JANET Videoconferencing Case Studies: Burnley and Pendle Faith Centre

Keeping the Faith through Videoconferencing

From September 2009 Burnley and Pendle Faith Centre was the first of its kind to offer faith awareness videoconferencing sessions to UK schools, using JANET Videoconferencing Service (JVCS). As part of the CLEO videoconferencing Project, the centre uses videoconferencing to increase understanding and diversity of faith in all its forms.

The Faith Centre is located within the new Burnley Campus on Barden Lane, Burnley, built as part of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) Programme. The centre provides a focus for the educational, personal and spiritual development of all young people and reaches out to all the communities of Burnley, Pendle and beyond.

The Centre is a safe space where people of all faiths and none come together to tell their stories and share their values, beliefs and hopes.