Our group had a stand at this very busy fair today. Around 60 other organisations attended the event. We had lots of interest in our stand and collected details of a number of interested people who share our ambitions. There is a groundswell of people who are working hard in many different capacities as volunteers and workers, trying hard to build community and support the vulnerable. This fair exemplified that: it seems a shame that it is not considered newsworthy.

Naw Ruz means New Year in Persian and signals the end of the Baha'i fast. It is also the first day of spring or the Vernal Equinox or March 21st. This year it will also coincide with Eid Al Fitr, the end of the Muslim fast and just for good measure Lent for the Christians; all within days of each other. This is a very unusual occurrence, but as all of these religious obligations are designed to increase spirituality within the individual these troubled times can only benefit

and also our Baha'i friends who start their fasting on 2nd March. 🙏

Working alongside the Community Action Network (CAN) we have been helped to secure a start up grant of £2900. The grant has come from The Dorset Community Foundation who offer these grants from a pot of money called The Ethnically Diverse Community Project Fund for strength and sustainability, or EDC for short. This pot of money will help us to set up our new group with IT equipment, software and also engage designers to produce our website and logo. We can also produce promo

Our new banner was given it's first outing at Holocaust Memorial Day. It was praised for it's fresh and colourful appearance by those that saw it. We are delighted to have it in support of our future activities, but also any where we might be in support of like minded groups. We also have nice logo inspired business cards to hand out to contacts. Our New publicity Banner

On 25th January we attended our local Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration held at The Lighthouse in Poole. We supported the local Jewish community and especially our good friend Lynda who very much helps organise this event each year as a member of the Jewish community but also as an active and long term member of our Interfaith group. The event this year was focussing on generational input, and many of the presentations and readings were from youth. The key note talk looked