A Life-long Commitment to Building Cultures of Welcome, Hospitality and Safety

Inderjit Receives Sheffield Hallam University Honorary Degree

Honorary Doctorate
2001

In 2001, Inderjit was presented with an Honorary Doctorate by the Oxford Bookes University for his contribution to education

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Inderjit Receives Sheffield Hallam University Honorary Degree

Honorary Doctorate
2002

In 2002, Inderjit was presented with an Honourary Doctorate by the Sheffield Hallam University for his work on Interfaith relations.

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Inderjit presents the Church of Sanctuary status

Order of the British Empire (OBE)
2005

In 2005, Inderjit was presented as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his work on Interfaith relations by the then Prince of Wales (Now King Charles III)

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METHODIST PEACE FELLOWSHIP
2010-2020

For 10 years, Inderjit served as President of the Methodist Peace Fellowship (MPF), an association of Methodist pacifists within the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FoR), part of the the International Fellowship of Reconciliation.

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Inderjit Bhogal Receives World Methodist Peace Award

World Methodist Peace Award
2018

In 2018, Inderjit was presented the World Methodist Peace Award for his work building cultures of welcome, hospitality and safety for asylum seekers, refugees and other vulnerable people.

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Methodists for World Mission
2018-PRESENT

Inderjit is currently President of Methodists for World Mission (MWM), an organisation whose aims are to “celebrate diversity and promote mutual partnership” between Christian people of diverse nationalities and faiths.

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Inderjit Receives Sheffield University Honorary Degree

Honorary Doctorate
2010

In 2020, Inderjit was presented with an Honourary Doctorate by the Sheffield University for his work on social policy

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Inderjit outside a building in Sheffield

Honorary President
2020-2023

Between 2020 & 2023, Inderjit was Honorary President of the Fellowship of Reconcilliation (FoR).  A voluntary role that provides opportunities to spread wider a message of peace, reconciliation, and justice to churches of all denominations.

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Week of Prayer for World Peace
2021-Present

Inderjit is currently President of the Week of Prayer for World Peace (WPWP). This takes place from the second to third Sunday in October each year.

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Inderjit Bhogal Sermon

Lifetime Achievement
2023

In 2023, Inderjit was presented with the Lifetime Achievement award by the Burngreave Ward Sheffield City Councillors for his work on community cohesion, nationally and internationally

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Previous and Current Appointments

A Lasting Contribution​

View Inderjit’s previous and current appointments

Sheffield to London

Inderjit walked from Sheffield to London to hand a letter to the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair, opposing detention centres.

Sheffield Homes 100th Signatory to City of Sanctuary in Sheffield

City of Sanctuary

In 2007, Sheffield, UK, became the first recognised City of Sanctuary

British 10km, London

“I often run the British 10km with my Son to do all I can to raise money for the Methodist Relief and Development charity, AllWeCan”