Are you inspired to offer help to Ukrainian refugees? We need to bear in mind that refugees are extremely vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, particularly sexual abuse and trafficking, and Safeguarding measures are required to reduce risk. Buddhists wishing to offer to take in Ukrainian refugees can at present only do this (officially) as individual …. Read More >
Free DBS webinars for faith charity trustees, staff and volunteers in England and Wales: Wednesday 2nd March, 12pm – 1pm repeated on Thursday 3rd March, 7pm – 8pm Book for one of these webinars. All charities in England and Wales are required to DBS (security) check staff and volunteers, as appropriate. But who needs to …. Read More >
The PowerPoint and video materials from the NBO Safeguarding webinar with speakers from the Charity Commission on 29th January 2022 are now available for public sharing.
Rainbodhi is a spiritual friendship group for LGBTQIA+ Buddhists in Australia and advocates for more inclusion and diversity in the broader Buddhist community. They have just published a brand new resource on LGBTQIA+ inclusivity for Buddhists and Buddhist organisations: ‘Welcoming the Rainbow – A guide to LGBTQIA+ inclusivity for Buddhists’ to help Buddhists and Buddhist organisations to create safe and …. Read More >
Saturday 29th January 2022 10-11am A webinar for trustees, Safeguarding officers, teachers, leaders and volunteers in Buddhist charities – and anyone else! What are the duties of Buddhist charities in relation to Safeguarding adults and children from harm and how can we do this better? In this NBO webinar, speakers from the Charity Commission …. Read More >
Keeping Children Safe, an international child Safeguarding organisation, is offering a four-day Faith and Child Safeguarding summit online, free of charge. 8-11 November 2021 (You select the presentations you want to attend, rather than having to attend all four days.) Details and booking here.
Charity Commission webinars for faith charities – Jan – March 2021 Here are details of free webinars for faith charities run by the Charity Commission’s Faith Engagement Team, starting this Friday 9th January and going on until March. These cover, separately, Trustee duties for faith charities Safeguarding for faith charities and Financial management for faith …. Read More >
How has your ritual and worship adapted to Covid-19 restrictions? Manchester Metropolitan University is conducting research. If you’d like to know more or take part, take the survey or get in touch. https://bric19.mmu.ac.uk/ The project aims to document, analyse, and understand the new ways that religious communities are coming together, and to use those findings to help make religious …. Read More >
Please take 10 minutes to contribute to this review of how best the government should engage with faith groups in *England.*Buddhists are greatly underrepresented.https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/independent-faith-engagement-review-call-for-evidence
The VU (Vrije Universiteit) University of Amsterdam seeks candidates for the position of Professor of Buddhism: https://werkenbij.vu.nl/ad/professor-of-buddhism/164w8r
