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SIGN UP TO STRIDE

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SIGN UP TO STRIDE Conforti Institute is a member of IDEAS, a network of organizations involved in Development Education for Global Citizenship across Scotland. The Stride newsletter is produced twice yearly and includes themed articles, resources and...

Drawing and Painting Course

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Enjoy painting or fancy learning some new drawing skills? Are you a budding Picasso or a frustrated Dali? Well, thanks to the generous support of Tesco Charity Trust we are running a free drawing and painting course aimed towards participants aged 50...

Film Making Classes

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We are running some free filmmaking classes at the centre on Thursday nights. The classes start on 25th April 2013 and run from 8 till 9.30pm. The classes cover lots of different aspect of filmmaking including technical skills such as scripting,...

Conforti Partnership

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  The Conforti Institute have worked in partnership with St. Roch’s to organise pupil retreats, assist the senior Caritas students, celebrate Mass and other liturgical services within the school calendar, as well as offer support and guidance to ...

Cooking Pots Project

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We received a funding boost thanks to players of a charity lottery. The People’s Postcode Trust, a grant-giving charity, funded entirely by players of People’s Postcode Lottery supported our Cooking Pots Project which gave local people the oppor...

Mindful Recovery Retreat

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Vince Cullen of Hungry Ghost Recovery Retreats is offering a retreat at the Conforti Institute from Monday 8 July 2013 until Friday 12 July 2013. This mindful recovery retreat is offered as an opportunity to experience a wholly Buddhist approach t...

Citizens Scotland

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Citizens Scotland - Glasgow is a developing alliance of communities – religious institutions, trade unions, educational establishments, charities and community associations – working together for a better Glasgow. Their goal is to increase the po...

The Angel Factory

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At Conforti we had some special visitors during December when the children from Cardinal Winning and St. Oswald Secondary Schools joined us for a day of reflection.   Our theme for the day was ‘Angels’ and the students had great fun first of ...

The Conforti Global Garden Project

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We are delighted to announce that we have recently received news from the Big Lottery that we have been awarded the sum of £9,821 from their Awards for All programme to undertake our Global Garden project. The funds will be used to develop the garde...

Anti-Sectarianism Project

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The Scottish Government wants to better understand and respond to sectarianism and invited a number of organisations, including the Conforti Institute, to develop a programme on this. In the first phase the project will: Listen to the voices of the ...

Practices in Youth Ministry Weekend

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On the weekend of 17-18th November 2012 some of the team headed over to the East to continue helping St. Andrew and Edinburgh Diocese develop their youth ministry programme. On the Saturday Paddy and Michael tackled collaboration, vision and practic...

Catholic Headteachers Association Conference at Conforti

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Conforti Institute recently hosted the Catholic Headteachers Association Scotland (CHAS) deputes conference. The event was a great success, with more than 40 delegates in attendance to discuss the them of 'Forming, Informing and Transforming' in Cath...

Nostra Aetate Conference

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This successful Conference, coordinated in partnership with the Bishops’ representatives on the Scottish inter-faith council, SCES, and the Conforti Institute was held recently at the Institute.It reflected the aims and objectives of the Churchâ...

Lanarkshire economic and social justice forum

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In January 2011 the Conforti Institute in conjunction with the STUC and Faith in Communities Scotland brought together faith groups, trade unions and civil organisations to discuss the issues of social injustice within our communities at the first...

Special Needs Chaplaincy Project

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We have also been privileged for the last two years to provide chaplaincy support to a number of special needs schools in Glasgow. We have really enjoyed getting to know the pupils from these schools and they are now frequent visitors to the Institut...

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John Dornan from our education team was recently involved in the launch of a new resource for teachers and students interested in global issues. Here are his thoughts on the book. Conforti Institute can offer CPD sessions for teachers around this res...
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