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Faith, Diversity & Youth Work Training Day

March 15, 2012, No comments

Thriving, not surviving, in diverse communities The UK has an amazing mix of faiths and cultures, and while we may co-exist side by side, many of us do not enjoy real friendships with people who are different to us.  Our young people grapple with this at school, on their streets and …

Creating friendships

Young Leaders – Hanna’s Journey

February 28, 2012, 4 Comments

Last week I had the opportunity to watch one of our regular young volunteers, Hanna Warsame, run her first ever Feast event. This really was a definin ...

Steve on the Lads Weekend

Lads Weekend – A Leader Reflects

November 1, 2011, No comments

Written by Steve Proctor, a Christian church youth group leader and long term volunteer with The Feast and its predecessor Youth Encounter. I was rec ...

What a great group of young people!

Sharing sweets and a message of hope

October 30, 2011, 2 Comments

This past Friday lunchtime a group of 20 Christian and Muslim young people took their stand to be different. To demonstrate that it is possible to be ...

  • Budding new movie maker, Sajid
    One of our young leaders promoting The Feast
    July 6, 2011, 11 Comments

    Hi my name is Sajid and I am 16 years old.  I was born in the UK and live in Sparkhill. I am one of the many young people working with The Feast, a charity organisation that allows Christian and Muslim people to share each other’s religi ...

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    Another of our Amazing Volunteers
    June 7, 2011, 1 Comment

    Hi ya, my name is Hanna, age 19, and I am a Muslim.  I was born in the Netherlands but 4 years ago moved to the UK, and am now at College.  For the last few months I have been volunteering at The Springfield Centre, and now with The Feast ...

  • Lads at Desi Khana
    Volunteers Getting Onboard
    June 1, 2011, 1 Comment

    Saeed and his brother Junaid are two of the ‘old boys’ of Youth Encounter and Lads Faith Adventure Weekends.  Four years ago they went with Smeeee (Dr Andrew Smith, our founder and Chair of Trustees) on one of his earliest Lads ...

  • Say Cheese!
    The X-Change part 2- from Sparkhill to Painswick
    May 20, 2011, No comments

    Check out our reflection by one of our volunteers, Faraz Ahmed, about the event we had last Sunday! Six students from Golden Hillock School set off on a trip to visit a little place in Gloucestershire called Painswick. Having already shown ...