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Annex 3 Questions for Focus Group of Glasgow City Council Officials
Introductions
Wisdomstorm
a. Which faith groups are you conscious of in the city area?
b. Which group do the council interact with most? Over what issues/policy
c. Which group do the council interact with least? Over what issues/policy
The relationship of faith communities to Glasgow City Council
a. Why does Glasgow City Council want to engage faith communities? What is distinctive about them?
b. What level of engagement is there? Does it vary by faith group? Why?
c. Who does your dept. engage most? Who does your dept engage least? Why?
d. Why do you think faith communities want to engage with the Council?
e. What do they get out of it?
f. What barriers prevent engagement between Glasgow City Council and faith communities?
Policy and/or local issues that concern faith communities in Glasgow City Council area
a. What do you think are the general policy/local issues that concern faith communities?
b. Thinking of your dept./area of work, are there other policies/issues that may have a specific impact on faith communities?
c. Why do you think these policies or local issues are important to faith communities?
d. Do your policies/areas of work impact all faith communities equally? Explain.
e. Do you (your dept.) find yourself working with groups which represent more than one faith tradition or with individual faith traditions? Does it vary by policy/issue? Examples?
f. How far do Glasgow City Council Depts. work together to address policies/issues with faith communities?
How would you describe the state of religious tolerance in the city?
a. Which faith communities are under pressure and why?
b. Which faith communities are having most problems being integrated or accepted in the city? Why?
c. What is being done by ordinary adherents of faith communities, leaders of faith communities and Glasgow City Council to address religious tolerance issues
d. What role are agencies like police and social justice playing?
e. How would you describe the relationship of race and religion in community relationships?
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