New Guidance set for State Chaplains

Support for chaplains working in universities, colleges, hospitals and prisons, is to be improved under new guidelines launched today. The guidance The Role of Chaplains Working in Public Sector Institutions: Experiences from Muslim Communities, is funded by the Department of Communities and Local Government and written by Faith Matters. It draws on best practice of […]

Chaplains Can Help Fight Against Muslim Extremism Says Shahid Malik

Click here for Telegraph Article Shahid Malik, a junior communities minister, said staff who provide spiritual care can help guide those who have a “distorted view of religion or society”. It comes amid growing concern about the ability of radical preachers and terrorists to infiltrate public institutions in Britain. The problem of radicalisation on campuses […]

Adab Research Report

A PERSPECTIVE OF SIKH & MUSLIM RELATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM & CAUSES OF TENSIONS & MISTRUST BETWEEN THE TWO COMMUNITIES Click to view report The Adab (Respect) research report builds on the work that Faith Matters undertook in Corrymeela in 2008 where a group of Sikhs and Muslims took part in facilitated discussions sessions […]

Cohesive Communities: Bridging Divides Between Muslim and Sikh communities:

Faith Matters investigated tensions amongst young Sikh and Muslim men which threatened to create local and national hotspots of tension. Conducted in 2008, it took Sikhs and Muslims to Corrymeela in Northern Ireland to explore some of the issues causing tension in some parts of the East and West Midlands and to look at commonalities between the […]

Developing Diversity Project: Promoting the Top 100 Most Women Friendly Mosques in England

The Developing Diversity Directory: Promoting the Top 100 Most Women Friendly Mosques in England One hundred Mosques provided the basis for the Developing Diversity directory published by Faith Matters which looked at 100 leading mosques which met a majority of the criteria that Muslim women wanted to see within them. Over 8 focus groups were […]

Faith Matters International Projects:

Faith Matters has numerous branches across the globe. We undertake the following: Faith Matters has also overseen two international ‘micro-finance’ projects which support the development of small businesses in Jerusalem, Israel and the West Bank in Palestine. The Jerusalem Interest Free Fund: The fund provides small business and study loans to. The fund offers the […]

Supporting Chaplaincy Within Public Institutions: Perspectives from Muslim Chaplains

DCLG commissioned Faith Matters to promote and show good practice within different professional sectors that were employing Muslim chaplains. A generic guideline on standards for the recruitment of Muslim chaplains was produced for those sectors and institutions which may require such a resource. The guidelines could not be more prescient than it is now. Chaplaincy […]

The Forums Project

The Bridging Beliefs Forums Project: The Bridging Beliefs Forums were a unique series of workshops across England with Holocaust survivors and survivors of the genocide of Bosnian between 1992 – 1995. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims suffered internment, murder, systemised rape and ethnic cleansing in the Bosnian genocide between those three years. There are resonances […]

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Prevent Conference in Birmingham

Faith Matters – Communities and Local Government Prevent Conference in Birmingham Dec 2009