Days out and
things to do together

Primary and secondary classes (KS2–KS3), especially schools with little diversity

School linking

Sign up as a school; link with a class across town for a year of exchanges and at least one face-to-face day. A University of Kent evaluation (664 teacher responses, 200+ schools, 2024/25) found teachers saying pupils understood other children's lives rose from 15.9% to 78.1%

You will need: Two partner classes from different communities; a trained teacher pair; a neutral third venue for the shared day

The Linking Network (charity 1163901) ↗

Adults, students, clergy and lay people of the Abrahamic faiths

Scriptural reasoning group

Pick a theme (hospitality, Abraham, light), read each text aloud, let each faith explain its own text, then ask questions rather than argue

You will need: A host, 6–15 people, short matched passages from Torah, Bible and Qur'an on one theme; agreed ground rules

Cambridge Interfaith Programme (home of the practice); the Scriptural Reasoning society (1130605) ↗

Everyone; families; colleagues; first-time visitors

Open Iftar

Book a place, arrive before sunset, listen to the call to prayer and a short talk, then break the fast together

You will need: Ramadan dates; a free ticket; a venue with space to eat on the floor or at tables

Ramadan Tent Project (1196820) ↗

Neighbours, colleagues, students

Shabbat meal

Ask a Jewish friend or local synagogue about a guest Shabbat dinner, or join a challah bake

You will need: A host family or synagogue; candles, challah, wine or grape juice; Friday evening

ShabbatUK (guides, challah-making resources) ↗

Streets, workplaces, schools, faith groups

Festival meals (Christmas, Eid, Diwali, Hanukkah)

Choose the next festival on the calendar, invite the other traditions' neighbours, ask each guest to bring a dish and a story

You will need: A shared table; one host per tradition explaining the food; a small budget

Near Neighbours small grants (Church Urban Fund) ↗

Schools (RE), uni groups, community groups

Faith trail of places of worship

Book a guided day visiting a church, mosque, gurdwara and mandir in one walk; prepare questions in advance

You will need: Booked hosts at 2–4 places; walking route; modest dress; a short briefing on etiquette

St Philip's Centre, Leicester ('Places of Peace') ↗

Adults, families, local history groups

Heritage walking tour

Use Heritage Open Days in September to open or visit places normally closed; or walk the Woking route from the Shah Jahan Mosque to the Peace Garden

You will need: A route and printed map; permission where sites are private

Heritage Open Days (England); Horsell Common waymarked Peace Garden walk (Woking) ↗

Community centres, schools (age-rated), faith groups

Film night with discussion

Pick a film from On Screen, screen it, then ask: where did you see something bigger than yourself? What did each tradition recognise?

You will need: A screening licence for public showings (e.g. Filmbankmedia or the distributor); a facilitator; 3 prepared questions

Filmbankmedia (umbrella and single-title licences) ↗

Mixed audiences of all faiths and none; 20–80 people

Same Word night (whoisallah concept)

Film (20 min) → food (40 min) → one conversation question on the Names ('Which word for God do you use, and what does it mean to you?') → one small action from the Common Ground page

You will need: A short film from the site, food from two or more traditions, two hosts from different faiths, a screening licence if the film is not ours

whoisallah.org.uk (Pixeleyed Pictures): proposed, not yet running ↗

Faith groups, youth groups, workplaces

Joint social action day

Register a project for Sun 22 Nov 2026, invite a mosque and church to co-host, mix the teams

You will need: A project (collection, clean-up, soup serve), registration on the day's map, mixed volunteer teams

Mitzvah Day (JW3); local food banks ↗

Adults and older teens

Food bank volunteering together

Book a regular shift with a friend from another faith; many food banks already run from churches and mosques

You will need: A local food bank shift; DBS not usually needed for adults

Trussell (food bank network) ↗

Congregations (synagogue–mosque, church–mosque, church–synagogue)

Twinning of places of worship

Start with a visit and a meal, then commit to two shared events a year (a festival and a social action day). The Bradford synagogue and mosque friendship is the model

You will need: Two leaders willing to meet; a first shared event; a simple written understanding

Council of Christians and Jews (238005); Nisa-Nashim (Jewish and Muslim women's network, 1175728) ↗

Primary and secondary schools; universities

Faith & Belief Forum schools programmes

Book a School Linking or 'Faith & Belief Speakers' session; speakers of different beliefs talk about their lives and take questions

You will need: A booked workshop or linking programme; teacher time

The Faith & Belief Forum (1173369) ↗

Post-16 students; teachers; adult groups

Holocaust education visit and testimony

Apply for two sixth-form places on Lessons from Auschwitz; students become Ambassadors and teach others

You will need: A school place on the programme; preparatory and follow-up seminars

Holocaust Educational Trust (1092892): Lessons from Auschwitz; Anne Frank Trust UK (1003279) ↗

Schools, councils, community groups

Srebrenica learning and memorial

Hold a memorial on or near 11 July; use the 'lessons from Srebrenica' material to talk about where hatred leads

You will need: Resources from Remembering Srebrenica; a venue; a speaker where available

Remembering Srebrenica ↗

Secondary schools, youth groups, mixed communities

Residential reconciliation programme

Book a residential at Ballycastle; share stories in small groups and work through disagreement safely

You will need: 2–3 days away; a group from two or more communities

Corrymeela (Northern Ireland, NIC101597) ↗

Schools and young people in the North West and beyond

Peace and anti-violence education

Book a workshop on conflict and non-violence built on the Warrington bombing story

You will need: A booked session or programme

Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace (1048990), Warrington ↗

Streets, estates, villages

Street party or shared picnic

Register a Great Get Together for the June weekend; invite every door on the street

You will need: A date, a road-closure request to the council if needed, tables

The Jo Cox Foundation: Great Get Together ↗

What you need

A room, a screen, a licence to show the film in public (check with the distributor, or use a free title), and a host from each community. Start small: twelve people is plenty.