Baroness Scott – Minister for Faith and Communities

Yesterday, our Chief Executive met with Baroness Scott, the Minister of Faith and Communities at the Department for Levelling Up & Communities. We discussed her recent engagement with faith communities across Greater Manchester along with the necessity for culturally sensitive faith based provision.

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Lord Mann and Tracy-Ann Oberman Discuss Antisemitism

Our Chief Executive spoke with Lord Mann and Tracy-Ann Oberman to thank them for their incredible work in tackling antisemitism. This took place ahead of an ‘In Conversation’ event focusing on their family histories in combatting fascism and extremism at Holbeck Moor and Cable Street. Tracy has been starring in...

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A National System to Combat Antisemitism

The JRC Education Advisory Group (EAG) held an excellent meeting with Lord John Mann, the Government’s Independent Advisor on Antisemitism. He congratulated the EAG on its work in teaching about Jewish life and practice, the Holocaust and antisemitism.  However, there are many areas of the country in which only a...

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Chair Attends Interdominational Service

Our Chair, Mark Adlestone represented the JRC and read an extract from Isaiah at an interdominational service hosted by the Mayor of Trafford. He was joined by members from other faith communities, alongside Sir Graham Brady MP, Cllr Tom Ross and the High Sheriff and Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester.

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Commonwealth Flag Raised at Manchester Town Hall

Our Chief Executive joined the Lord Mayor of Manchester and the High Sheriff of Greater Manchester, along with faith and community leaders from across Manchester for the raising of the Commonwealth flag above the Town Hall. This was to celebrate Commonwealth Day, which was initiated by the late HM Queen...

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Police and Crime Commissioner Visit to The HelpLine

We joined the Police and Crime Commissioner, Kate Green on a recent visit to The HelpLine. The HelpLine is a confidential and anonymous helpline supporting individuals from the Jewish community facing challenges.  They provide invaluable work in caring for those who are vulnerable and in distress. It was a fantastic...

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Hatzola Welcomes the Chief Constable of GMP, Stephen Watson

We had the pleasure of joining Hatzola as they welcomed the Chief Constable of GMP, Stephen Watson. He was informed of their incredible response times and high standard of care delivered to all patients.  He viewed the training facilities and looked at their state of the art fleet of ambulances....

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CST Meeting with the Deputy Crime Commissioner and Deputy Mayor

Our Chief Executive, Marc Levy joined the Deputy Mayor and Police and Crime Commissioner, Kate Green for a catch-up meeting with Amanda Bomsztyk at CST. We discussed the recently released incident report figures measures taken by CST to protect our community and their work with partners to educate on the...

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