Upcoming Events
The Interfaith Network offers a series of events throughout the year.
The events are open to Faith and Spiritual communities, our supporters and partners including local government, businesses and the local community within the City of Greater Dandenong who share and support the IFN’s vision of ‘Many Faiths, One People’, and wish to learn more about the Network, our members, as well as the opportunities to collaborate together. Our events are also open to people and groups outside of the City of Greater Dandenong including other Interfaith Networks.
As our events space is continuously evolving, please ensure that you visit on a regular basis to view our Upcoming Events!
For further information about our upcoming events, please email our Executive Officer, Livia Carusi, via executive@interfaithnetwork.org.au
Volunteer Tour Guide Information Session
Date: Wednesday, 7 May 2025
Time: 10:00am-11:15am
Venue: IFN Office Level 1, 36 Clow Street, Dandenong
RSVP: Click the link below to RSVP by Wednesday 30 April 2025
Cost: Free Event and Morning Tea provided
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE
For more information please email Paris Sard, Community Education Officer, via education@interfaithnetwork.org.au.
Tours to Places of Worship are structured in such a way as to encourage and promote inclusion, understanding and respect of diverse faiths and cultures. Through participation in the Tours, the awareness raised, and the educational outcomes experienced will positively work towards developing a socially cohesive community and one that recognises and values the diversity of living, working, or visiting in the City of Greater Dandenong.
What to know more about being a Volunteer Tour Guide?
Consider attending our next Volunteer Tour Guide Information Session, meet and hear from our Volunteer Tour Guides firsthand!
Following the Information Session you will be invited to attend a Places of Worship Tour to deepen your insights and understanding of being a Volunteer Tour Guide.
IFN Members Meeting
Date: Wednesday, 7 May 2025
Arrival Time: 12:00pm for a 12:15pm start with a light lunch on arrival
Close: 3:30pm
Venue: Level 1, 39 Clow Street, Dandenong
Cost: Free and light lunch will be provided
RSVP: Thursday, 1 May 2025
Training: South-East Monash Legal Service. ‘Healthy Relationships, Our Rights and Responsibilities– Family Violence and the Law’
Guest Speaker: Palliative Care Southeast Ltd –‘What is Palliative Care and Who is Palliative Care Southeast?’
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE
or email Lilian Poke, IFN Administration Officer at administration@interfaithnetwork.org.au
IFN Executive Committee and Staff look forward to welcoming you on
May 7th, 2025
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National Volunteer Week 2025
Date: May 19th, 2025 – May 25th, 2025
National Volunteer Week (NVW) is Australia’s largest annual celebration of volunteers and their important contribution to our communities. The Interfaith Network will be hosting an event to mark National Volunteer Week 2025 and further details will be posted in due course.
Annual Interfaith School Gathering 2025, Wednesday, October 29th, 2025
Following the highly successful Annual Interfaith School Gathering 2024, this event will return in 2025, bigger and better! Collaborating with local primary and secondary schools, the theme for 2025 is ‘We Belong‘. Participation and attendance to the event is by invitation only, for further information please contact Paris Sard, IFN Community Education Officer, via education@interfaithnetwork,org.au
IFN Annual General Meeting
Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2025
Time: 12:00pm – 3:00pm
Venue: TBC
Further details will be posted in due course.
37th Annual Gathering, ‘Signing of the Common Statement’
Date: Wednesday, 20th August, 2025
Venue: Dandenong Civic Centre, Level 2, Council Chambers and Formal Meeting Room
Arrival Time: 9.00am for a 9.15am start
Close: 11.30am
Morning Tea Provided.
RSVP, including dietary requirements to Lilan Poke,
via administration@interfaithnetwork.org.au
by Wednesday, August 6th, 2025
We hope you can join us for this significant event, and we look forward to welcoming you on August 20th, 2025.
IFN Members Meeting
Date: Wednesday, 24 September, 2025
Venue: TBC
Time: 10:00am – 11:45am
Further details will be posted in due course.
Talking Faith Forum 2025
‘Women, Faith and Service: Leading with Purpose’
Date: Thursday, November 20th, 2025
Venue: Springvale Library, Mitchell Hall
Time: 6.00pm – 8.30pm
Further details to be posted over the coming months
Past Events
Celebrating Eid: A Journey of Understanding and Unity, Friday, April 4th, 2025
This special event bought together people from diverse faith backgrounds to celebrate the joyous occasion of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, the...
Interfaith Network, Harmony Event, Thursday, March 20th, 2025
Harmony Week, celebrated annually in Australia from March 17th to 23rd, is a time to celebrate cultural diversity and promote inclusiveness, respect, and...
My Melbourne, Thursday, January 24th, 2025
My Melbourne’ screened in December in India with terrific reviews and will shortly premiere in 22 cities across India, and in Australian cinemas later in...
IFN – Members Meeting, Wednesday, December 4th, 2024
IFN Members gathered on Wednesday, December 4th, 2024, for their final members meeting for 2024. Welcomed by the IFN President, Mehtap Williams, members were...
Australian Catholic University, Federal Parliamentary Interfaith Breakfast, Thursday, November 21st, 2024
IFN President Mehtap Williams and Executive Officer, Livia Carusi attended the annual Federal Parliamentary Interfaith Breakfast in Canberra. The event bought...
City of Greater Dandenong, Mayoral Elections, Monday, November 18th, 2024
IFN Executive Committee Members, Members and Staff joined Council representatives, community members, family, and friends for the Mayoral elections. The...