of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend & Rt. Hon. Dr Rowan Williams, on this occasion to attend a reception followed by a lecture, on the evening of 4^th June.

Dr Luke Bretherton, Senior Lecturer in Theology & Politics, King’s College, London, was the speaker, and his topic, “Post Secular Politics” was enthusiastically received by the guests, with the possible exception of myself, there being too much political emphasis in the talk for my taste.

Four days later I was in the midst of the 18^th century splendour of Lancaster House, St James’, which is located next to the Prince of Wales’ residence, St James’ Palace and opposite Buckingham Palace.

I was there as the guest of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Rt. Hon. David Milliband M.P. and Mrs Louise Milliband, the occasion being a celebration of the birthday of Her Majesty, the Queen.

Those attending included distinguished representatives from the diplomatic corps, politicians, past and present, business, the media and the faith communities.

The guests were formally announced and presented to Mrs Louise Milliband and Sir Peter Ricketts, Permanent Under Secretary to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, upon arrival having ascended the grand staircase to the strains of a string quartet from the London Symphony Orchestra.

This was my third appearance at Lancaster House and also the grandest and most memorable.

Also in early June I visited the United States Embassy, Grosvenor Square at the request of Mark Rosenshild, the Human Rights and Religious Freedom Officer at the Embassy, for an informal, one to one discussion on Buddhism in the U.K. with particular reference to any abuses of religious freedom. To my knowledge there have been none, nor should there be, given that Buddhists, if practicing the Middle Path of tolerance, would not expect to attract this kind of attention.

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Following on from my participation as a Faith Advisor to the Secretary of State for Health on the Government’s initiative on Organ Donation, I was invited by Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP to a discussion and Organ Donor campaign launch (ODC) at Portcullis House, House of Commons on 12^th January 2009. Regrettably, I was unable to be present due to ill health. The figures published since this meeting indicate that only 22% of the UK’s population are currently on the donations register.

This year marks the 150^th Anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s book ‘On the Origin of Species’ with 12^th February being the 200^th anniversary of Darwin’s birth. The BBC’s Darwin series this year is offering a raft of landmark programmes on television and radio to commemorate this scientific achievement.

The season was launched at an event on 20^th January, to which I was invited by Jana Bennett, Director of BBC Vision. The special guest speaker was the prominent poet, Ruth Padel, a great, great grand-daughter of Charles Darwin.

David Attenborough, Andrew Marr, and Melvin Bragg are among the well known names contributing to this season and David Attenborough was one of the guests present at this reception.

In 2007 I contributed to the faith section of The Welcome Trust’s publication for schools entitled ‘The Big Picture on Evolution’ and last November I was invited to appear on a BBC Radio Five Live discussion on this topic.

At the Reception I was able to renew my acquaintance with Dame Suzi Leather, Chair of the Charities Commission and engaged with her and my colleague Anil Bhanot, of the Hindu Council in a long and enjoyable discussion on the Dharmic traditions.

An annual event which I always try to attend is the Holocaust Memorial Day held in the Chamber, City Hall. This year’s ceremony was, as usual, on 27^th January, the date of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp to which I was invited by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson and the London Assembly and its Chair Jeanette Arnold AM.

This year’s theme was ‘Stand Up to Hatred’ and remembered not only the victims of Nazi persecution, but all forms of racism and bigotry.

The keynote speech was given by Rudi Oppenheimer, a survivor of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp as a young child in 1944 (he was an inmate at the same time as Anne Frank). His testimony was powerful and with the other speeches, contributed to a profoundly moving occasion.

I made my third appearance on Press Television on 9^th March 2009, this time on a weekly discussion programme hosted by Professor Tariq Ramadan, leading scholar and writer from Oxford University, entitled ‘Islam and Life’. With a panel of distinguished guests drawn from a broad range of fields, each programme sets out to explore crucial challenges facing Muslims with informative and stimulating in depth debate.

My viewpoints were obviously from a Buddhist angle and contributed to a productive and lively discussion on the topic of ‘The Concept of Brotherhood in Islam’. My fellow panellists were the Professor for Middle Eastern Studies at Manchester University and an eminent Imam (My apologies for forgetting their names). Not for the first time, there was much goodwill towards Buddhism and the Imam expressed the wish to set up a Meditation group for Muslims and Buddhists.

Press Television is broadcast around the world and is particularly popular in the USA. Future guests will include prominent journalist Andrew Gilligan and well-known London broadcaster, Nick Ferrari.

On the 18^th March I was a guest of the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Reverend and Rt Hon Dr Rowan Williams, at a reception held at Lambeth Palace for a presentation entitled ‘Faith and the 2012 Olympic ad Paralympic Games’ for the purpose of exploring the involvement of Faith bodies in this great event.

I had attended a meeting at the Mayor of London’s office a couple of years ago on this topic, but nothing had happened since so this reception was timely and welcome. Seventeen Thousand athletes will be competing in the Games and many will require spiritual succour.

The principal speaker was Lord Coe, (one of the UK’s greatest athletes) who is the head of the Olympic organising committee and he emphasised the importance of the involvement of faith communities.

The following day I gave a lunchtime talk, followed by questions on Buddhism, at the Office of Fair Trading in The City of London. This is my second talk to a government department following on from my talk at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in September last year. That was very well received and this one on the 19^th March seems to have been equally successful. There was an attendance of up to fifty employees representing a diversity of faiths, though not many familiar with Buddhism. Many found the Dharmic perspective fascinating.

Later that afternoon, I had been invited to Australia House in the Strand, within walking distance of the Office of Fair Trading, for a reception held by the World Congress of Faiths to preview the Parliament of the World’s Religions, to be held in Australia in November.

The guests of Honour included H E Mr John Dauth, LVO, High Commissioner for Australia, David Buckingham, Victoria Agent-General and Rev Dr Marcus Braybrooke, President, World Congress of Faiths.

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