London, 27 June 2020 OneJAIN holds Annual Conference for 30 UK Jain Organisations COVID19 results in first online meeting The Institute Of Jainology (IOJ), the UK Charity that represents the 30 UK Jain faith organisations in Government and inter-faith matters under the banner OneJAIN held its annual conference on Saturday, 27th June 2020. The meeting[…]
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MAHAVIR FOUNDATION – KENTON HARROW
Message to the Jain Community from Gareth Thomas MP I am writing to you following the celebration of Lord Mahavir’s birth anniversary. I hope that you were blessed to be able to spend time with loved ones on this most auspicious of days, even if that was via ‘Zoom’ or ‘Skype’ or “old style”[…]
Institute of Jainology and Zoroastrian Community hosted a joint husting on November 20, 2019 at Zoroastrian Centre in Harrow. The event was attended by prospective parliamentary candidates for Harrow East, Harrow West, Ruislip, Pinner and Northwood from Labour and Conservatives Parties and approximately 100 Jain & Zoroastrian community members. Bob Blackman (Conservative) & Pamela Fitzpatrick[…]
To commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi this October, the Jain community have established a unique living legacy for peace and harmony in Harrow, North West London. With enthusiasm and warm hearts over 250 members of the Jain and Interfaith community including school groups and children gathered together at Kenton Recreation Ground[…]
This year is 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and it is being commemorated by several Indian communities in the UK during this year by holding a variety of programs and events. OneJAIN, the union of UK Jain communities are proud to announce a ‘Planting for Peace’ flagship tree-planting project to celebrate the life of[…]
A campaign which sets out to raise awareness of the upcoming change in the law around organ donation in England was launched at a packed meeting of Hindus and Jains in Parliament on 10 July 2019. The meeting was chaired by Lord Jitesh Gadhia and the chief guest was the Rt Hon Matt Hancock, Secretary[…]
OneJAIN organisations meet to discuss Jain Identity Saturday 29th June 29, Ekta Centre, Kingsbury, London, UK. Presidents, Secretaries and committee members of the major Jain organisations in the UK met at the 4th annual OneJAIN conference to share ideas and discuss the issue of Jain Identity in Britain. The delegates heard from The Mayor of[…]
On 25th June 2019, Her Majesty The Queen hosted a special reception at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the work of Faith and Belief Communities in helping to bring communities together. The reception took place in the spectacular Blue Drawing Room overlooking the Palace lawns, where Her Majesty greeted each of the 160 community workers described[…]
The Directors of the Institute of Jainolgy and the Executive Officers of all the member organisations of OneJAIN extend their greetings all Jains worldwide their best wishes on this auspicious day. Contemplating on teachings of Bhagwan Mahavir even for one day – today, will cast a bright light of joy and bliss on you.[…]