Get involved with Interfaith Week and Mitzvah Day 2023!
To get involved with your JSoc, contact Alison today for more details.
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What is Mitzvah Day and Interfaith Week?
Mitzvah Day is the UK’s largest faith-led day of social action where communities and individuals undertake a range of volunteer projects for those in need in their local community. Be sure to register your JSoc for Mitzvah Day (https://mitzvahday.org.uk/registration-information/).
Interfaith Week aims to strengthen interfaith relations, increase awareness of different faith communities in the UK and increase the understanding between people of religious and non-religious beliefs.
What can your JSoc do to get involved?
This year UJS are encouraging JSocs to get involved with different projects for Mitzvah Day and Interfaith Week - you can choose any (or all) from the list below or you can make your own. Either way we’re here to support your JSoc for what will be a great Mitzvah Day and Interfaith Week!
Suggested Projects:
- Support those who are impacted by the cost-of-living crisis by supporting your local* soup kitchen/ food bank.
- Support people who experience period poverty by collecting menstrual hygiene products and donating these to a relevant charity*.
- Donate blood at your local donation centre (https://www.blood.co.uk/the-donation-process/about-our-donation-venues/).
- Set up a warm space in your SU* where students can drop in for a chat, cake, and chill.
- Host an interfaith challah bake and invite other faith societies to join in.
Interfaith Friday Night Dinner:
There is no better (and tastier) way to bring people together like a good communal meal can! Organise an Interfaith Friday Night Dinner with other faith societies at your university.
Look out for the interfaith panel event ‘Why I Cover my Head’ and Instagram stories throughout the week celebrating different foods as well as items of significance for people from different religions.
*Contact Alison (email: [email protected] mobile: 07703379145) to find your local soup kitchen, food bank, blood donation centre, where to donate menstrual hygiene products, or if you need support contacting your SU.