This programme provided young people with the opportunity to discuss matters around identity, faith and local issues that may be impacting on them. We worked with young Bangladeshi and young Somali groups in the London Borough of Enfield to look at these issues within a safe and secure environment. The London Borough of Enfield asked […]
Continue ReadingPrevent Peers Programme – Training on Prevent Work with 8 Local Authorities in the West Midlands Area in England Faith leaders, elected members and officers in eight local authorities in the West Midlands were provided with support on what the Prevent strategy entailed, Al Qaeda social narratives that were used to pull in young disaffected people […]
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The period of January 2011 – December 2011 has seen a number of activities undertaken by Faith Matters with respect to four key areas. Our work in interfaith, conflict resolution, community cohesion / integration and preventing extremism has grown and engaged with larger sets of communities in the UK and within countries like Pakistan. In […]
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Faith Matters launched in 2006 as a vehicle to enable faith communities to reduce conflict using conflict resolution tools. Faith Matters works on integration, cohesion, hate crime and countering extremism projects.
Faith Matters has also influenced social policy at local, regional and governmental levels through its research reports. Faith Matters has been ground-breaking and instrumental in developing new and innovative projects that bring faith communities together and in strengthening faith institutions.
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