Near Neighbours Case Studies

The Luton Hub of Near Neighbours has been proud to fund a wide variety of exciting initiatives across Luton. Here are a few examples.

Women's Faith Visits (Ghar se Ghar)This project brought together women from diverse faiths and cultures, giving them the opportunity to expand their horizons outside Luton, educate themselves and share their experiences. Women from different backgro…
High Town Bag(Konni Deppe &  Friends of High Town)This project created re-usable shopping bags to help build a greater awareness of environmental issues within the diverse community of High Town in Luton, also enhancing a sense of collectiv…
Social Engagement For Women Across F&Cs(Sports4Wellbeing)This project aimed to gather women from different faith and cultures (F&Cs) to interact with each other, to understand and accept one another’s religion and background, and to offer a …
Abrahamic Faith Discussion Group (St Mary's Church)This project gathered a group of Christians, Jews, and Muslims from Luton for a one-day training workshop that drew those present together for an encounter, dialogue and friendship building. Group d…
Farley Hill Gardening Project(Reconciliation Walk Community)This project helped to create sustainable gardening areas in Farley Hill, in an area that is known for having anti-social behaviour, in preparation for being at the heart of the Annual Peac…
Community Thank You Event(Al-Hikmah School and Bedfordshire Police)This project created a Community Thank You event to thank and award certificates to 220 people who had been involved in cohesion building and interfaith work over the preceding year,…
Arts for All(Luton Open Arts & Hope Church)This project delivered participatory arts projects to encourage community cohesion and included work in groups which enabled people to learn new art skills, build lasting friendships and allow people to…
Muslim/Christian Women's Group(University of Bedfordshire Chaplaincy “Treehouse') This project was formed in response to the need identified by Muslim and Christian women at the University of Bedfordshire to be able to get to know each other, b…
Luton Annual Peace Walk Art Work(Luton Council of Faiths)This project enabled young school children from a number of schools in Luton to create Peace Artwork which was printed and displayed in the local community, and included the delivery of a Peac…