Spiritual Capital Cardiff Conference

The Spiritual Capital Cardiff Conference was hailed as a great success by both faith leaders and politicians who came together in the Future Inn Cardiff.

This was an important conference for Cardiff that underlined the contribution that faith communities are making to the city. It is essential that public organisations engage in a constructive dialogue with faith communities reflecting their pivotal role in promoting community cohesion.
Councillor Judith Woodman, Deputy Leader, Cardiff Council

The conference was designed to be as interactive and participatory as possible. Delegates were issued with the challenge to collectively identify how they can work together to ensure Cardiff becomes a truly world class city.

The conference also saw the launch a unique report (PDF 3.3MB) demonstrating the vast contribution that faith group make to the city of Cardiff.

I hope this report will open all our eyes to the immense amount of activities and services faith groups provide in the capital, both individually and in partnership. I hope it will lead to proper recognition of their work and inspire the development of a more formal role to shape a shared vision of Cardiff’s future.
Dr Barry Morgan Archbishop of Wales

With delegates drawn from Cardiff’s major faith groups the conference is expected to make a lasting impact on how faith communities and the City interact with each other.

Speakers included

• Roy J. Thomas, Public Trust Partnership
• Councillor Judith Woodman, Deputy Leader of Cardiff Council
  www.cardiff.gov.uk
• Rev Keith Kimber, Vicar St John the Baptist Cardiff
  www.cardiffstjohncityparish.org.uk
• John M. Evans, Research Director GWEINI
  www.gweini.org.uk
• Rebecca Siân Edwards, Regeneration Institute
  www.cardiff.ac.uk/regenerationinstitute
• Noreen Bray OBE, Chair of Good Relations Wales
  www.goodrelationswales.co.uk
• Mona Bayoumi, Barrister and commentator on Islam and the media
• Richard Thomas, Managing Director of Cardiff &Co
  www.cardiffandco.com
• Professor Gareth Williams, Cardiff University
  www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/contactsandpeople/academicstaff/T-Z/professor-gareth-williams-overview.html
• Dr Keshav Singhal, Chair of the Indian Hindu Centre

Feedback

Pollination Campaign, the organisers of the event are happy to continue to take feedback on the report and conference. Download the feedback form (33KB) or email gwilym@pollinationcampaigns.co.uk